Re: Brown n out?? : Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:24 pm  

saint at wire wrote:

Understand that, but are seriously saying that if baloo gets an offer to coach leeds or wigan or warrington or saints in a few years time that he will stay "loyal" to hudds?

That would all depend, who can say what's happening a few years down the line, What's Brown gonna do with Saints? Will you move a level up or a level down? Leeds squad is ageing, will they replace the likes of Sinfield, McGuire well? The league could look very different with the hull clubs coming into it more in a few years time, Eden could be billy slater by then. Lots of ifs and buts, Baloo may choose to stay with the Giants as we stuck with him and gave him the top job once he was ready.

Re: Brown n out?? : Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:30 pm  

Gi4nts wrote:

That would all depend, who can say what's happening a few years down the line, What's Brown gonna do with Saints? Will you move a level up or a level down? Leeds squad is ageing, will they replace the likes of Sinfield, McGuire well? The league could look very different with the hull clubs coming into it more in a few years time, Eden could be billy slater by then. Lots of ifs and buts, Baloo may choose to stay with the Giants as we stuck with him and gave him the top job once he was ready.

But you'll still have a poor fan base. The Big clubs will remain the big clubs,even Bradford , if they get a new owner will still have pull because they have a great fan base and they have a great history. If Baloo does well at Shudds dont be too upset or shocked if one of the big boys comes knocking and he jumps ship.

Re: Brown n out?? : Wed Jul 18, 2012 5:00 pm  

Again Bradford is a big IF, if they do go tits up all the glory hunters that buggered off may come flocking back, Huddersfield town may be in the blue square premier meaning more fans for us. Fartown used to get crowds well into double figures back in the 50's - 60's.
A week in RL is like a year in other sports, tons of things can and will change. We may even win a trophy

Re: Brown n out?? : Wed Jul 18, 2012 5:10 pm  

Gi4nts wrote:

Again Bradford is a big IF, if they do go tits up all the glory hunters that buggered off may come flocking back, Huddersfield town may be in the blue square premier meaning more fans for us. Fartown used to get crowds well into double figures back in the 50's - 60's.
A week in RL is like a year in other sports, tons of things can and will change. We may even win a trophy

Is that 12 or 13 fans?



Seriously though Hudds poor fan base has always surprised me tbh, like you say it's not like you have a Man Utd sharing the same town (like Salford) and regardless of all the wailing thats being done at the moment Brown has brought some success to the club. Your well backed by a good chairman and the RFL have bent over backwards to keep you in Super League (I Assume because of the historical significance of the town to our sport) but still you seem to have a poor following. I always cringe slightly when I see Hudds games on tv and the stadium looks deserted.

Re: Brown n out?? : Wed Jul 18, 2012 5:43 pm  

All it takes is for some success to come Hudds way and the fans will come. Who's to say that Anderson can't achieve that there when Brown almost pulled off a cup win and a GF appearance. I don't think he will either but you never know.

Re: : Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:46 pm  

I could go into detail about why our crowds are poor but i wont bore you with the details. But yes they are poor

Re: Re: : Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:53 pm  

meast wrote:

I could go into detail about why our crowds are poor but i wont bore you with the details. But yes they are poor

What many Saints fans forget is that ours have been poor in the past too. In the 80s I believe we got down to a 4000 average gate. Your crowd numbers are better now than they were 10 years ago and so who is to say where they will be in the future.

Re: : Thu Jul 19, 2012 6:24 am  

They are better now than they were 5 years ago, but it doesn't stop some people bagging us for it.

Re: Brown n out?? : Thu Jul 19, 2012 8:48 am  

Still not too bad for a team that's not won owt major for decades!!!

Re: Brown n out?? : Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:03 am  

Judging by the weekends result the problems at hudds appear to be far deeper than browns poor coaching. Could be a poisoned chalice for baloo