The whole "legends" lounge scenario is indicative of what has gone wrong with the club in my opinion.

It used to be that the players would mingle with the fans after the game....I got the entire squad to sign the wife's shirt back in 2006. The closing of ther West Stand, shifting everyone to the East, 2 player presentations post game, 1 well attended by the squad in the jesters bar....the other in the Kings not so well attended has now decended into a scenario where the players requested not to be made face the fans and to be let drift off after they go through the motions in the jesters........


The club needs to pool every resource it has....personally, I would insist that every member of the squad attended one presentation....give in front of ALL the fans in the Kings post game.......win lose or draw. Let the players see what the fans think of a win, a loss or a draw.......
Segregation of fans based on what type of ticket they bought is for the man uniteds of this world, not for the Broncos......well, not yet anyway!

Backs to the wall time for everyone at the club as well as the fans.....together we stand, together we are stronger....a touch of the MILlWALL would be good......

bongo......how dare you suggest anyone ignore me

I think you are starting to lose the plot on this one.

Naughty Bongo!!

Oh yes. I'd love that to happen with nowhere to hide for the players.

Not so sure about that...

I lost the plot a long time ago...................


Buy the meal...or don't, that's really neither here nor there in the greater scheme of things....access to players on the other hand.....

At Brentford, players mixed with fans after the game in Stripes. There was supposed to be a 30 minute period after the game where Gold Card members got exclusive access, but in reality, pretty much anyone could access the bar straight away.
I remember when Wigan came down on a Friday one year and Andy Farrell haggling with Ralph in the Griffin over the cost of 2 cases of Bud he wanted to buy the team for the drive home.....I remember Widnes players taking the out of me looking after my wifes "minature yorkie" in the beer garden of the Giffin after a game. I remember being worse for wear and giving Russell "Rusty" Bawden my last tin of VB before staggering home.....



The first couple of seasons at the Stoop the players mixed freely with the fans..........then, it all changed and there was a "barrier" placed between fans/players......

By all means, charge what you can for a meal, programme and a cup of coffee, but don't "sell" access to the players and make the squad front up to the fans......they are, with every loss at home, becoming more and more disconnected from the people who help David Hughes pay their wages.

Yes, the club is a professional Sporting Business, but it has lost its sense of community...it has done away with the volunteers and it has burnt bridges at every turn.....selling access to the players and allowing the players to "opt out"of fronting up in the Kings bar are just 2 examples.

That's reminiscing, GF. The stories I could tell you about AC/DC's Bon Scott (RIP) giving me a slap for being too young in a bar after a gig. Deep Purple's Ian Gillian buying be a beer in a bar and Black Sabbath (well Geezer & Bill) wanting a normal chat with fans once they got successful. Ahhhh memories, but none of which would happen these days I'm sure. A shame.

There is plenty of access to the players, Gutters. They are always arouind after the match and anyone can go and talk to them after their meal (they pull the Jesters Bar shutters back when the players have had their meal (and they were in the bars at Leyton and Gillingham).

All that is different these days is that we don't have a players presentation in the Kings Bar.

I agree there could be improvements re how the whole after match stuff works, but we still have more access to our players than any other club.

The only thing that will really improve anything is having a consistently winning side and that is the major thing that is eluding us.

Back to the Legends Lounge, I've not been yet but I've heard good stuff from people I know who have.

It's interesting that:-
You just had an opportunity to promote the club.
You had an opportunity to say nothing.
You chose the third option and pointed out other options.

Whilst adopting words about what the club offer as a "rip off". And you still manage to point out how great you are.

Bollox....but well done for posting it anyway. Tell me again how 40 notes for a ticket, programme, meal and a coffee is better value than 30 quid for 4 tickets...
The days of "softly softly catchy monkey" are over for the club........the LOWEST AVERAGE ATTENDANCE IN THE SL ERA and I get lambasted for pointing out that 40 notes was a bit steep



Looking forward to the gate for Widnes.....here's the list of previous attendances...
2002 - 3,813 and 3,796
2003 - 3,128
2004 - 2,923
2005 - 3,365 and 3,885

let me know how many meals the club have to sell to get the 4,846 they need to get back to the level of 2011.....and the failed Harlequins RL brand.

It would seem, having a pop at me, for having a pop at the club seems to be all the rage......and if it makes some of you forget the clusterfuk that is London Broncos RL Ltd and the farce it is fast becoming...then knock yourselves out

Have you and Jay considered doing a distance learning persecution complex buddy course?
Nobody "forgets" the CF as you put it, most actually live it a damn site closer than you do, and paid for their tickets to watch it !!! but as has been said a million times before, you putting your take on every f£cking thread about just how e they are and what they need to be doing does sweet F$ck all to alleviate the issue, it's called praying to the converted...............carry on and put the last word in.

Weird thread. So trying to prevent new and casual supporters from being fleeced is a bad thing. I know if I wasted 40 quid on that rubbish I wouldn't be rushing back.