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Contingency plans : Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:13 pm  
If David Hughes pulls the plug is there any point trying to soldier on at a lower level like the Crusaders?

Or is decamping en masse to Skolars the preferred option?
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Re: Contingency plans : Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:19 pm  
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If David Hughes pulls the plug is there any point trying to soldier on at a lower level like the Crusaders?

Or is decamping en masse to Skolars the preferred option?


We've got the squad for a lower level. I expect the plug to be pulled entirely though.
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Re: Contingency plans : Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:27 pm  
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I expect the plug to be pulled entirely though.


That's looking like a given.

But is it worth the fans trying an AFC Broncos?
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Re: Contingency plans : Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:48 pm  
if the club was to go tits up I think it'd be great if a successor club could be formed by fans - it'd need some seriously motivated people though - let's hope season 2013 doesnt suck the life out of 'em! If they're out there they can stick me down for a membership
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was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have


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Re: Contingency plans : Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:07 pm  
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if the club was to go tits up I think it'd be great if a successor club could be formed by fans - it'd need some seriously motivated people though - let's hope season 2013 doesnt suck the life out of 'em! If they're out there they can stick me down for a membership



I think it's laughable that we are discussing a contingency plan when there has never been a plan A in the first place. There is no plan B

The RFL and SKY will either need to front up, or let the London Broncos die once Mr Hughes goes.......if they choose to let the club die, then RL as a professional game will continue to struggle to attract nationally recognised sponsors IMHO...........I doubt foxy bingo or Heinz Big soup are paying 5% to the RFL of the sort of money Aviva fork out for the other lot.....the removal of the 1 team in the south is hardly going to make superleague even more attractive to them.
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Re: Contingency plans : Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:16 pm  
I dont think it's laughable to think ahead.Just because the club is incapable of doing so doesnt mean it's fans have to follow the same template.
Absolutely the RFL and Sky need to do something very very soon or this club is f'd (I mean finished,honest!). The RFL should suggest to Sky that it'd be a really swell idea if they bought the London Broncos a la the Storm situation down under,tell them they have no salary cap. Then tell them if they dont they'll be awfully accommodating to those nice guys from BT Sport the next time the contract's up. Chances of that happening is about zilch unfortunately!
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dally messenger wrote:
was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have


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Re: Contingency plans : Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:33 pm  
600 ST holders.....they'd need to invest aminimum of 250 quid each a year over 5 years to make it viable outside SL, or a Grand each if the team wereto remain in SL.......I'd doubt you'd get25 people to put their hands up to the cheaper option and less than a half dozen for the more expensive option.

The club is reaping what it has failed to sow over 17 years of SL seasons......they never understood that marketing was key...even after they finished 2nd and made the CC Final, fans didn't flock to the club.

Since the RFL made Lenegan relinquish his shares and let DH have control, this club has been spirraling out of control........bad appointments, bad decisions, people retained when they should never have been employed...I mean to say, employing a guy who saw attendances fall at his last job to a role that required significant growth of attendances :CRAZY:

The RFL should look at investing 5 million over a 20 year period (we pay them back 250k a year from our SKY alowance) in the New Brentford stadium....we get 13 home games a year for 20 years, Brentford get 25% of their costs covered....SKY need to take DH's shares over and market the crap out of the team....the club would need to get to 10,000 fans within 10 years and be looking at honours within 5....

All of the above can be achieved with the right people in place...and I am sad to say that David Hughes and Gus Mackay don't qualify....it would seem that the majority of people on here think it's nearly the endof the road.....I for one am puzzled as to how the RFL can sit idly by and let this happen.
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Re: Contingency plans : Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:41 pm  
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600 ST holders.....they'd need to invest aminimum of 250 quid each a year over 5 years to make it viable outside SL, or a Grand each if the team wereto remain in SL.......


Obviously Super League is outside the remit of fans but the Championship is a viable option I think.
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Re: Contingency plans : Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:50 pm  
The future is championship in the south with three or four teams if LB go. It could be a long time for SL to returns.
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Re: Contingency plans : Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:48 am  
I could see a 'token' merger with the Skolars at the end of the season, just to save face. Doubt the Skolars would go for this unless there was some money behind it. It would be a big ask for fans to start a Championship club. Make more sense for everyone to get behind the Skolars, who have a business plan, are going forward, trying to buy there own ground etc.
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