Re: 10 Days to Save the Broncos! : Fri Nov 29, 2013 3:45 pm  

Rob from Erith wrote:

I always knew you had a Messiah Complex pal, but is this taking it a bit too far??

He's not the Messiah .....

Re: 10 Days to Save the Broncos! : Fri Nov 29, 2013 3:50 pm  

Andover Boy wrote:

An interesting post. Regarding the NFL, I think that there's a lot of work to be done before a London franchise becomes a reality. One of the main concerns seems to be whether people would actually go for a season pass, as opposed to an "event".

Thank you for your best wishes for RL in London. Your point about a strong and successful presence in London is right. The trouble is that I think it would require buy-in from the game as a whole to achieve. I'm not sure that the situation of the last few years has done anyone any favours.

There were two international rugby league games and two NFL games played in London in 2013.
The rugby league games attracted 67,000 the NFL attracted 180,000.

It shows that there is an appetite for strong competitive sports that market themselves well (regent street/Trafalgar square) and that are shown in decent time slots on the telly (not Friday and Saturday nights)

Re: 10 Days to Save the Broncos! : Fri Nov 29, 2013 3:54 pm  

Darthchris wrote:

He's not the Messiah .....

He's a very naughty boy!!

Re: 10 Days to Save the Broncos! : Fri Nov 29, 2013 4:17 pm  

SlowCoach wrote:

What I cannot understand is why the non-indigenous pantomime that is American Football think they can make a go of it in London when RL cannot. 3 games at Wembley in 2014 just announced that will presumably play to a packed house and more talk of a possible London based franchise. Admittedly the NFL success rate in London to date is not exactly stellar - but they are giving it another shot..........

Is it just a love of all things American and sport as theatre, is it the might of the NFL marketing machine or is it just that RL is not getting its act together to appeal to London crowds? There seems to be a huge appetite in London for excellence in sport so I am assuming it is the latter?

Good luck in your fight for survival BTW. If it helps at all as a northerner based in London I see a strong and successful London presence at both community and professional level as key factor to the development of our sport in the Northern Hemisphere.

PS I also heard the Leyton Orient rumour elsewhere

Have you ever been to watch us play live?

Re: 10 Days to Save the Broncos! : Fri Nov 29, 2013 4:25 pm  

Orient is a non-starter, surely. Barry Hearn wants Orient in the Olympic Stadium and if (albeit a very small chance) they got the right to play in the Stadium, that would leave LB back on the streets.

Who would be in charge? It wouldn't be Hearn, his age and the fact that the business isn't worth anything would mean he would want nothing to do with the business but would be happy to take the rent money.

Re: 10 Days to Save the Broncos! : Fri Nov 29, 2013 5:07 pm  

Tre Cool wrote:

Have you ever been to watch us play live?

Yes, several times, both first team and academy. Admittedly this was under the Harlequins banner a couple of years back.
The Stoop was a real ball ache for me to get to. Frankly being based North of London it is almost quicker to qo back up North and watch games there.....
Hopefully you will move to somewhere far more sensible and accessible in North East London and well away from the rabidly conservative RU heartland of "Twickers".

Re: 10 Days to Save the Broncos! : Fri Nov 29, 2013 5:22 pm  

SlowCoach wrote:

Hopefully you will move to somewhere far more sensible and accessible in North East London and well away from the rabidly conservative RU heartland of "Twickers".

Yep, Vince Cable is pretty much a Tory.

Re: 10 Days to Save the Broncos! : Fri Nov 29, 2013 5:33 pm  

BroncOnIon wrote:

Just to clarify: It's 10 working days, so that's up to December 4th.

CORRECTION. The clock must have started ticking a day before we were told, according to Ian Ramsdale the deadline is 5 p.m. TUESDAY Dec 3rd.

Re: 10 Days to Save the Broncos! : Fri Nov 29, 2013 5:51 pm  

SlowCoach wrote:

Yes, several times, both first team and academy. Admittedly this was under the Harlequins banner a couple of years back.
The Stoop was a real ball ache for me to get to. Frankly being based North of London it is almost quicker to qo back up North and watch games there.....
Hopefully you will move to somewhere far more sensible and accessible in North East London and well away from the rabidly conservative RU heartland of "Twickers".

If RL fans that see the importance of our club can't be bothered to travel from North London to South West London to watch us play then you can see why why we have a problem.

Re: 10 Days to Save the Broncos! : Fri Nov 29, 2013 5:54 pm  

jbuzza wrote:

Yep, Vince Cable is pretty much a Tory.

Note the use of conservative without a capital "C".......