I think thats the post that finally rules you out of any more meaningful debate.

Some people appear to be obsessed about living in the past.

So an untried coach(a coaching staff 33% less than last year), reduced playing roster, a back field to play on.........

Let's look forward

I am not living in the past, but simply pointing out that whilst we've moved from the Stoop to the Hive to the Trailfinders, had McDermott, Powell, Rea, Grima, Henderson and now ward as coaches, we've finished as the 11th, 12th, 13th 13th 13th, 16th, 15th and 15th placed sides in the country and have accepted a widely accepted figure of 2,000,000 per year as well as central funding with little to show for it, we have not made any progress in any shape or form.....the Kids getting a couple of results is great, but not 2 million a year great.....and certainly not 16 million over 8 seasons great either!

Looking ahead.......just for you LU2, I suspect that we will miss out on the Qualifiers in 2018 as we have a weaker squad than 2017 and a coach who's in his infancy in terms of coaching abilities. We will be up against Toronto and Leigh who are both far stronger than us and will as usual be the "target" for the part time sides to beat. Fev and Fax as well as the French look stronger and I suspect that if we have another mediocre season then Hughes will probably see us go part time and that will be it for the club as a viable SL entity.

To ignore the mistakes of the past and even in some instances repeat them is stupid and if they keep making the same errors, then I am afraid that the past will always be brought up.......But.....CURRENTLY, Our CEO was an accountant by trade and not a sports administrator with any experience of managing a company and our General Manager is freelance presenter by trade.....that's it for full time named back office staff.....our Coach was Coach of the U19's who lost 12 from 12 in 2015....and we have form in promoting youth coaches to the top job. Our current sponsors are suppliers and start ups delivering little if any tangible income and we play out of a ground that can only be described as quaint....and we have the same guy paying the same bills every year......he is the one constant at the club over the last decade and at some stage he has to see that he is the problem.

I have no doubt I'll trundle along to a game when I am next in the area and probably buy another replica shirt to go with the ever increasing (in number and sizing) collection, but it really is depressing to think how badly we have been run and how different is SHOULD have been!

3 years 20 years 6 months. Makes no difference, everything monkeylover has said is spot on.


I think thats the post that finally rules you out of any more meaningful debate.


Why?
Are you saying that you can only make informed comments about the club if you have got a certain amount of time watching the club?
Quote, "it really is depressing to think how badly we have been run and how different it should have been"
Quote " I am not living in the past"
2 comments in the same post seem to say totally opposite things.
Ah well

I'm sorry. I assumed English was your mother tongue......reminiscing is not living in the past

Living in the past would be me posting a 25 point marketing strategy designed to make the club sustainable in the top tier....not pointing out that we are pretty much buggered because of the insane decisions of the owner...that is Lamenting what has happened.

Answer me this.
In 2012 Hughes invested 2 million in the club and we had a 3k average delivering 39,000 fans and about 600k in income over 11 games. Then.........we reverted to our old name, then moved, then moved again and have been relegated....yet in 2016 when we averaged 634 and and took about 190,000 at the gate in 15 games, Hughes invested the same amount.....2 million.......so tell me.....at which stage do you think his master plan for London Broncos will start to bear fruit?

Dog, if you want to get into a widdling contest and living in the past. Read your own post, reference to previous two grounds reference to previous 5 coaches, stated our league position over an 8 year period, do I need to go on?
You spend your whole time telling us over and over why in your opinion we are where we are. Not really sure why, you can't change it, and more to the point me you wire quin or anyone else on here can actually do anything about it!
As for you question, how much was going into the club from mr lenegan? How much goes into keeping wakey/Hudds/KR afloat? Sort of stuff you seem to know?
The point! Unless you can come up with the funding to keep the club going then you have to accept the decisions of those that can.

What has all of this cr*p got to do with Matt Davies this board has gone back to what it was a one man's gripe against the Broncos owner.

It has got something to do with the signing of Davies, as someone who wasn't good enough two months ago now becomes our back up half. Thats how the connection between Davies and Hughes comes in.

His signing is a shocker and the only one we've seen since Wardy took over.

There has been a lot of talk about how much money DH is putting into the club and how much the club generates! I don't know the answer to this q but how much does it cost to run a club like KR, Leigh, wakey, Hudds????? Clubs that get arguably the smaller crowds in SL.
As a club broncos are limited by what can be realistically funded! Bradford are a prime example of what happens if you spend outside your means.
So the choices, the club recruits within its means with the income it has at the moment. The club asks DH to dig deep to shell out more, doubt that will happen.
Difficulty is how do you get new money? You can't call it an investment as whoever comes in is not going to get anything back.
Maybe with Toronto NY etc etc etc RL is on the cusp of something new! Will that generate enough interest to get new money in to the English game? The RFU have just announced a massive financial investment in there game so money for sport is about.

So is signing Matt such a shock.
What did we think when we first signed the likes of Dixon, lms, walker, all local lads given the chance, maybe wards sees summat in him hendo didn't, all we can do is wait and see.