Re: LBSA Fans Forum - Thursday September 10th : Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:21 am  

The Wigan game in London drew much comment, non complimentary on the whole.

That's a vacuum that we've created and one that the Pies will exploit

Thats Business chaps and not a Saturday drinking club which Hughsey wanted and has got.

Re: LBSA Fans Forum - Thursday September 10th : Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:25 am  

No bad mouthing of Wigan. The fact Wigan did not have the courtesy to inform The Broncos that they were bringing the game to London. The fact it was all smoke and mirrors. Vastly inflated attendance figures (All who went would agree with that). Office on Buckingham Palace Rd was rented by the hour. Was it was the success they built it up to be. Probably not. Judge it on whether it is repeated or not.
That was that.

Re: LBSA Fans Forum - Thursday September 10th : Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:43 am  

Bostwick wrote:

No bad mouthing of Wigan. The fact Wigan did not have the courtesy to inform The Broncos that they were bringing the game to London. The fact it was all smoke and mirrors. Vastly inflated attendance figures (All who went would agree with that). Office on Buckingham Palace Rd was rented by the hour. Was it was the success they built it up to be. Probably not. Judge it on whether it is repeated or not.
That was that.

Why would Wigan have had to ask 'permission' to play in London? Maybe if we were still SL but there's a gap in the market and they've looked to exploit it.

Re: LBSA Fans Forum - Thursday September 10th : Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:44 am  

Bostwick wrote:

No bad mouthing of Wigan. The fact Wigan did not have the courtesy to inform The Broncos that they were bringing the game to London. The fact it was all smoke and mirrors. Vastly inflated attendance figures (All who went would agree with that). Office on Buckingham Palace Rd was rented by the hour. Was it was the success they built it up to be. Probably not. Judge it on whether it is repeated or not.
That was that.

A couple of years ago I heard a CEO of another super league club say about Broncos management "For people who run their own club so badly, they are incredibly arrogant about other clubs". I saw that with my own eyes at a match earlier this season when they were incredibly sniffy about facilities (laughable now). The above statements just reinforces that impression.

Re: LBSA Fans Forum - Thursday September 10th : Fri Sep 11, 2015 10:28 am  

Why would Wigan the biggest brand in RL ring the Broncos to ask permission! Out of curiosity who would they ring?

We've invited them in by being so bad as a club that we now play on a council pitch

Re: LBSA Fans Forum - Thursday September 10th : Fri Sep 11, 2015 10:40 am  

FWIW I dont foresee anybody from Ian Lenaghan down having too many sleepless nights at Wigan over comments made at a Broncos Fans Forum.

Re: LBSA Fans Forum - Thursday September 10th : Fri Sep 11, 2015 11:30 am  

Common courtesy, that is all. Then, who know how arrogant Wigan are.

Re: LBSA Fans Forum - Thursday September 10th : Fri Sep 11, 2015 11:46 am  

Bostwick wrote:

Common courtesy, that is all. Then, who know how arrogant Wigan are.

Why did Broncos sell tickets and promote that game then if their noses were put out of joint that much?

When it comes to common courtesy perhaps we should remember how Wigan stepped in to keep the Capital Challenge going when Broncos wouldn't confirm to Skolars a couple of years ago whether they were going to play it or not

Re: LBSA Fans Forum - Thursday September 10th : Fri Sep 11, 2015 12:28 pm  

Sarf Essex Taff wrote:

Why did Broncos sell tickets and promote that game then if their noses were put out of joint that much?

When it comes to common courtesy perhaps we should remember how Wigan stepped in to keep the Capital Challenge going when Broncos wouldn't confirm to Skolars a couple of years ago whether they were going to play it or not

So True and Forgotten and already Wigan have confirmed next years game and costs and speaker and details etc,

PLANNING AHEAD

BUT REMEMBER, we had our press release last night, it was in all the papers this morning (HA HA HA HA HA HA)

Re: LBSA Fans Forum - Thursday September 10th : Fri Sep 11, 2015 12:45 pm  

Fact is - we don't have a London SL franchise anymore. So London is open territory.