Re: If the Broncos survive will you still support them? : Wed Nov 06, 2013 3:37 pm  

Are you making the assumption P&R will come in?

Re: If the Broncos survive will you still support them? : Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:29 pm  

wire quin wrote:

Are you making the assumption P&R will come in?

I suspect if there is no P&R there will be a 12 team SL with 5 year licences.

Re: If the Broncos survive will you still support them? : Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:14 pm  

it is quite funny that we are getting all excited and upset about us asking for some help to keep us operating as a TOP FLIGHT team.
did the other clubs that have been helped out over the years refuse!!!?
No names no pack drill
Its not the first time a team in the comp has been exempt from the drop, teams going bust, teams having there grounds bought by the governing body, teams ignoring the salary cap, teams using interesting employment techniques to get round salary cap, owners/exec officers having interests in several clubs in the same league, teams uprooting and moving from expansion area back to heartland despite the franchise being based on location.
Not having a dig at those involved just saying it happens.

Re: If the Broncos survive will you still support them? : Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:51 pm  

mickyb1234 wrote:

it is quite funny that we are getting all excited and upset about us asking for some help to keep us operating as a TOP FLIGHT team.
did the other clubs that have been helped out over the years refuse!!!?
No names no pack drill
Its not the first time a team in the comp has been exempt from the drop, teams going bust, teams having there grounds bought by the governing body, teams ignoring the salary cap, teams using interesting employment techniques to get round salary cap, owners/exec officers having interests in several clubs in the same league, teams uprooting and moving from expansion area back to heartland despite the franchise being based on location.
Not having a dig at those involved just saying it happens.

..."they did it first" doesn't change the point about values and the club.

Proudly, London fans were happy to be the fly in the ointment of the flat earth brigades crusade to have "their" club in Super League to replace "that there London that was getting loads of extras from the RFL". We never finished bottom, nor in a relegation place and we were weaned off our imports and uncovered some pretty decent "northerners" willing to come down and do the business for us. Rob Purdham is a true club legend and any further north he's have been a sweaty!
The Club have let it slip so badly that they now feel the need to go cap in hand for exemptions.......I suggest one of the key issues over the last few years has been failure to prioritise what was important and what wasn't....you know my thoughts on the name change and ground change......there were far more important things to do in my opinion.....it comes down to having core values and then living/working to them.

Re: If the Broncos survive will you still support them? : Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:12 pm  

wire quin wrote:

Have you heard of industry terms such as London living allowance or similar and ever thought it may or could apply to London Broncos? just a thought.

As someone pointed out previously, we already have a London allowance in the salary cap.

Re: If the Broncos survive will you still support them? : Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:43 pm  

jbuzza wrote: As someone pointed out previously, we already have a London allowance in the salary cap. 10%.? Found this bargain in Hull url]http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/30932667?search_identifier=8a5dc6e023875b97b7230bbbba97920f [/url]found this garage for sale in Brentford http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/29961813?search_identifier=1cde6f5cea58aaa8f541e30a4904cb9c so basically, a player in Hull can buy a flat for 15k but a player in London needs 10k MORE just to park his car 10% id 2/10th of SFA.... I paid 4 quid for a pint of Peroni in London last year.....that means it would be 3.64 up north.......I'd suggest a pint at 3.64 in Hull/Castleford/Leeds/Salford/St Helens would not find itself out of its barrel!

jbuzza wrote: As someone pointed out previously, we already have a London allowance in the salary cap. 10%.? Found this bargain in Hull url]http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/30932667?search_identifier=8a5dc6e023875b97b7230bbbba97920f [/url]found this garage for sale in Brentford http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/29961813?search_identifier=1cde6f5cea58aaa8f541e30a4904cb9c so basically, a player in Hull can buy a flat for 15k but a player in London needs 10k MORE just to park his car 10% id 2/10th of SFA.... I paid 4 quid for a pint of Peroni in London last year.....that means it would be 3.64 up north.......I'd suggest a pint at 3.64 in Hull/Castleford/Leeds/Salford/St Helens would not find itself out of its barrel!

Re: If the Broncos survive will you still support them? : Thu Nov 07, 2013 3:36 pm  

For me it depends on what comes out over the next couple of weeks. If we end up fielding a team made up of 12 antipodeans then I won't be watching, or taking any interest in what goes on. It'll be like all of the work done over the past decade has been wasted and Rea will have taken us back full circle. I've got no interest in that.

Re: If the Broncos survive will you still support them? : Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:42 pm  

A gentleman who goes by the name "Cracker" on these boards felt the need to PM me and tell me of my arrogance and how everything costs the same up north as it does down south..... I'm surprised he knew what Peroni was (now that is arrogance) Just to put the debate to bed once and for all.....figures from Q2 this year http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/uk_house_prices/regions/html/regions.stm London £475,940 or Yorkshire and Humberside £157,594.......300% more expensive in London, yet we get given 10%.

A gentleman who goes by the name "Cracker" on these boards felt the need to PM me and tell me of my arrogance and how everything costs the same up north as it does down south..... I'm surprised he knew what Peroni was (now that is arrogance) Just to put the debate to bed once and for all.....figures from Q2 this year http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/uk_house_prices/regions/html/regions.stm London £475,940 or Yorkshire and Humberside £157,594.......300% more expensive in London, yet we get given 10%.

Re: If the Broncos survive will you still support them? : Thu Nov 07, 2013 6:07 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

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London £475,940 or Yorkshire and Humberside £157,594.......300% more expensive in London, yet we get given 10%.

London £475,940 or Yorkshire and Humberside £157,594.......300% more expensive in London, yet we get allowed 10%.

Your friend Cracker and others would love to be able to claim that we were "given" something extra.

Re: If the Broncos survive will you still support them? : Thu Nov 07, 2013 8:18 pm  

Apart from the Brentford years I've watched Broncos for 18 years, right now I'm totally appalled by the lack of any communication coming from the club. All we can see are news stories of people moving on.

They need to tell us something very soon, I have a London Skolars season ticket as well as Broncos and watching them last year was a delight, they were a team full of players who wanted to win. London Broncos are a passion, so I will buy a season ticket, but i'm losing patience with them!