And finished second in the table.

Funnily enough, he was a good coach with us, possibly the best we'd had up to then, his problem with Halifax was believed to lie with some of the senior players.

Just stumbled upon this thread..... yawn...I mean, WTF!

How many anti London threads can there possibly be in a season?

London have some issues that they need to sort out - getting a coaching set up that understands defence would be a good start....but I'm sure they know this and are working on it (best they can)...Personally think Powell needs an experienced head to bounce ideas off...he is too inexperienced to handle the role of a SL coach alone.

The marketing at the club is at best dragging it's feet....but London aren't the only team that struggle to fill a ground.

As for the beatings they are supposedly receiving....realistically, this season only Warrington (and suprisingly Salford) have really given them a hammering. St Helens won by 2 scores, as did Hull and Wigan...Widnes got the win this weekend - but hey they beat Wigan.

Do we need a thread everytime a team struggles or gets beaten heavily......St's smashed Leeds....anyone calling for them to drop out the league?

Some seriously short sighted trolls on this site.

Evidence on the crowds ( 1970, 2381 and 4924), or the lack of tollerence ?

Les Catalans , another 'expansion' club , doing rather better in crowds & league position.

I've never understood the move from Broncos to Quinns , they've never rekindled the Edwards- Offiah Branson era Wembley appearance success. :- finished second to Bradford in 1997, beat Canberra Raiders in the World Club Challenge, and reached the Challenge Cup final at Wembley in 1999.

Everyone's quick to judge , 8 games in Saints already done with Royce Simmons ?

Bradford beat Saints , Leeds Hammer Salford , one week later
Salford easily beat Bradford & Saints Hammer the Leeds ' Denis Rodman Select 13' . Wakey beat Catalans , HKR beat Hudd's
still too early in the season to write a team off, never mind closing them down ..

So if we don't agree with you we are trolls, I see how open minded. We may be wrong, we all run that risk but to call it trolling is very insulting - almost super trolling in fact. Wind your neck in and debate.

However I do tend to agree that since the introduction Sky's brand of OTT comment and the introduction of forums people tend to go off on epic rants regarding the state of the game every time there is a shock or worse it goes to form. At the end of the day one team will win SL and another will finish bottom that's a fact. What isn't written in stone is that the same clubs will be there next season.

Oh dear.

Lose London and you miss out on future stars. 3 bronco players make the U`16 team squad. Narrow minded northerners.

Don't forget the jellied eels. Lose London, lose the eels. Lose London and lose the "annual once in a lifetime" trip t'city wi'streets a' paved wi' gold for cloth capped thickos from oooop north.

Lose London, lose Eddie & Stevo and Phil Clarke's Virgin Meter.

Oh, hang on . . :think:

No the sport needs a presence in the south.

I agree 100% with those who are starting to lose patience with the London ESL team.

For 17 years we have had a team in London that apart from finishing 2nd, making the Challenge Cup final and achieving 2 play off finishes the club has done so little for the game when compared to teams like Castleford, Wakefield, Salford and Hull Kingston Rovers who between them have achieved sweet fCk all!

Get real......Londons lack of away support may be a reason to whine, but their home support has absolutely SFA to do with anyone other than their owner.
That they sit second bottom of the table (Wigan have been there and bumped the cap to get out of it) is a worry again for the fans and owner, but SFA to do with the northern knuckledraggers who, like trolls under a bridge, enjoy this type of thread.

I will say this though, if SKY insist on a London team, then it's time to put up or shut up.....Melbourne (100%) and Brisbane (67%) are the 2 main expansion teams in the NRL......without News Ltd propping them up, they'd be in the same boat as London....

Just a thought!

It would appear that a change in the coaching setup might help. London's defence is really poor.

Bottom line is a better team - including not getting absolutely smashed far too often especially at home - for a couple of years, and London's core crowds would increase to more reasonable levels.

The title of the thread simply asks Can London survive. . . . not "should they be in SL". But it seems that you've blindly succumbed to the bait set by the thick knuckledraggers

The answer to the question in the title is also dependant on the owner of the club. If I was a guessing man - I'd say two more seasons of funding a SL club on Championship crowds will convince him that it just isn't sustainable.