Re: Olympic Stadium : Sat May 29, 2010 8:52 am  

First and foremost I definitely think we should stay where we and try and make more of a go of it.

I happen to agree with a lot of comments Gutterfax puts about marketing.
Has anybody at the club looked into having say, six London cabs done in livery ( suggest the use of this years away colours to distinguish from RU side ) thsi is something Wasps done with QPR when they moved to Loftus Road na d Saracens when first went to Watford.
Also there are a lot of national carriers ie TNT , Tuffnells ect who have depots in Heathrow are and serve the local communities around SW, W and NW London. Has anybody approached them to find out if advertising banners could be put across their fleets, they do it for missing persons ect (we could do it for missing supporters). I wouldn't know what costs are involved but if don't ask you don't get.

Re: Olympic Stadium : Sat May 29, 2010 9:45 am  

Surreyben wrote:

sweeney wrote:

stratford-fantastic stadium,locals ? interested

How do you know that the locals in Stratford would be interested in a RL team?

i dont,no more than anyone else.what i do know is it aint working at the stoop.
do you not think that the publicity of moving to stratford into the olympic stadium would be enormous compared to anything we have done before?would that not help in getting bums on seats.i bet saracens are considering this.do we carry on as we have been until david hughes gets the hump with losing his dosh,im amazed hes put up with our lack of progress for so long(youth development aside) a nomadic history hasnt helped us thats true,but maybe a FINAL move to a prestigious stadium might just be the kick start we need.we sure as hell need something to happen.

Re: Olympic Stadium : Sat May 29, 2010 11:00 am  

sweeney wrote:

How do you know that the locals in Stratford would be interested in a RL team?

i dont,no more than anyone else.what i do know is it aint working at the stoop.
do you not think that the publicity of moving to stratford into the olympic stadium would be enormous compared to anything we have done before?would that not help in getting bums on seats.i bet saracens are considering this.do we carry on as we have been until david hughes gets the hump with losing his dosh,im amazed hes put up with our lack of progress for so long(youth development aside) a nomadic history hasnt helped us thats true,but maybe a FINAL move to a prestigious stadium might just be the kick start we need.we sure as hell need something to happen.

We've been at the Stoop for 3 seasons, heartland clubs have been in their current locations for decades and are still getting pathetic crowds. Expecting crowds to turn up overnight is impossible and naive. Again, many teams in the North have 100+ year histories and associations, yet can't even break 10k. I'd settle for very small growth every year. As few as 500 people. Aiming for 10k crowds within 5 years is ridiculous.

End of argument.

Re: Olympic Stadium : Sat May 29, 2010 11:05 am  

Dave Lister wrote:

We've been at the Stoop for 3 seasons, heartland clubs have been in their current locations for decades and are still getting pathetic crowds. End of argument.

so your argument is to stay where we are for decades like heartland clubs and get pathetic crowds? very well thought out . not end of argument

Re: Olympic Stadium : Sat May 29, 2010 11:14 am  

sweeney wrote:

so your argument is to stay where we are for decades like heartland clubs and get pathetic crowds? very well thought out . not end of argument

Pathetic relative to their histories. I think 2.5k after 3 years is pretty decent going. See the rest of my post, I edited it. Let people get used to the club, bring people in gradually, and it'll work. We can't force it on people suddenly.

Re: Olympic Stadium : Sat May 29, 2010 12:21 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

Pathetic relative to their histories. I think 2.5k after 3 years is pretty decent going. See the rest of my post, I edited it. Let people get used to the club, bring people in gradually, and it'll work. We can't force it on people suddenly.

2.5k after 3 years is not decent going its pathetic,where do you get this bringing people in gradually,we are losing people.
my point is we have an opportunity to get us on the map by moving to this new stadium or carrying on as we are and watch us disaappear up our own ar$e in time

Re: Olympic Stadium : Sat May 29, 2010 12:56 pm  

sweeney wrote:

2.5k after 3 years is not decent going its pathetic,where do you get this bringing people in gradually,we are losing people.
my point is we have an opportunity to get us on the map by moving to this new stadium or carrying on as we are and watch us disaappear up our own ar$e in time

Yawn. Yes, lets just move to another random location and then moan again in 3 years time that our attendances are pathetic and we should be attracting 10k+ crowds. Well done for ignoring all the points I made in my other 2 posts btw.

Re: Olympic Stadium : Sat May 29, 2010 1:17 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

Yawn. Yes, lets just move to another random location and then moan again in 3 years time that our attendances are pathetic and we should be attracting 10k+ crowds. Well done for ignoring all the points I made in my other 2 posts btw.

i thought i had answered your edited responses re 10k crowds in 5 years,bringing in people gradually(so gradual they go down)
random....the building of a world beating stadium in a heavily populated area with a working class non ru watching area, essex on the border youth rl played in brentwood schools hornchurch rlfc not far away....ok small in size but there nonetheless.
cant you see we are going nowhere fast.we are all in agreement we want to see league flourish.i just think we are in a crap area to attract people to watch it... sorry to anyone from twickers.....jeez even that name gives me the hump.

Re: Olympic Stadium : Sat May 29, 2010 2:17 pm  

sweeney wrote:

i thought i had answered your edited responses re 10k crowds in 5 years,bringing in people gradually(so gradual they go down)
random....the building of a world beating stadium in a heavily populated area with a working class non ru watching area, essex on the border youth rl played in brentwood schools hornchurch rlfc not far away....ok small in size but there nonetheless.
cant you see we are going nowhere fast.we are all in agreement we want to see league flourish.i just think we are in a crap area to attract people to watch it... sorry to anyone from twickers.....jeez even that name gives me the hump.

You seem to ignore the fact that the only season we got good crowds was actually at the Stoop. The missing factor now is a decent side with some known names. The thought of moving again is frankly laughable.

Re: Olympic Stadium : Sat May 29, 2010 2:25 pm  

sweeney wrote:

i thought i had answered your edited responses re 10k crowds in 5 years,bringing in people gradually(so gradual they go down)
random....the building of a world beating stadium in a heavily populated area with a working class non ru watching area, essex on the border youth rl played in brentwood schools hornchurch rlfc not far away....ok small in size but there nonetheless.
cant you see we are going nowhere fast.we are all in agreement we want to see league flourish.i just think we are in a crap area to attract people to watch it... sorry to anyone from twickers.....jeez even that name gives me the hump.

Your obsession with classes is ridiculous. You think that Stratford is a "working class area", so automatically they will sympathise towards Rugby League? Utter rubbish.

You think a move away from being Harlequins RL, to a brand new identity with no foundations whatsoever, will be a success? Utter rubbish.

We are in an excellent area for people to watch Rugby League, great access, pleasant area, people everywhere.

I can't believe people moan about GF's suggestions, yet there is very little complaint about someone suggesting we should uproot the team, again, after only 3 years, with no justification. Barmy.