Re: Wire at home. : Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:20 pm  

RfE wrote:

And yet today Thameslink to Haydons Rd was running today, Northern Line to Tooting Broadway was running today. I ended up getting to the game on the latter and left on the former.
Don’t know about trains from Waterloo to Earlsfield.
I don’t know about driving into London, I avoid doing it as much as possible.

Wimbledon might not be perfect but has more transport connections than many places we’ve played at before.

20 minute walk to ground from either....add to that the train / tube journey times and waiting for the bloody things to arrive / be delayed

I'm forever astonished that Londoners like to espouse how great public transport is.....it's a cr ap experience when compared to the convenience of getting in your own car and driving

Plough Lane is doomed as a venue for RL

RL in London should always be a north London project ....not least as it's vastly more accessible to where the game is played / away fans

Re: Wire at home. : Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:47 pm  

Don 76 wrote:

20 minute walk to ground from either....add to that the train / tube journey times and waiting for the bloody things to arrive / be delayed

I'm forever astonished that Londoners like to espouse how great public transport is.....it's a cr ap experience when compared to the convenience of getting in your own car and driving

Plough Lane is doomed as a venue for RL

RL in London should always be a north London project ....not least as it's vastly more accessible to where the game is played / away fans

Would love it if Broncos were based in North London as getting to Wimbledon couldn’t be more of a hassle but we are where we are and can’t keep moving around. At least with decent sized crowds (for the moment) and finally a bit of effort in engagement with local community it makes some sense.

Re: Wire at home. : Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:00 pm  

Re-the Brewdog Challenge. The Warrington rep (adult) was ready. Long delay then the London rep headed out from the South East Corner with two kids. Warrington guy went first and took out two cans then missed his last three. The Broncos hit one of his first three. Then took out the blocks (on which the cans were sitting) to hit the last two. So won 3-2. Problem is the announcer made it clear that hitting the blocks didn't count. I think the Warrington rep felt rightly ripped off and appeared to complain and was told tough or something (it was on the speakers).

Now onto the set-up. This is where the Broncos fail miserably from a marketing perspective. In front of the main stand where no GA seats are sold and the majority of Hospitality are inside at the break? Put it in front of the East Stand and you'd even get fan interaction. If you really want to up the atmosphere then away fan in front of North Stand and home fan in front of East Stand. It was only a table, five blocks, five cans and some rugby balls. You could have two set-ups. Even alternate attempts to increase interaction. Small things, but get the best exposure for your sponsors.

I watched the video of the Broncos attempts at training last week (including Adebiyi, so surprised he wasn't in the 21), and they weren't great!

Re: Wire at home. : Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:21 pm  

Smithers99 wrote:

Re-the Brewdog Challenge. The Warrington rep (adult) was ready. Long delay then the London rep headed out from the South East Corner with two kids. Warrington guy went first and took out two cans then missed his last three. The Broncos hit one of his first three. Then took out the blocks (on which the cans were sitting) to hit the last two. So won 3-2. Problem is the announcer made it clear that hitting the blocks didn't count. I think the Warrington rep felt rightly ripped off and appeared to complain and was told tough or something (it was on the speakers).

Now onto the set-up. This is where the Broncos fail miserably from a marketing perspective. In front of the main stand where no GA seats are sold and the majority of Hospitality are inside at the break? Put it in front of the East Stand and you'd even get fan interaction. If you really want to up the atmosphere then away fan in front of North Stand and home fan in front of East Stand. It was only a table, five blocks, five cans and some rugby balls. You could have two set-ups. Even alternate attempts to increase interaction. Small things, but get the best exposure for your sponsors.

I watched the video of the Broncos attempts at training last week (including Adebiyi, so surprised he wasn't in the 21), and they weren't great!

Agree with everything you say there. Definitely some scope for half time ‘entertainment but if you put minimal effort in it looks really Mickey Mouse. Sometimes less is more and a bit of time to plan something decent then promote it properly is the best way.
Although I didn’t see the comp I did hear the guy over the tannoy saying you have to hit the can not the block so no wonder the Wire guy was choked.

Re: Wire at home. : Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:36 pm  

The Curtism wrote:

Macani was vulnerable in defence. Walker wasn't back to his reliable self. Campo was pedestrian. The defence was poor. Meadows was one of our best. Oli made the biggest impact when he came on. Team selection was poor today.

Lovell didn't seem to want the ball today. Very pedestrian.

Re: Wire at home. : Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:27 am  

Even counting the injured Warne and Natoli, we are still short of one of our quota spots. Based on Miloudi not couting as a quota player. Ok won't make the difference alone, but surely we shouldn't be further handicapping ourselves.

I really do worry about the attendances, spectators will lose interest very quickly if match after match is a no contest. I fear the Hull match is going to be a one-off.

Defensively you feel we will concede every possession. When we start inside our 20 we often look like making no useful progress. One point in the first half today it felt like Warrington weren't concerned to reach their final tackle as it was better to give up possession through a deep kick, knowing that have an excellent starting position on their next six. When we reach the opposition's 20 we don't look too bad to be honest. Getting there is a huge challenge though.

Re: Wire at home. : Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:12 am  

Three of the six starting forwards were short term loans. Announced as initial, but taken at face value, Jones and Butterworth's expire mid week and Rogers the week after. Even if we extend are their Challenge Cup Tie rules and if so would the loaning clubs let them play against Warrington next week?

And if we extend next league match is Huddersfield. Presumably Rogers couldn't play.

Week after Hull KR. Presumably Butterworth couldn't play.

So what exactly is the strategy? The fact we are relying on loanees from our competitors (by definition meaning they aren't currently good enough for those clubs) suggests the strategy is slightly flawed. I'll caveat that as an AFC Wimbledon supporter who's best loans this season have come from the same division, whilst those from the Premier League are a mixed bag.

Re: Wire at home. : Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:10 am  

jbuzza wrote:

Lovell didn't seem to want the ball today. Very pedestrian.

Lovell had one of his legs heavily strapped up - looked to be visibly wincing with every step he took.

Re: Wire at home. : Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:46 am  

RfE wrote:

Lovell had one of his legs heavily strapped up - looked to be visibly wincing with every step he took.

OK, so the squad is so thin he has to play when injured.

Re: Wire at home. : Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:27 am  

jbuzza wrote:

OK, so the squad is so thin he has to play when injured.

That's about the strength of it.