The world has changed. Union is now a professional monster with the top 1,000 rugby players in France, the next 1,000 in England, followed by next 500 in Australian Rugby League, and the next 500 in Northern clubs in SuperLeague (ignoring NZ, S Africa, Argentina and....) . Even when we were in SuperLeague it did not make any sense for us to have any world rugby players in the top 3,000.

I don't think the owner or management (or the colour of the shirt) has had much say in this. I do think Rugby League is the best spectator sport in the world and I will be applauding the team if they play above their potential win or lose. I wasn't clapping when the team looked disinterested as they did much of 2 years ago.

Fully understand why the decline would keep people away, but shouting at the captain of the boat to change the way the tide is going won't help.

To be honest I was all set to knock it on the head with the Harlequins link up, went to the first game, could see it was still the same players more or less and decided to stick with it. Never bought any multi pastel tat, never chanted the H word or the Q word ( I must have sat somewhere near you as I used to hear another shout of 'come on London' on a regular basis ) , made a point of always wearing an old London shirt to games. Never expected the tie in to work, absolutely gutted about the collapse of the team and support since the Broncos relaunch. Will support the team til it ceases to exist, will applaud when it is deserved, will criticise when it is deserved ( Craig Gower copped it once at Gillingham!) - hoping they're wont be too many times it is so bad I either stay in the bar or bugger off with half an hour to go!

How is Roy these days? Put my own little tribute to him on Era of the Biff, as without his determination we would have folded in the summer of '84.

I would think the crowds are dwindling because for almost 5 seasons there has been nothing but total and utter dross on the pitch. The club is owned by a man who is too proud to ask for help in employing a decent coach and that is where the problem lies. He thinks he knows enough to employ coaches but he doesn't. You can have all the big name players or all the London players you want but without a good coach who knows what he wants, isn't afraid to rip into players when they are not producing the goods they are paid for or can coach a game then LB will never move forward. It starts with a really top level coach who can build a great team and put wins and excitement back on the pitch. Something to watch and enjoy will put bums on seats as it is not an expensive day our when compared to other sports.

Yep, this ^^^^^^^

He's a poet and he don't know it.
Sure you're not their copywriter?