I thought they were the "Leeds Tykes"

Gutterfax - I don't think the Broncos "woes" are down to playing at The Stoop or the Quins thing, just that it put me off. It wasn't the ground - I used to watch them there first time round it was just branding thing as the final straw.

The Broncos "woes" are down to two things - potential support widely dispersed and people not being inclined to travel 3 hours plus match time on a Sunday when they have other things to do, especially in summer / family commitments / etc and the fact that the modern game is too predictible - 5 drives and a kick - which the uninitiated find boring and so do not return.

That is a complete load of rubbish, get a grip of yourself. I've taken loads of people to their first games of RL at Broncos and elsewhere and universally they are impressed with the speed, power and openness of the sport.

.... and I've lost count of the number of people who say "Why do they just run into each other? Why don't they try to avoid the tacklers?" Although one can explain why, most people just don't get it.

Joke Fail

The South African cricketer and fieldsman [iextraordinaire[/i Gus McKay delivered the news of London's relocation to Barnet on the BBC. Does that mean that he remains CEO for 2014?

Yep.
He is the only back office staff member with all administrative and marketing duties taken over by the team at the Hive in return for a fee and a share of the gate revenue and ALL the bar and food revenue.
The move protects nothing about top flight RL in the capital, but does give him a chance to brush up his CV,

Gutterfax's last posting could be written about so many RL clubs.

Maybe one day someone will bite the bullet and say enough is enough.

If that means the end of sacred clubs then so be it.

RL is touted as a business, so deal with it as a business and make the decisions that need to be made.

If some clubs disappeared I don't think many would be at the wake as things stand at the moment.

Gutters, or anyone else for that matter - A few genuine questions here, given the situation the club are in at the moment do you think moving to Barnet is a good move? Either as a stop gap or as a firm relocation to build from?

If a place to build from do you think they'd be better off renaming themselves after the local area? Barnet Broncos? Rather than as London?

The Stoop was costing £200k a year (in the 2012 report I have been shown). This cost represents 9% of the loss made by the club that year (£2,200,000) and when you take into account that ticket sales and ST revenue generated £323,000, then it is hard to fathom exactly why the move has happened? Administration costs of £630,000

David Hughes cares little for the £14,000,000 or so he has "lost". He does not accept any form of criticism or critical advice, he employed and then stuck with Powell, he employed the Current CEO with little in the way of formal interviews or background checks, he stands toe to toe with the RFL on a number of issues and essentially treats the club as HIS hobby. Some fans will accept this and to be fair, he is a ing legend for propping the club up, but a 5yr old could tell you that it is not a business model that would deliver any sustainability.

So in order to get Mr K involved in 2015 the club needs,by the end of 2014,to be getting close to 4k or 5k gates with an average admittance price of £40 a month ,and Mr K ,Barnet fc and the Hive have been given the Task?

in a nutshell? Yep!

A big job on there hands,lets hope the locals buy into it

Just to clarify the long term prospects for the London Broncos thanks to the new deal:

1. No club with an average under 10,000 in SL is self sufficient. They ALL make losses.
2. TK (guy at barnet) we are reliably informed does not invest.....he expects his teams to pay their own way
3. The Hive is currently a 5,200 capacity stadium.
4. See points 1 & 3 then re-read point 2.

Feel free to use a calculator if necessary!