Re: Catalans game moved to Esher RFC! : Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:31 am  

Rooster Booster wrote:

Don't quite understand why people can't accept that a pitch may be deemed unplayable.

yeah...it has nothing to do with a HK game the following week.....

Re: Catalans game moved to Esher RFC! : Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:50 am  

gutterfax wrote:

yeah...it has nothing to do with a HK game the following week.....

Is the HK fixture (don't know RU terms) the Quins game on Sunday 7th April?

If so, we are scheduled to play at the Stoop on Friday 5th April.

If our game on the 5th is moved, then people may be right about protecting the ground for an important game. In the meantime, all the "facts" are circumstantial and we are not moving to protect the pitch for a game in a couple of weeks time.

Re: Catalans game moved to Esher RFC! : Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:39 am  

Rooster Booster wrote: Is the HK fixture (don't know RU terms) the Quins game on Sunday 7th April? If so, we are scheduled to play at the Stoop on Friday 5th April. If our game on the 5th is moved, then people may be right about protecting the ground for an important game. In the meantime, all the "facts" are circumstantial and we are not moving to protect the pitch for a game in a couple of weeks time. let's see...... http://www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/27349/broncos-forced-into-venue-change sounds like someone forced them into the change and it wasn't the RFL..... We are grateful for the support from the RFL and for Esher Rugby Union Club for hosting us at short notice." ......show me where the RFL inspected the ground and said it was unplayable....until then, you,I amd everyone else knows this was QRFC decision..... dead man walking

Rooster Booster wrote: Is the HK fixture (don't know RU terms) the Quins game on Sunday 7th April? If so, we are scheduled to play at the Stoop on Friday 5th April. If our game on the 5th is moved, then people may be right about protecting the ground for an important game. In the meantime, all the "facts" are circumstantial and we are not moving to protect the pitch for a game in a couple of weeks time. let's see...... http://www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/27349/broncos-forced-into-venue-change sounds like someone forced them into the change and it wasn't the RFL..... We are grateful for the support from the RFL and for Esher Rugby Union Club for hosting us at short notice." ......show me where the RFL inspected the ground and said it was unplayable....until then, you,I amd everyone else knows this was QRFC decision..... dead man walking

Re: Catalans game moved to Esher RFC! : Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:12 am  

Rooster Booster wrote:

We don't know the facts but everyone still makes shıt up cos they have issues with the club and the CEO.

Given that Gus's #1 priority is to find us a new ground, at least he will be able to say he did it for this game.

Re: Catalans game moved to Esher RFC! : Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:43 am  

Good point by rooster booster re the game 2 days before the 1/4 final. If tony and the team were happy not to postpone then let's just get on with it.

With regard too boozers in the area not a lot I am afraid. Nearest are in Hersham itself a good 20 minutes walk or esher which is not walkable. Lets hope the ale in the club house is ok

Re: Catalans game moved to Esher RFC! : Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:12 am  

Paddock Punter wrote:

Good point by rooster booster re the game 2 days before the 1/4 final. If tony and the team were happy not to postpone then let's just get on with it.

I still say it's a precedent in 6,000+ games of summer rugby that a game has been moved in such circumstances.....but look for the silverlining if you must.

Paddock Punter wrote:

With regard too boozers in the area not a lot I am afraid. Nearest are in Hersham itself a good 20 minutes walk or esher which is not walkable. Lets hope the ale in the club house is ok

will you be sporting laced up boots and corduroys?

Re: Catalans game moved to Esher RFC! : Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:25 am  

The match hasn't been moved because the pitch is unplayable - that is not a decision that can be taken 3 days previous to the fixture and with dry weather forecast. It is also a decision that is taken by the match official. Someone has called it unplayable on the basis that they don't think the pitch - in its present state - can take 2 games close together. They might be right but that's clearly not the same as judging the pitch unplayable.

Moving the game to Esher is silly on so many levels. It will alienate some already long-suffering supporters and it makes the Broncos look even more small time than they are (if that's possible). The alternative - postponing - makes much more sense. More time to plan the fixture for June/July - at the Stoop or perhaps at the ground we're going to next season as a means of promotion - and a better chance of a crowd than on a cold Thursday night. And giving Tony Rea a say is just ridiculous: 2 points on Thursday night are trivial compared to the potential damage done to the club's image.

Re: Catalans game moved to Esher RFC! : Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:22 am  

Colly2 wrote:

Moving the game to Esher is silly on so many levels. It will alienate some already long-suffering supporters and it makes the Broncos look even more small time than they are (if that's possible). The alternative - postponing - makes much more sense. More time to plan the fixture for June/July - at the Stoop or perhaps at the ground we're going to next season as a means of promotion - and a better chance of a crowd than on a cold Thursday night. And giving Tony Rea a say is just ridiculous: 2 points on Thursday night are trivial compared to the potential damage done to the club's image.

Re: Catalans game moved to Esher RFC! : Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:26 am  

Just had a thought
what about the £40 curry? Can the clubhouse at Esher cope with the demand? Will it be cooked at the Stoop and will Gus have a delivery van for the night? Are there padded seats on the halfway line?

I think we have a right to know!!

Re: Catalans game moved to Esher RFC! : Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:27 am  

The next two fixtures to have been played at the stoop are:

Thurs 28 March – LONDON BRONCOS v Catalans

Friday 5th April – LONDON BRONCOS v Bulls


FOLLOWED BY

Sun 7th April QUINS RU v Munster in that 1/4 final


They are moving the Broncos game that is 10 days before the Quins game and not the game Broncos 2 days before the quins game. Sort of blows the "they're moving us cos they don't want us to ruin the pitch" argument out of the water. Doesn't it? Unless of course they move the Bulls game as well. We'll wait and see. Until then, it's all usual bolloçks speculation. Why can't it simply be, the pitch is in poor condition? As we have been told. Irrelevant of whether the club are morons for doing so.