Re: London Powerhouse say IMG : Tue Dec 20, 2022 6:16 pm  

I'd suggest that we trawl the NSW/QLND cup comps.
Recent Fair Trade deals between AU/NZ and Blighty mean we can get backpackers in. These guys are Still young enough to share a house, but hopefully good enough that they see this an an opportunity to put themselves in the SL shop window.
Failing that, we need to look at paying well over the odds for ayers and to Dou that we need to generate more revenue....alas....well, we know my thoughts on that topic.
IMG would welcome an investor willing to fork out millions to relaunch a SL side in London, but theynwont touch the Broncos whilst Hughes is there. Why would they? He basically flushed £17,000,000 of central funding down the tubes in 8 years and drove 3,500 fans away from the game. He's the text book on how NOT to do it.
I see us struggling this year and relegation being a real issue...

Re: London Powerhouse say IMG : Tue Dec 20, 2022 8:26 pm  

BigTime wrote:

Yes other Championship sides tweeting about their not too shabby recent recruits, us tweeting about this type of thing. Here’s hoping this week’s newsletter has more meat in it than the last half dozen.

If there is, then it probably relates to the menu in the Gold Lounge.

Re: London Powerhouse say IMG : Thu Dec 22, 2022 12:11 am  

Deadcowboys1 wrote:

If there is, then it probably relates to the menu in the Gold Lounge.

Their fixation with corporate hospitality is weird. They claim we didn't get a fair share at Trailfinders and now they're begging existing fans to cover their costs that they themselves have incurred by claiming they'd be able to sell more at Wimbledon.
They should just admit they F&*(ed up and open 1 bar for everyone. Fleecing existing fans isn't growth and it NEVER ends well

Re: London Powerhouse say IMG : Thu Dec 22, 2022 8:43 am  

orangeman wrote:

Deadcowboys1 wrote:

If there is, then it probably relates to the menu in the Gold Lounge.

Their fixation with corporate hospitality is weird. They claim we didn't get a fair share at Trailfinders and now they're begging existing fans to cover their costs that they themselves have incurred by claiming they'd be able to sell more at Wimbledon.
They should just admit they F&*(ed up and open 1 bar for everyone. Fleecing existing fans isn't growth and it NEVER ends well

I don't understands it either. Just dilutes an already small crowd.

Re: London Powerhouse say IMG : Fri Dec 23, 2022 3:16 pm  

The Full 80 on SMTM TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bObXfot759I is debating IMG. Around 25 minutes in Mick, The Gamecaller, Gledhill comes out with something like, "Not every club is blessed with a David Hughes like Broncos." Bongser has lit the orange touch paper and will now retreat 10 paces (or rather 12 miles to The Egerton Arms in Salford for a Christmas piddle-up with the divers RL allegiances of that railway station pub)!

The Full 80 on SMTM TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bObXfot759I is debating IMG. Around 25 minutes in Mick, The Gamecaller, Gledhill comes out with something like, "Not every club is blessed with a David Hughes like Broncos." Bongser has lit the orange touch paper and will now retreat 10 paces (or rather 12 miles to The Egerton Arms in Salford for a Christmas piddle-up with the divers RL allegiances of that railway station pub)!

Re: London Powerhouse say IMG : Fri Dec 23, 2022 8:36 pm  

Bent&Bongser wrote: The Full 80 on SMTM TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bObXfot759I is debating IMG. Around 25 minutes in Mick, The Gamecaller, Gledhill comes out with something like, "Not every club is blessed with a David Hughes like Broncos." Bongser has lit the orange touch paper and will now retreat 10 paces (or rather 12 miles to The Egerton Arms in Salford for a Christmas piddle-up with the divers RL allegiances of that railway station pub)! Gledhill is Rl's version of comical Ali

Bent&Bongser wrote: The Full 80 on SMTM TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bObXfot759I is debating IMG. Around 25 minutes in Mick, The Gamecaller, Gledhill comes out with something like, "Not every club is blessed with a David Hughes like Broncos." Bongser has lit the orange touch paper and will now retreat 10 paces (or rather 12 miles to The Egerton Arms in Salford for a Christmas piddle-up with the divers RL allegiances of that railway station pub)! Gledhill is Rl's version of comical Ali

Re: London Powerhouse say IMG : Wed Dec 28, 2022 7:07 pm  

The lazy stereotype tends to see DH as the 'saviour of RL in London'. In reality, he's put in money but not very effectively.

Re: London Powerhouse say IMG : Fri Dec 30, 2022 1:39 am  

jbuzza wrote:

jbuzza wrote:

The lazy stereotype tends to see DH as the 'saviour of RL in London'. In reality, he's put in money but not very effectively.

"Very"?
He's butchered the club to within an inch of oblivion.

Re: London Powerhouse say IMG : Mon Jan 09, 2023 10:49 am  

orangeman wrote:

"Very"?
He's butchered the club to within an inch of oblivion.

True. I am mean look at the amount of regular posters that came on here 10, 15, 20 years ago and you have to ask the question why they do not anymore. Gus in my view was the beginning of the end.

Paddock Punter (Nigel), one of the most dedicated of London RL supporters, Gus rubbed him up the wrong way, and it ended up after PP being at every game since the Fulham days, stopped. And it was not only him, a whole load of harden supporters got very pi**ed off with how the existing supporter base were being communicated to, and treated.


I agree with Gutters, the 2006 and 2007 seasons were the best days in terms of trying to build something special. We had a really good team that could beat, and did beat everyone on their day. We had optimism that the bad days were behind us and the best days were ahead. Yes there were grumbles, but the results and the attendances at the Stoop spoke for themselves, I remember the last day of the 2006 season against Salford when we had a +5K crowd. The crowd atmosphere was amazing.

I went to Australia and came back to the UK during the 2011 season, I took my dad along to a home game, The Stoop was dead (Sub 2k crowd), the team was bottom of the SL, the guys that used to come to the games were not there as Gus was a Pen15. Everybody was just downbeat, resigned, and the feeling with the Broncos fanbase was toxic.

Back to topic, if IMG wants to grow the game here, then I would suggest that they grab a copy of the Pastel Revolution book which describes the story of how Broncos became Quins, and how Lenaghen and team wanted to build something special.

For IMG to do this it will take time, but more importantly words are cheap and regardless of how much money they have to pump in (it will be a lot), the money will be pi**ed down the toilet without the plan and how you are going to execute it.

Any thats my annual rant.

Re: London Powerhouse say IMG : Mon Jan 09, 2023 11:57 am  

someonehasmyname1 wrote:

Back to topic, if IMG wants to grow the game here, then I would suggest that they grab a copy of the Pastel Revolution book which describes the story of how Broncos became Quins, and how Lenaghen and team wanted to build something special.

For IMG to do this it will take time, but more importantly words are cheap and regardless of how much money they have to pump in (it will be a lot), the money will be pi**ed down the toilet without the plan and how you are going to execute it.

In contrast, Hughes has never wanted to (or never had the funds) to build something special. The squad he assembled last year, in a new stadium was woeful despite him targetting 5,000 fans

IMG see the potential of London but must also realise Hughes isn't part of any succesful outcome.