Re: Get the blind-fold. . . : Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:51 pm  

BroncOnIon wrote:

Sloppy journalism. Doesn't even begin to apportion any blame to the real culprit, Nigel Wood.

Re: Get the blind-fold. . . : Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:38 pm  

Snoopy wrote:

The current extra SC allowance has been stated as 10%. That is nowhere near enough to attract the quality players we need to come to London. If I were a potential investor and knew that we could get a competitive team on the park by spending the extra money then it could be seen as a worthwile investment as we will never get decent crowds fielding a team getting flogged each week.

Looking at rents of comparable housing 15% extra would cover the cost of living 10% is probably not quite enough. If you look at the top teams most have a blend of players brought in and their own youth which they have developed. London need to change the culture at the club and bring in the right coaches, develop and retain their youth before they will be competitive. I hope you have signed Long as an assistant not as head coach otherwise you don't have a chance.

Re: Get the blind-fold. . . : Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:00 pm  

Most people tend to move to London as their chosen profession usually pays more. Why else would people want to live here?

Re: Get the blind-fold. . . : Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:16 pm  

London can't afford to pay more, it's that simple, we need to develope talent from within, we've had an increasing number come through the ranks, though without investment, it's hard to see how that can continue. Though at the advent of SL, London and the SE had 3 clubs, we now have over 30 plus 300+ schools teams (including 60 girls teams) plus 8 Universities putting out teams, this was from a virtually ZERO starting point, so it's not all gloom and doom, these seedlings need time to grow!

Re: Get the blind-fold. . . : Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:30 pm  

Eastbourne Warrior wrote: Looking at rents of comparable housing 15% extra would cover the cost of living CHECK THIS SITE OUT http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/city_result.jsp?country=United+Kingdom&city=London V SAY http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/city_result.jsp?country=United+Kingdom&city=Hull I've Just sold an ex-council 1 bedroom, 1 Boxroom property in Brentford for 40k more than you would pay for say, a 3 bedroom new-build in...Castleford or nearly 3 times the price a 3 bed semi in Wakefield Brentford, as much as I like the place, is hardly the top-end of the West London property market! If you think the cost of living is 15% different in London than to say some of the towns with SL or Championship sides you need your bumps felt.

Eastbourne Warrior wrote: Looking at rents of comparable housing 15% extra would cover the cost of living CHECK THIS SITE OUT http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/city_result.jsp?country=United+Kingdom&city=London V SAY http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/city_result.jsp?country=United+Kingdom&city=Hull I've Just sold an ex-council 1 bedroom, 1 Boxroom property in Brentford for 40k more than you would pay for say, a 3 bedroom new-build in...Castleford or nearly 3 times the price a 3 bed semi in Wakefield Brentford, as much as I like the place, is hardly the top-end of the West London property market! If you think the cost of living is 15% different in London than to say some of the towns with SL or Championship sides you need your bumps felt.

Re: Get the blind-fold. . . : Fri Dec 13, 2013 9:48 pm  

A semi in Chiswick is £1.2 million or over £2 k a month to rent. Chiswick is respectable but not quite Notting Hill. Is that 15% more than the M62 corridor?

Re: Get the blind-fold. . . : Fri Dec 13, 2013 9:51 pm  

Euclid wrote:

A semi in Chiswick is £1.2 million or over £2 k a month to rent. Chiswick is respectable but not quite Notting Hill. Is that 15% more than the M62 corridor?

Brentford East is how we refer to Chiswick

Re: Get the blind-fold. . . : Fri Dec 13, 2013 10:04 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

Brentford East is how we refer to Chiswick

Estate agent speak!

[brian2]

Re: Get the blind-fold. . . : Fri Dec 13, 2013 11:05 pm  

didn't we have a fitness coach?

Re: Get the blind-fold. . . : Sat Dec 14, 2013 11:45 am  

as a professional sportsman fitness to some extent is personal issue, if the coach has to concentrate on fitness levels then things are in a bad state, but IMO that's the players own fault.
Lots of stories were coming out through different sources for the last couple of years, things like factions within the squad little cliques! aussies refusing to train etc etc etc
players fault? some of it, coaches fault? some of it, but all last year I had overall feeling that there was something much deeper effecting the whole club, and no am not saying it was Gus or strewth might as well blame woodsy at rfl as well
But there was something!