Firstly, sorry for shouting.

I cannot believe the shambles that was the finale to our (admittedly dire) season. Actually, I guess it was entirely in keeping with the way this club has been run for many years but particularly, this year.

The silence from the Chairman or the CEO was deafening to say the least. Surely, one or both of them should have said a few words thanking the fans for sticking with the team through a difficult year and hoping to see them again the following year? It was appalling bad form for there to be nothing forthcoming from management....particularly as we still do not know where we will be playing next year.

The send off to our departing players was luke warm to say the least. Is it too much trouble for anyone to test out whether the PA system is working and they should have turned the damn music off whilst they were doing the award presentation...unbelieveable! Could barely hear a word that was said in our block. (How I miss Chris Warren). No words either from the coach and if Gower hadn't have won the award, he'd have been on his toes too.

As for all the stuff the club has failed to deliver to its ST holders.......no season launch, not one of the 3 fans forums, and no meet the players event either. Furthermore, anyone can drink in the West stand bar so hardly worth paying the extra £76 pound for a Super Bronco ST.

What heappened to the pre-season fixture against a Cumbrian team? That was meant to be part of the Purdo test, iirc. Instead, all we get is the meaningless fixture against Skolars and a trip to France for those that could afford it.

Re Sponsors, its a wonder we get any at all. They didn't get their presentation night last year (only some half-hearted afterthought) and this year, iirc, they were promised a discount off the price of the awards dinner IF there was one! Luckily for the club, they've got an excuse not to have an awards night due to the team not delivering.

All of the above would be fair enough if we were some back street boozer team but hey, in case the powers that be have forgotten, we are in the Elite RL competition and all this stuff is simply not good enough. It makes us look like some mickey mouse outfit that is not deserving of its status, fans or its players.

We do get some things right....the bands (for the most part) have been very good and I've enjoyed being back in the West Stand (although we shouldn't have away fans in there,as has been the case for many games this season).

Come on Club...get things sorted for next season. At the moment, the patience of even the most loyal Broncos fans is being tested.

Hard to argue with any of that.

It does sum up the clubs attitude to the fans, seems more like a private club where spectators are a nuisance! Shambles!

Good and justified rant DSWG

(What you like at buttering toast)

I wonder if the shambles will continue during the close season or will we have the usual sounds of silence?

Pretty much agree, DSWG. The end of the last game/season was dull and lackluster. I can't see the club making any big announcements until pre-season training starts in November. FB posts will probably continue to dribble through which will be the limit of any notification about the club.

Bring back Chris warren indeed. He would have organised this properly.

What happened at Cas, Widnes, HKR and Bradford on there final day that didn't happen at the Broncos. Or is this the usual "I want to own the club rubbish"!!

Nothing of the sort.

Most clubs have an awards evening for the usual "end of term" speeches.

You amaze me that you think that that last few moments of our season were satisfactory.

In my view, the club has not delivered what it promised (oh and chuck in the Hickey and Powell debacle too).

The Negativity on these boards is shocking

The failure of the Chairman or CEO to make any positive noises about 2013 or to thank the hard core support for remaining during the worst 2 consecutive years in the clubs SL history show a total and utter lack of any understanding of what they need to do to move the club forward.
Coupled with the many cock ups over the year and the almost insane move to Gillingham (I reckon it was very very close to happening), the two leaders of the club are becoming more comical, marginalised and now secretive........
IMHO, until both of them are replaced, the London SL club will make no real progress off the park.

I fail to see a single positive at the club since the end of the 2010 season.....less fans, no shirt sponsors, lack of communications, pointless rebrand......27 comp points from a possible 108.

BTW, I think you are being very unfair to most Amateur Pub Teams DSWG.

Hello Dan, I'd suggest that you might focus on being massively thrilled with the fantastic sequence of four wins from seven games at the end of the season, the hiring of Tony Rea on a long term contract, dodging bottom and removal of a lot of dead wood from the back office as the 'behind the scenes' stuff is a little amateur. But if you can't this is how you should approach Gus with your ideas www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr3mlbv1 ... detailpage Cheers Rammo

Hello Dan, I'd suggest that you might focus on being massively thrilled with the fantastic sequence of four wins from seven games at the end of the season, the hiring of Tony Rea on a long term contract, dodging bottom and removal of a lot of dead wood from the back office as the 'behind the scenes' stuff is a little amateur. But if you can't this is how you should approach Gus with your ideas www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr3mlbv1 ... detailpage Cheers Rammo

I couldnt comment on it being run like a Mickey Mouse club but until the last 7 games of the season I have left the ground at the final whistle feeling like I have been well and truly Donald Ducked..

Well put rant there DSWG, I agree with you that it's incredibly frustrating and makes you seriously consider whether you should be continuing to support.

It should be so easy these days to let us know about anything. Even if they can't say a definite confirmation of something, why not say that they're doing X (working out ST 2013 plan, finalising stadium, etc) and they can't confirm to us because of Y. At the very least we'd have a clue what's going on.

I've said elsewhere the lack of speech was shocking. Suddenly the presentations ended and we're supposed to just saunter off. TR would have been perfect to say something like he was glad so many people had stuck by the team during a difficult year, we help make the difference for the players and he hopes we'll be back next season. Whether it's true or not it at least it'll be positive for the crowd and re-invest everyone in supporting them.

To not say anything... very weak.

It's interesting that no one has answered the question "what happend at Cas, Bulls, Reds, even Wire at the end of the season?"

Were you hoping to get a hand shake from Hughsey and a see you next year. Is that what Lennegan did at the Pies?

Its been a shocking season let's move on. There was nothing to celebrate.

To many people want to be too close to the club. Get to the HJ, DW stadiums and see what you get. A pint in the corridor and when the final whistle goes marshalls telling you to leave the ground. Thats sport.

The other clubs you mention have awards nights where the formalities are dealt with there (like used to be the case here) and we used to have interviews in the bar after the last game.

You are being deliberately obtuse when you talk about hand-shakes and the like...no-ones expecting anything of the sort. Just a few words of closure on the season thanking supporters for their support in a difficult year and hoping to see them back next year, would have sufficed.

Even if you don't agree with the need for speeches from club's hierarchy, you surely agree that it isn't satisfactory for any business to non-deliver to their paying customers to the extent that this club has (again).

From a personal POV, I'm not bothered about the majority of things I was promised, but there are people that do and it simply isn't be-fitting of a professional business to not even come up with any reasons as to why things that were promised were not delivered.

I just really hope that this club makes a better fist of everything on and off the pitch next year.