Re: Home Next Year : Sat Jul 04, 2015 11:00 pm  

mickyb1234 wrote:

Oct a couple of years ago, the club consisted of 6 staff total, we were maybe a week away from liquidation, I didn't see anyone rushing to rescue the club certainly not the RFL why should they clubs have come and gone in the past.

2 Years ago the damage was already done......there really wasn't anything worth saving. 2 Seasons at the Hive will have been witnessed by less than 1/4 of a season at the stoop in 2008.
Back in 2008/09 we were worth saving. We had massive potential and looked like we were finally going to do things right.........

BroncOnIon wrote:

And the evidence to support your opinion is what exactly?

I don't know if DH is good at poker but I do know that he makes his (very good) living by a form of gambling.

Brokering isn't gambling. It's buying cheap and selling on at a profit.

Re: Home Next Year : Sat Jul 04, 2015 11:41 pm  

Jim Pooley wrote:

Brokering isn't gambling. It's buying cheap and selling on at a profit.

As I said, a form of gambling.

Re: Home Next Year : Sun Jul 05, 2015 5:27 pm  

So where are we moving to?

Re: Home Next Year : Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:27 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

So where are we moving to?

Ask Jaybs......it's that interested in the subject he's hijacked the Haven Thread to bring it up

Re: Home Next Year : Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:33 pm  

BroncOnIon wrote:

And the evidence to support your opinion is what exactly?

My opinion is based on what transpired (Hughes did not walk) and the current state of London. Rumoured to now be making yet another move! Nobody knows for sure what would have happened had Hughes walked. It didn't happen. I think London now needs a new investor and a stable home to thrive. I can't see how a club can attract quality players and staff or build supporter numbers without it. How long has Hughes committed investment for now?

Re: Home Next Year : Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:49 pm  

Aachen wrote:

How long has Hughes committed investment for now?

He committed to 3 years in 2011 and nearly reneged on the last year of that, so I'd take anything that the guy says with a pinch of salt.

According to his mouthpiece on here, "David" is putting more effort and money into the club. I suspect that's because he used his noted business acumen to give up all income streams associated with match day (30k a game and 390k in total in 2012)in return for no rent (200k in 2012).

You are right that the club needs stability, but it would seem that Hughes is incapable of delivering that or employing the correct people into key positions at the Club to deliver it for him. Joe Grima was supposed to have recruited a side capable of getting us back into SL this year......Blanchard and then Mackay bled the club dry of fans and sponsors....these are three examples of Hughes "hand picked" employees.

I know how much he invested between 2008 - 2012 and I can pretty accurately calculate his total investment in the club to date, but at what stage do we say,

"thanks for the effort David, but you've already flushed 20 million down the pan and have nothing to show for it other than failure......it's time for you to go" before handing him a lifetime match ticket and inducting him into the hall of fame?

If he walks next year and we are at Trailfinders ground, then I believe we can survive in the bottom 8 or maybe C1 as a semi-pro club.......not the legacy that Hughes wants but probably what he deserves.

Re: Home Next Year : Mon Jul 06, 2015 11:52 am  

Aachen wrote:

My opinion is based on what transpired (Hughes did not walk) and the current state of London. Rumoured to now be making yet another move! Nobody knows for sure what would have happened had Hughes walked. It didn't happen. I think London now needs a new investor and a stable home to thrive. I can't see how a club can attract quality players and staff or build supporter numbers without it. How long has Hughes committed investment for now?

But there's the rub. The stable home has been an unfulfilled dream for years. And who might this new investor be? Unless you know that DH has been approached? Possible of course but hard to believe that he'd turn down any financial assistance and commitment.

Re: Home Next Year : Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:02 pm  

I was told that there were some big announcements to come in the next few weeks.
The big one has to be where we shall play next season. Would not be drawn on that though.
Lets see how things unfold, sooner rather than later would be better.

Re: Home Next Year : Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:26 pm  

London looking for a new home is now an annual event ...North, South, East, West who decides? Its like a game of roulette....

Re: Home Next Year : Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:49 pm  

Jim Pooley wrote:

He committed to 3 years in 2011 and nearly reneged on the last year of that, so I'd take anything that the guy says with a pinch of salt

With that sort of instability, then no wonder London cannot attract the type of players it needs to make an impact. Given a choice of clubs, why would any quality player looking for a future (rather than with one foot in retirement) choose to relocate to the club a couple of hundred miles down South.