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| Nice to see you are such a supporter of red nose day gutters
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| Quote jaybs="jaybs"Still feel the best solution, is not to feed animals, we may then get The LONDON BRONCOS forum back.'"
Squeal Squeal little piggy.
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Also...who the hell is "WE"? Are you saying you must toe the party line to be a fan?
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| The way Hughes us wrecking the club only sycophants will be left.
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| Quote Cowgirl Nostalgist="Cowgirl Nostalgist"The way Hughes us wrecking the club only sycophants will be left.'"
or those on the payroll
All "Dave" wants to hear is that we have a team and we think they'll do well next year.
The Business plan that has been submitted to him lays out the plans to have us back in SL inside 3 years and operating close to self sufficiency. If he believes that I may well come back and grab some of that 'easy money" he throws about whilst taking peoples word as some sort of cast iron business plan
He has a track record of making terrible decisions and no matter if he throws another 18 million at us over the next 3 years, I have a better chance of getting Petone Panthers (Wellington RL 2015 season P: 14 L: 14 PA: 812 PF: 155) into SL.
For the record: For London Broncos to exist as a viable self sufficient RL side in Superleague, we need to attract either another wealthy benefactor willing to spend 2 million a year+ or 10,000 fans to games. We are moving to a stadium(sic) with 970 seats and not a snowballs chance in hell of developing a new stand inside 3 years, one of our "major" signings for 2016 is an outside back who is one injury away from retirement, a rumoured signing is a prop from relegated Doncaster and next year we will face stiffer competition from a rebuilding Bradford, a full time Sheffield and one of Leigh, Wakefield or Salford, not to mention the 4 SL sides with a larger cap should we make the middle 8.
The concept that we would be back in SL by 2019 is as laughable as some of the terrible decisions made by the person on the far left of my signature and those he employed to the right!
I will continue to follow the team, but the club as an entity is nothing more than his Tonka Toy!
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| Quote Dave Lister="Dave Lister"Best post on here in ages.'"
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| Quote jaybs="jaybs"Still feel the best solution, is not to feed animals, we may then get The LONDON BRONCOS forum back.'"
Let's lay an urban myth to rest here shall we?
My first 2 posts on this topic.....
Quote jaybs="Jim Pooley"For anyone interested, pretty comprehensive details about the facilities here
[urlhttp://www.tfsc.co.uk/[/url
As with ANY ground we play at, there will be the usual avalanche of "it's a bugger to get to" type posts, so just to head the whiners off at the pass:
Castle Bar Park is the nearest Railway station, served on Saturdays, but not Sundays from Paddington/Ealing Broadway
Ealing Broadway to the ground 14 minutes on the E11......other bus stops within a 5 minute walk of the ground are served by the E3, E2, E5, E9, E7 and the 297.
If you're a fan of overpriced Fullers Ales, the Duke of Kent (E2, E9, E7) is a 650 meter stroll to the ground.
For those staying overnight, the Premier Inn Greenford offers a 1k walk to the ground and is located near the Central Line for a fast trip into town.
Yes, the stadium (sic) isn't located on top of a tube line and to some it will seem like a 'wilderness" but Ealing Broadway is served by the District and Central Lines, as well as having 16 trains stopping there on route to/from Paddington per hour. There 6 busses that can be caught outside the station that will get you within a 5 minute walk of the Stadium (sic)......I truly hope that the club can retain the supporters from this year and maybe attract some new or lapsed ones.
From Brentford it's 1 bus, from Twickenham 2 busses.
Lastly, I'd like to see Hughes attempt to get our own Beer Tent set up in the grounds if we aren't to get a share of that revenue. Maybe the volunteer/supporters group could offer to staff it? Rather us get the revenue than the Rahs'...'"
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Quote jaybs="Jim Pooley"Like the Hive, the biggest stumbling block for development is the neighbours. It's a pretty nice area and I would suspect if they do develop it, then it won't be any higher than the current 2 storey stand. The Seating at one end behind the sticks can be replicated at the other end so it could probably stretch to a 3k seat stadium......but never a SL standard ground.
The Union lads are clothes by under armour, so hopefully we get to see some decent replica and leisure wear in the shop. Will Trailfinders sponsor us next year?
Here's the stand behind the sticks at the Vallis Way End which holds 480...notice that it's lower than the tree line.

This is opposite the main grandstand...I believe there are 120 seats here on match days, either side of the dugouts. No treelines apparent to block the view from the houses at the rear, so planning could prove tricky
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THEN YOUR FIRST INPUT.
Quote jaybs="jaybs"I will wait until we get all the Facts, on paper (if true) it's not a very good prospect, ironic when Leeds Rhino's are so keen to play Wigan Warriors in London this breaks?
Supporter owned club, is there any real evidence there is there is a real thirst for this? would those involved be able to really raise the funds needed, where would the club be based then? how would you replace the real money Hughes has and is putting in? why we have never been able to break through with other investors I can't understand, when a man with money goes from London to Bradford to buy into rugby.
It is only the last few seasons that we kept hearing here how The Skolars was the future, what are they doing currently? perhaps the game will only ever be amateur in the South do we have to accept it? seeing Oxford beat as they were at the weekend with a record score, one journalist said straight after the match, Swinton break records Great, is it great.
