Re: Wigan game : Sun Jul 28, 2013 5:24 pm  

Even in the club's bleakest moments playing in the murk at Chiswick, unsure if they were going to get paid the players generally performed with more pride, courage and passion than that shower did yesterday.

This is one of the few RL showpiece games shown on the BBC and we let the game down.

Something has been going wrong with the club since we entered SL, now it doesn't feel like a club anymore, more like just a bunch of overpaid mercenaries, a kit bag and a small odd group of never say die, hairshirt wearing fans.

Re: Wigan game : Sun Jul 28, 2013 5:59 pm  

scimitars wrote:

Even in the club's bleakest moments playing in the murk at Chiswick, unsure if they were going to get paid the players generally performed with more pride, courage and passion than that shower did yesterday.

This is one of the few RL showpiece games shown on the BBC and we let the game down.

Something has been going wrong with the club since we entered SL, now it doesn't feel like a club anymore, more like just a bunch of overpaid mercenaries, a kit bag and a small odd group of never say die, hairshirt wearing fans.

The problems are more recent than that. As much as David Hughes money has saved the Broncos his decisions on how to run the club are killing it.

Re: Wigan game : Sun Jul 28, 2013 7:28 pm  

jbuzza wrote:

The problems are more recent than that. As much as David Hughes money has saved the Broncos his decisions on how to run the club are killing it.

This..........and pretty much only this!

Re: Wigan game : Sun Jul 28, 2013 7:31 pm  

jbuzza wrote:

The problems are more recent than that. As much as David Hughes money has saved the Broncos his decisions on how to run the club are killing it.

I find it hard to have sympathy for him anymore- pumping money into a losing cause might be noble, but pumping money into a losing cause without taking steps to turn it into a winning one is idiocy.

Re: Wigan game : Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:10 pm  

stayinlondon wrote:

On answer to the Broncos team YES I think we were shameful, weak, clueless and the team were disloyal to every fan that travelled by putting in no effort at all. Friends who watched the game couldnt believe LB were such a non competitive team. In answer to your question about Wigan - again yes they were technically brilliant but more importantly they played with pride and passion. Strange we have fans who will support and clap the team no matter what dross they serve up and Wigan have fans who cant t be bothered to pay a local bus fare to get to the game but I bet they will all be excellent journeymen when it comes to Wembley they will have so many fans on that day. The pride and passion Wigan team play with deserve better from it's fans.

When it looked like Wigan might be relegated their crowds actually increased. Wigan fans are very loyal, even if they don't turn out to watch dross like the Broncos

Re: Wigan game : Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:21 pm  

The club has never been very well run, there was a false dawn when Lenegan took over before retreating into his comfort zone and dropping DH in it. An earlier post mentioned getting someone like Branson involved but we have all been there too.

There is just something about the club now where players don't play to their potential and we end up playing a dreary boring brand of RL to the point where committed fans like myself can no longer be bothered to turn up.

We wrecked a showpiece semi final yesterday. thankfully the 2 teams on display today did a bit to restore the games credibility.

London needs a successful SL club it doesn't need another makeweight, there are enough of them around the M62!

Re: Wigan game : Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:08 am  

Not long back after making a weekend of it. My thoughts on the weekend

Good points:

Leigh East v Elland
Leigh East's clubhouse
Chicken Balti pies
New York Brass Band
Beers and comradery with Broncos fans
Generosity of Leigh's board with the hotel rooms
Park Inn's breakfast
Oldham's clubhouse and the friendly Roughyed and Crusaders fans
Oldham v Crusaders

Bad points:

Cheerleaders had changed their outfits from the ones worn at the National Rail finals
Everything between 5 and 7 yesterday

Re: Wigan game : Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:32 am  

Bentham was dreadful but so were London.

Wigan did the basics well - no more than that.

It is nearly August now, 10 May was the last time we kept a Super League side to below 30, since then: 64, 46, 30, 82, 46, 44, 34, 38, 70.

Re: Wigan game : Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:06 am  

No he wasn't.....maybe one mistake with the high shot on Tompkins other than that we tried to slow the play down and he penalised us

Re: Wigan game : Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:26 am  

dredgie wrote:

No he wasn't.....maybe one mistake with the high shot on Tompkins other than that we tried to slow the play down and he penalised us

That was the happy flag waver, there was a further incident when the referee called Bronco's ball, after a knock on from Wigan, again the happy flag waver on the other side, said scrum to Wigan, giving the second knock on, not the first one! again it resulted in a try. It was one of those days when nothing went wrong for Wigan, however bad we played.