London v. Toulouse

[CC_Roosters]

Word is that the Broncos are negotiating a move to the ground of Barnet FC in north london and the owner of the football club is going to have some sort of stake in the club, perhaps ownership. This is all coming from the londonfanboard on rlfans.co.uk but lets see where it goes

http://forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=557883&tsmp=1378982906

 

[miguel de cervantes]

it's all been done before. is it any surprise the team has no fans? their homeground seems to move every 2 years

 

[miguel de cervantes]

bump

London relegated and fair enough. Come on Toulouse, take their place!

 

[roughyed8]

bump

London relegated and fair enough. Come on Toulouse, take their place!

Not possible, super league is reducing to twelve teams next season!

 

[Evil Homer]

The chances of Toulouse entering Super League under the new system are slim to none. As far as London go, I'm really surprised that the club will continue to exist at all in the Championship, let alone continuing to be a full-time club. Maybe being relegated will do them some good long-term.

 

[ozenzud]

The relegation of London and its failure to develop as a force in Superleague, demonstrates the poor vision and strategic planning of the English Super League administration as a whole.

Having a team in Leigh, or Barrow or Dewsbury of Cumbria is great for the residents of Cumbria, Barrow, Dewsbury et al, but for the credibility of the game, having a team in the main city of the UK, in fact one of the main cities of the world, has so much more potential.

The fact that for 20 years, the London Crusaders, Broncos, Quinns and Broncos have not been able to do jack, is pretty unbelievable. The Super League should be investing heavily in the team and making it happen. Get a ground, get an infrastructure, do promotion, get players, get development squads. The comparison to the Sydney Swans and Brisbane in the AFL is an obvious one to make.

Money is obviously the key.

England, is still a rich place. Surely, there isn't someone out there with the ability to make this happen?

After a successful world cup, League advances to the rear and back to the heartlands.

 

[Evil Homer]

It's nothing to do with the RFL. The youth and grassroots development in London (which the RFL have overseen) is great, but they can't force the Super League club to manage itself properly, attract fans and be successful on the field. The fault lies with a succession of completely inept owners and CEOs.

 

[langpark]

Despite what they say about next season and beyond, I believe they will fold...

If they had of stayed 'London Broncos' from day 1, without changing name, logo, colours and VENUE every few years, then they could well be today, an average SL club both on and off the field... All that chopping and changing made attracting long-term supporters and building a solid fanbase impossible...

As Homer said, there's great junior activity going on in London, so all is not lost yet... Who knows, maybe the Skolars one day may eventually make it up to the big time... But I think they should just bury the 'Broncos' and be done with it...

 

[elbusto]

Despite what they say about next season and beyond, I believe they will fold...

If they had of stayed 'London Broncos' from day 1, without changing name, logo, colours and VENUE every few years, then they could well be today, an average SL club both on and off the field... All that chopping and changing made attracting long-term supporters and building a solid fanbase impossible...

As Homer said, there's great junior activity going on in London, so all is not lost yet... Who knows, maybe the Skolars one day may eventually make it up to the big time... But I think they should just bury the 'Broncos' and be done with it...

Easy for you to say but if they fold what will those 915 people have to do every other weekend?

 

[miguel de cervantes]

Some views on league in London from the people at the coalface fro the start of this year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AWR9bACE-Y