As a sport we have been fed and so many believe we The Greatest Game, one that attendances are still dropping, a Challenge Cup that attendances are a disgrace and a top semi is taken to a ground that holds 13,024? just to make it look good on TV, play it on a Friday night kick off 7.45pm a time that fits BBC TV, try getting across the M62 at that time on a Friday. The Academy League is rumoured to be reduced to 8 teams? many clubs joining together? who does a real talented player sign for, which club? The game itself so predictable with the kicking on the last tackle, scrums which are a joke, last Friday night watching Sky I turned off with 15 minutes to go I was bored.'"
Your post has nothing to do with the move to Ealing other than you waiting for it to be announced officially. You then wander off into the musings of a tired and depressed RL fan bemoaning the state of the game across the board.
Ergo. This thread as with a great deal of other threads gets derailed by people like you who prepare to shoot the messenger rather than accept what he is saying has some value.
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| I Just ignore spam postings! like one above! feel many others do the same...............
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| You just ignore reality more like.
You’ve got form for slagging Skolars but now that St David of Hughes is moving us to a ground that makes New River look like Wembley you’re on board as usual.
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| Quote Molly Malone="Molly Malone"Let's lay an urban myth to rest here shall we?
My first 2 posts on this topic.....
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Very informative posts those were by old Pooley. Wonder what happened to him?
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| Quote BroncOnIon="BroncOnIon"Very informative posts those were by old Pooley. Wonder what happened to him?'"
Banned as I will no doubt be soon enough because I seem to notice things aren't rosey in the RL garden.
As for jaybs......he refers to me outing him as having drifted the thread as spam......its almost pythonesque. He's a very naughty boy
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| Quote jaybs="jaybs"I Just ignore spam postings! like one above! feel many others do the same...............'"
Well ignored.
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| Quote Thecranewife="Thecranewife"drone'"
Why do you bother?
It's not like he takes any notice of you stalking his every move.
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| Quote Cowgirl Nostalgist="Cowgirl Nostalgist"Why do you bother?
It's not like he takes any notice of you stalking his every move.'"
Oh I do. I wear his and his alter ego, ThePhotocopier stalking me like a badge of honour.
This stalking is designed to highlight my continued existence on here in the forlorn hope that I'll get another ban and the massed ranks of loyal Broncos fans will rush back onto the boards, when in reality is as I have shown above, it is more a myth than anything else that Gutterfax or Jim Pooley drove fans away. The irony is that Cranewife and photocopier add exactly nothing to these boards yet are permitted to exist as they don't disagree with the new mantra on here that either it's positive or it's not permitted!
By the way, that's over 100 words without blaming Hughes or MacKay.......I must try harder 
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| Quote Cowgirl Nostalgist="Cowgirl Nostalgist"Why do you bother?
It's not like he takes any notice of you stalking his every move.'"
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| Quote Molly Malone="Molly Malone"Oh I do. I wear his and his alter ego, ThePhotocopier stalking me like a badge of honour.
This stalking is designed to highlight my Drone
continued existence on here in the forlorn hope that I'll get another ban
drone
and the massed ranks of loyal Broncos fans will rush back onto the boards, when in reality is as I have shown above, it is more a myth than anything else that Gutterfax or Jim Pooley drove fans away. The irony is that Cranewife and photocopier add exactly nothing to these boards
add=+ drone
By the way, that's over 100 words without blaming Hughes or MacKay.......I must try harder
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| Quote Thecranewife="Thecranewife"poodle'"
Makes a nice change from "drone" I suppose.
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| The club have just confirmed a lock stock and barrel move to Ealing.
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| With the ability to expand should we make super league.
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I didnt realise the ladies would be playing assosciation football there.
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| Quote Cowgirl Nostalgist="Cowgirl Nostalgist"Given a choice between GF ranting about attendances or you with your head firmly rammed up the owner’s backside I choose the man with many aliases every time.'" Quote Cowgirl Nostalgist="Dave Lister"Best post on here in ages.'" Quote Cowgirl Nostalgist="Homer"Amen to that!'"
So there you have it. If you go to the games you have your head "firmly rammed up the owner’s backside", and you all want a forum dedicated to the ego of one poster.
Because all those posts telling us what we already know about the past are really changing things aren't they.
OH NO! They aren't changing anything in the slightest.
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| Quote Honkytonk="Honkytonk"With the ability to expand should we make super league.'"
Ignoring for a moment the ridiculous idea that the Broncos might ever again challenge for promotion, the "ability to expand" is an interesting phrase. Yes, there is the space to increase spectator capacity but that doesn't mean Ealing Council would grant planning permission for it. In fact, I think they'd be highly unlikely to.
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| Quote nadera78="nadera78"Ignoring for a moment the ridiculous idea that the Broncos might ever again challenge for promotion, the "ability to expand" is an interesting phrase. Yes, there is the space to increase spectator capacity but that doesn't mean Ealing Council would grant planning permission for it. In fact, I think they'd be highly unlikely to.'"
Time will tell I guess
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| Quote Perry="Perry"If you go to the games you have your head "firmly rammed up the owner’s backside"'"
I was referring specifically to Jaybs.
Saying that David Hughes does get a ridiculously easy time for wrecking the club.
If Broncos ever recover it will be no thanks to him.
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