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3. Want? The Stoop.

4. Realistically we have only provided the sport with 3-4 top level players. Only 1 of these has gone onto do anything decent, therefore it is a complete fallacy to suggest that there are multiple players looking to move on. Tony Clubb is a disgrace and most London fans are pleased to see him move on after his hissy fit. It is concerning to read Dixon's comments but at least he has been subtle over it and he MAY have a decent future in the game.

As has been documented, the jury is out on Sarginson - some posters seem to be of the belief that Shaun Wane and the Wigan coaching setup will somehow turn him into a competent player and Tony Rea isn't up to the job. Phil Jones is lauded as a hero around these parts and often with good reason when looking at the results of our youth sides but the transition to Super League simply isn't there. Rea gets these players and the majority lack the basics and he gets the blame.

There is no doubt it is nigh on impossible attract top players down South as we simply cannot pay them a comparable wage to what our Northern cousins are offering.

Which is more damaging? Neither.

5. Personally I am a fan of the sport and that is all. I do not feel that it is my responsibility to get involved in Amateur/Junior sides and 95% of our fan base SHOULD feel the same. I absolutely give it up for those that do get involved - they are the true heroes of RL in the South. But I am a fan first and foremost and that is all it will ever be.

We are currently very distant from the Amateur side of things. From my experience, the amateur side is made up of people who love playing Rugby League but have little or no interest in supporting a London side. And when you see what is presented to them, who can blame them? A lot of blokes I have watched playing the game are ex pat's of the either the Northern or Australian variety who like a game of Rugby and a beer or 12 afterwards. Good for them.

Can't comment on the junior scene.

6. Money and senior management within the club.

7. Unlikely and absolutely 100% harm the long term. It would kill the club and immediately drop them down to a level of the London Skolars.

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I don't know that these working class communities really exist any more. Fulham RLFC was the early 80s - since then we've had the loss of traditional jobs plus gentrification; further mass migration and white flight.

I remember reading Nick Hornby's book on soccer. On moving to Highbury, he had expected it to be full of Arsenal fans loyally making the pilgrimage every Sunday, instead he found that Arsenal fans travelled in and the local community viewed home games as an inconvenience. And that was a book written in the early / mid 90s.

Broncos need a base to create a community but the community needs to be created, it does not exist naturally. Even if Fulham had stayed Fulham, there would have been a need to keep recreating the community of support.

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Quote: jaybs "I don't agree completely with jbuzza, yes what happens on the pitch is most important, you can spend all the money in London, but if the product is not right, fans will not come back over and over again. Fans in the North are 95% from that community, they have grown up with the game and club, we will not have that for a long time and we have to stay in one area if we are going to achieve that, but I know it will never be Twickenham.'"


My point is that it is no more likely to be successful in any other place in London. Remember we had some good crowds at the Stoop first time round. By focusing on location we are simply trying to solve the wrong problem. It is a smokescreen for all the other failings at the club. Frankly ridiculous that our future is dependent on this. Makes you wonder if David Hughes wanted an excuse to get out when he saw what a failure things had become.

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Quote: jbuzza "My point is that it is no more likely to be successful in any other place in London. Remember we had some good crowds at the Stoop first time round. By focusing on location we are simply trying to solve the wrong problem. It is a smokescreen for all the other failings at the club. Frankly ridiculous that our future is dependent on this. Makes you wonder if David Hughes wanted an excuse to get out when he saw what a failure things had become.'"


Don't know if you will remember, but first time around we always did well with corporate boxes all full every game, there was also a time when we did a promotion with Capital Radio, who at that stage were the Number 1 Radio Station, also we had a fair team, think of some of those big names.

Seriously David Hughes could have got out at any time, he never needed excuses, you just cut off the tap! be fair the personal money pumped in has been way above what any owner has put in any club in Super League virtually. Wakefield is in a mess for £400,000, David Hughes put in just over £2 million a season.

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I didn't intend to start a class debate but its funny how these forums go on here. An argument between posters always results! Ha.

Anyway, here is the piece your comments helped informhttp://markillsport.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/should-we-be-worried-about-london.htmlrl

Good luck to the Broncos for 2014 and the long term. Keep supporting Rugby League and your team and don't keep the Rugby League secret to yourselves like many northerners want to!

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You would have to be a total simpleton to want to return to Fulham.

Anyone who has visited the ground will know it's not particularly accessible by car for visiting supporters and has a lot of parking restrictions in the area so even less 'away' fans will bother coming. Even from a home supporters perspective the nearest tube station is a good 10 minute walk.

Griffin Park (Brentford) was in a not particularly nice area with only on street parking for away fans (as far as I can remember), a 10 -15 walk to the nearest tube station and the ground itself was nothing special.

Loftus Rd (home of QPR) has been mentioned on other forums and might be a reasonable option. Parking in selected streets nearby to the ground is free at weekends, Shepherds Bush is the nearest tube and is a 10 minute or so walk. There is a large Westfield Shopping centre in Shepherds Bush )about 15 mins walk) with an underground car park if you don't fancy parking on the streets around the ground.

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