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| Quote The Penguin="The Penguin"Yes, if your definition of "proper rugby ground" is "a pitch that's too small, owned by a football club and in desperate need of renovation"'"
I take it from your reaction that you enjoy nice shiny grounds populated by few people, and as for a small playing area, it might be of benefit to the Bronco's to minimise the amount of playing area the opposition can use!
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| There was a good atmosphere at Griffin Park, but that's partly because everyone was in the single stand.
Brentford FC pushed the Broncos "on the road", because the pitch needed reseeding. The Stoop is a better ground for rugby.
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| Quote tw15="tw15"There was a good atmosphere at Griffin Park, but that's partly because everyone was in the single stand.
Brentford FC pushed the Broncos "on the road", because the pitch needed reseeding. The Stoop is a better ground for rugby.'"
There was a good atmosphere at Brentford coz we some games! The atmosphere would not be a problem at the Stoop if we won more than we lost!
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| What u said. Moving will not solve anything.
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| Quote daftdad="daftdad"What u said. Moving will not solve anything.'" I don't love the Stoop, but if we could get anywhere near to filling it, I'd be happy. Excellent ground for Rugby.
Moving sure won't solve everything but it may, dependent on where we move and what tenancy terms we manage to negotiate, solve a few things such as being pushed around by "big events" over the road. But wherever we'll go, we'll find some new problems too.
Sad thing for me is that if it IS Barnet, then it's goodbye to me except maybe for the odd game. Will it be "hello" to lots of new fans? Difficult to be optimistic about that - it's not too far from Wembley and I don't get the impression that many nearby residents flock to CC finals there. It will be a tough sell, Superleague generally has lost almost all of its initial momentum. and a London-based team needs that to raise awareness and interest.
Money, money, money, it's essential and I don't see it coming our way.
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| I have long thought The Stoop was our best chance of making this work in London. It's also very convenient for me and is a decent place pre and post match. Sadly I feel the few of us rattling around there is so depressing it won't help us get new fans to stay, if they show up in the first place. Sadly I believe we would now be better off at a smaller ground and perhaps not in Superleague.
Personally I will watch the club next season but can see me switching to Oxford and just take in the odd Broncos match in 2015 - assuming both are still around. For me the whole day is important and living where I do I can see Oxford being more enjoyable than Edgeware - if that is where we go.
I'm a league fan first, my team was Prescot Panthers, and could happily watch Oxford, Hemel or Skolars. Many here are Broncos first and I hope that the club get their next move right for their sake.
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| I can't believe how many people have been mugged into thinking the Stoop is the cause of our problems. If you want to solve problems, identify and address the root cause. This ain't it. 
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| I agree it isn't the root cause. Sadly I don't see the major issues being tackled and believe that 1500 in a 16000 capacity won't attract first time fans back. They won't know about root causes, they'll just see a depressing match day atmosphere and not return. We need to create a match day buzz, winning and filling a good % of seats will combine to do that. Winning in front of thousands of empty seats I fear won't - unlike football we need to convert people to a new sport and the whole package is hugely important until people have been so frequently they become a rugby league fan. At that point the rest matters less. Sadly we don't have 14000 rugby league fans in London we can target to fill the empty seats.
Personally I'd love to see Broncos re-build at a smaller base and gain the momentum to return to The Stoop. Sadly there's probably more chance of me winning EuroMillions tomorrow, even though I don't buy a ticket.
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| Quote jbuzza="jbuzza"I can't believe how many people have been mugged into thinking the Stoop is the cause of our problems. '" Who said that? It's just too big a stadium for our lot and I'm still not surprised Glower left. TW2 is the wrong place for RL IMHO however things may have been different if Mark Evans had remained with QuinsRU. But things are't OK and the Broncos are pretty much stuffed from where I see it. I'll be glad to see the back of the place after our last game and devoid of any sadness. Edit: I'd still love to know what on earth Gus does in his role to promote LB.
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| Hmm so Gower left because the stadium was too big. Do you have any evidence to suggest anywhere else in London is better for RL than TW2 ? Have you done an analysis of our historic attendances ? Of course the Stoop is too big for us right now but being at the Stoop hasn't made the attendances . You can look elsewhere for the causes of that.
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| I've done this several times and suspect others may have but I haven't seen any. After fulltime when the kids are playing on the field take a stroll out to the spot and take a look around. OK most will have left their seats by then but the lack of folks in the stands is very telling.
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| Quote Torbreck="Torbreck"I've done this several times and suspect others may have but I haven't seen any. After fulltime when the kids are playing on the field take a stroll out to the Centre spot and take a look around. OK most will have left their seats by then but the lack of folks in the stands is very telling.'"
At least you can walk onto the field after the match. How many other fans can do that at other stadiums?
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