Re: Are we down yet? : Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:32 pm  

I think we all agree that the club needs to be run on a professional and sustainable basis and that a long-term plan needs to be followed.

However, like m1234 I'm just not understanding the notion that Championship rugby league is the end of the world. I'm looking forward to seeing some of the grand old names of the sport play the Broncos in 2015. I wouldn't be fussed if we spent 10 years in the Championship so long as the team was competitive and business wasn't run as a basket case.

I just wish the club would come out with some firm and positive plans for next year. Relegation seems to have kicked off a bout of worst case scenario and speccies are filling in the gaps in what we know with doom and gloom. This is understandable but ultimately destablising.

Re: Are we down yet? : Tue Jul 15, 2014 3:39 pm  

Colly2 wrote:

I think we all agree that the club needs to be run on a professional and sustainable basis and that a long-term plan needs to be followed.

However, like m1234 I'm just not understanding the notion that Championship rugby league is the end of the world. I'm looking forward to seeing some of the grand old names of the sport play the Broncos in 2015. I wouldn't be fussed if we spent 10 years in the Championship so long as the team was competitive and business wasn't run as a basket case.

I just wish the club would come out with some firm and positive plans for next year. Relegation seems to have kicked off a bout of worst case scenario and speccies are filling in the gaps in what we know with doom and gloom. This is understandable but ultimately destablising.

I have to agree with this, I have been braced for the Championship in 2015 from the start of this season. Surely only the maddest of optimists ( or Hollywood script writers!) would have thought we could avoid the drop? It might have been nice to get a win or two but I have found myself this season not having any expectation from the team and being surprised when we have played well, albeit in patches and earlier in the season.

Knowing that we are down I agree the sooner the club can get it's plans out for next season the better. Joe G is in place, Henderson has signed up which could be a great move for us at Championship level. If we can confirm we are staying at the Hive and not have all the nonsense we had last year after leaving the Stoop to play ?? . Sure it's not great being relegated this early in the year but did anyone else expect any different? Is it really going to be the end of the world? It's now all about getting things in place and having a decent pre-season to have a crack at 2015, maybe we can realistically be competitive if we get in some good signings? God knows it would be nice to have a decent season, can't remember us having had one of them for a while!

Re: Are we down yet? : Tue Jul 15, 2014 6:56 pm  

Good information coming out of the club will be vital. If they do have a plan let the fans know .Structure, recruitment and organisation at the top of the list, and all the help they can get from the fans.
I honestly think its a new start and one tha tcan provide the club with the stability it needs.
The best of luck and hope you can bounce back.

Re: Are we down yet? : Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:48 pm  

Cheers for the kind words lampyboy, it's been a tough few seasons to be a Broncos fan.

Re: Are we down yet? : Wed Jul 16, 2014 2:51 pm  

I hope I will be seeing a stronger London team in the very near future. I also hope the club can settle and attract some reasonable gates. I work in the south and have often wondered the best location and how to attract more fans. It seems to have been a major problem over the last few years.

Re: Are we down yet? : Wed Jul 16, 2014 6:23 pm  

As someone who stopped attending games in mid 2013, I wouldn't see being out of Super League as a barrier to coming back. What I am looking for, like lots of others it seems, is a reasonably well organised club, a team which shows enthusiasm on the pitch, and a feeling that the club knows the speccies actually exist. I watched various identities at Fulham, Crystal Palace, Barnet and so on, and went to most away games too. From a purely personal point of view a decent Championship team is fine. How that affects broader development remains to be seen, in my view.

Re: Are we down yet? : Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:13 pm  

Good luck for the future , sometimes it is necessary to take a step backwards in order to move forwards.

If the grass roots down there can be maintained, then there will be no shortage of talent coming through that system which should be the backbone of the club for years to come.

Your supporters are an absolute credit to the sport, true supporters who have followed through thin and thinner! And always loud and proud.

All the best.

Re: Are we down yet? : Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:34 pm  

If Broncos are strong in the Championship then I believe that is more likely to attract fans than seeing them battered in SL. When i first came on here I was told Broncos would be dead in 6 months and that the Barnet chairman would have nothing to do with them if they got relegated, I didn't believe it then and I believe it less so now.

I'm upbeat that Broncos can be competitive in Championship and progress at the Hive with the stadium growing with them. I have enjoyed some of the Rugby I saw when Broncos made a game of it, but as a sport, a one sided Rugby league game is a poor spectacle imo and unlikely to persuade casual goers to come back. I have no prior baggage of the 'good old days' and that makes it easier for me to just see things as they are now rather than what has been lost and I'm sure that helps me to be more positive than those who are bitter about how things have gone.

I think the new structure will suit Broncos as well. They will still get TV coverage, they will have a chance to compete for top four and if successful they will finish the season with competitive games against stronger opposition. Bring it on!!

Re: Are we down yet? : Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:34 am  

Melf, good post!

Re: Are we down yet? : Thu Jul 17, 2014 11:30 am  

All the panellists on Super League Backchat were surprisingly positive about us on Tuesday night, although they reckoned it'd take a couple of years for us to get back into the big time. Perhaps there's life in the old dog yet.