[Wildthing]

Re: 2013 replicas : Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:11 pm  

Conroy wrote:

You've had chance after chance to get bigger crowds and have failed. Somebody else should get a turn now.

Franchising isn't just based on attendances though.
London do need to try harder with attendances IMO but not be just kicked out because of it.

Re: 2013 replicas : Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:30 pm  

With the way Catalans attracted great crowds from the beginning I would be interested to see what Toulouse would get in SL in place of London

(i know they've tried Championship)

Re: 2013 replicas : Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:14 pm  

Wildthing wrote:

Franchising isn't just based on attendances though.
London do need to try harder with attendances IMO but not be just kicked out because of it.

Although I agree with you that a franchise shouldnt be based on attendances.
London's crowd numbers are pathetic and are not worthy of a top flight team in any "major" sport.
There were rumours of give away tickets last season and they have to do more to encourage fans to attend.

Re: 2013 replicas : Sat Jan 12, 2013 4:52 pm  

Him wrote:

That's poor. Don't they want to make money?

Its also the worst shirt in SL, look like a ten quid training top

Re: 2013 replicas : Sat Jan 12, 2013 6:01 pm  

Sorry, but that is woeful. I like the idea of London being in the league and producing talent but how long can they be allowed in the top division on the back of "it's good for the game to have a team in London"?

Whilst you have a benefactor who is paying the clubs ways then there is no problem short term.

It depends on who is saying its good to have London- if its Sky then its critical if its you it doesnt matter

Re: 2013 replicas : Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:27 pm  

Jemmo wrote:

Doncaster RLFC

Away

I love the simplicity of that away kit. Good looking shirt that.

Re: 2013 replicas : Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:39 pm  

Broxy Music wrote:

Its also the worst shirt in SL, look like a ten quid training top

For some reason I don't mind it but there's exactly not much effort put in by MKK.

Re: 2013 replicas : Sun Jan 13, 2013 7:26 pm  

Conroy wrote:

You've had chance after chance to get bigger crowds and have failed. Somebody else should get a turn now.

No they shouldn't. The work they have been doing in spreading the word in London, along with the Skolars and community coaches, is of greater value to the sport as a whole as well as in London than the size of their crowds. They are located in a city comprising over 6 million people with probably about as many sports competing for their income. And that isn't taking into consideration the geography of the city and the massive amount of time it can take a person just to travel from one side to the other.

At least London aren't ripping off their supporters by rehashing the same kit year in, year out and expecting people to fork out forty quid every time, regardless of how good Saints' away kit looks this time around (I'm tempted for the first time ever to actually buy the away kit).

I'd say it would be likely to cost London more to redesign and produce a shirt for a small band of followers than keeping the same kit for two consecutive years.

Re: 2013 replicas : Sun Jan 13, 2013 7:54 pm  

Conroy wrote:

You've had chance after chance to get bigger crowds and have failed. Somebody else should get a turn now.

What do you base this sweeping judgement on?
London's average of 2,808 last year was the lowest ever in the history of the club in SL and it is very worrying that year on year they have dropped a total of 43% since we rerturned to the stoop in 2006. This average gives the club an (approximate) income of a million quid in ticket and residual revenues. Then they receive 1.3 million from SKY and the owner throws in another 1.5 million, so they turn over 3.8 million a year and owe nobody other than the owner any money. No overdraft, no bank loans, no anything...they are 100% debt free. Londons crowds are a concern.....but only for London themselves and the RFL......as I have said, our home attendances do not cost any of the other clubs a brass farthing and if we're honest, are none of your loving business.

Since 2006, great strides have been made with the development of the game in London by the club, bankrolled not by the RFL, but by the club. Our community officers...sorry, award winning community officers have visited schools across the south east and promoted the game. Participation numbers are continuing to grow......in case you missed it, Howard of Effingham School from Surrey are the National Schools Champions having defeated Castleford Academy at Wembley, the London Skolars have started to become more competative now they are picking up some of the Harlequins RL/London Broncos academy players, London trained players are starting to be picked up across ESL ....and the club have never finished in a relegation position.

Your opinion that "someone else" should be given a chance carries little if any factual weight....it is little more than a flatcappers opinion. Your whippet needs feeding.

Re: 2013 replicas : Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:26 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

Since 2006, great strides have been made with the development of the game in London by the club, bankrolled not by the RFL, but by the club. Our community officers...sorry, award winning community officers have visited schools across the south east and promoted the game. Participation numbers are continuing to grow......in case you missed it, Howard of Effingham School from Surrey are the National Schools Champions having defeated Castleford Academy at Wembley, the London Skolars have started to become more competative now they are picking up some of the Harlequins RL/London Broncos academy players, London trained players are starting to be picked up across ESL ....and the club have never finished in a relegation position.

Your opinion that "someone else" should be given a chance carries little if any factual weight....it is little more than a flatcappers opinion. Your whippet needs feeding.

Wigan, any other Super League club and the RFL can send ''community officers'' in to London schools to introduce and create a Rugby League strategy. The above drivel you posted is a desperate attempt to try and justify the Broncos presence in Super League.