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| Quote: Tre Cool "He's done more for RL than you will in your lifetime. There's only one person here being pathetic. So his long term vision involves a unique identity and playing kit. Seems sensible to me.'"
If successfully driving a club into the ground is going to the the top of his list of achievements, he is welcome to them
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6679_1399761959.png [quote="dally messenger":1gysl9ow]was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have[/quote:1gysl9ow]
[quote="eels fan":1gysl9ow]You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.[/quote:1gysl9ow]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6679.png |
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| Quote: Moe Lester "Someone posted up the pictures of an RU shirt and a RL shirt and said that people were stupid if they couldn't tell the difference. '"
Read it again......
Quote: Moe Lester "I suggest that anyone who lives down south, supports RL and is confused between the RL shirt and the Union one needs to look in a mirror
Do you reckon my tongue was in my cheek?
Quote: Moe Lester "There is so much wrong with that. I wouldn't be able to tell you were the colours were on a RL shirt or a RU shirt but I'd be able to tell you black, green, grey, magenta and brown made up the shirts and I'm a fan. The shirts are so similar (obviously), there's no way you can label people "morons" or what not based on this.'"
Good job I didn't then isn't it
The rest of your post made sense BTW.....
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6679_1399761959.png [quote="dally messenger":1gysl9ow]was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have[/quote:1gysl9ow]
[quote="eels fan":1gysl9ow]You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.[/quote:1gysl9ow]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6679.png |
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| Quote: Homer "Scary, being in agreement with GF does nothing for my street cred '"
...like you ever had any to start with
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10696_1330181301.jpg london RL: scraping the barrel:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_10696.jpg |
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| Quote: Tre Cool "He's done more for RL than you will in your lifetime..'"
So he's immune from criticism? Good to know.
Laughing stock of Super League? Absolutely.
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16679.jpg Well f**k my hat, I didn't know that!
Come all without, come all within, we're London Broncos not the H********s!:16679.jpg |
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| Quote: The Penguin "So he's immune from criticism? Good to know.
Laughing stock of Super League? Absolutely.'"
Dunno about laughing stock, but if its wasn't for DH all of us wouldn't have a club to argue about!!
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| Quote: Dave Lister "If successfully driving a club into the ground is going to the the top of his list of achievements, he is welcome to them
Hughes is no fool, as such I suspect this is being driven by the RFL. It sounds like they are involved in a longer term plan where we have our own ground. Maybe they see our own identity as essential to that so are wanting that part to happen sooner rather than later.
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| Quote: The Penguin "So he's immune from criticism? Good to know.
Laughing stock of Super League? Absolutely.'"
No he's not immune from criticism. But he deserves a basic level of respect from our fans if you ask me. You and Lister seem very pro 'quins'. Why? I really don't get it. its a naff old rugby union name with a daft kit. What do you like so much about it?
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16679.jpg Well f**k my hat, I didn't know that!
Come all without, come all within, we're London Broncos not the H********s!:16679.jpg |
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www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 0,12530725
If this link works it should show what the unionites think of the renaming goings on. I have to say I'm surprised at how some of this stuff is almost sensible, with a number of obvious exceptions who are clearly talking complete and utter bollo!
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www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 0,12530725
If this link works it should show what the unionites think of the renaming goings on. I have to say I'm surprised at how some of this stuff is almost sensible, with a number of obvious exceptions who are clearly talking complete and utter bollo!
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6679_1399761959.png [quote="dally messenger":1gysl9ow]was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have[/quote:1gysl9ow]
[quote="eels fan":1gysl9ow]You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.[/quote:1gysl9ow]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6679.png |
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| Not that anyone pays any attention to me with regards to the club, but my initial thoughts are that this gives the club 1 last opportunity to sell themselves, the game and the experience to the local public.
I have no interest in the fans of London Irish, Sarries, Wasps or any other sport in the region. Neither do I have any desire to see transient bar staff become the "fans" that we rely on......
There are about 2,250,000 people within 20 minutes (journey time by public transport ) of the stoop. There is your audience.....it remains to be seen if anyone at the club has the ability or the desire to try and attract 10,000 of these as new regular fans to The Stoop over the next 3 years (if they get 3 years).
Staines to Clapham, Ealing to Kingston Upon Thames.....and in the name of everything that is holy..........don't wait until January 2012 before trying to come up with a marketing strategy........it should be in the planning stages NOW.
EXAMPLEhttp://www.richmond.gov.uk/boroughprofile2006.pdfrl
There are 36 Wards in the borough. Why not try to encourage locals along by leafletting by ward? Local Pubs need signed jerseys and fixture lists as soon as they become available.....Ideally not March
Got to be 5,000 businesses in the borough........get inviting.
Seriously....time to roll up the sleeves and get busy, because by March 2012 the London Broncos II will have had their chance...........
Lastly, get the RFL to fiddle the fixtures....Crusaders first at home, then Widnes 2 weeks later....no disrespect to those teams, but A CHANCE OF A WIN would be handy.
Wigan spanked us at GP in 2002, St Helens at the Stoop in 2005....both results were bad and we didn't see a home win until April both seasons.
BTW Listy.....David Hughes has earned our respect.
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| He might have earned it but he is quickly losing it by the way he is ruining our club.
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| Quote: Tre Cool "No he's not immune from criticism. But he deserves a basic level of respect from our fans if you ask me. You and Lister seem very pro 'quins'. Why? I really don't get it. its a naff old rugby union name with a daft kit. What do you like so much about it?'"
What I'm 'pro' is the club actually putting down some roots and not moving the goalposts every five minutes. I don't think that's unreasonable.
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2760_1608132744.jpg [quote="king warrior":2yifc012]Dave do us a favour and gtfo you wopper[/quote:2yifc012]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_2760.jpg |
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| Quote: Tre Cool "No he's not immune from criticism. But he deserves a basic level of respect from our fans if you ask me. You and Lister seem very pro 'quins'. Why? I really don't get it. its a naff old rugby union name with a daft kit. What do you like so much about it?'"
Pointed out several times on this and other threads why I think the Harlequins brand should be the one to drive us forward. The Penguin has stated several different, but equally as applicable reasons. All of which you cannot counter, instead supporting this idealistic crap about some sort of "return to the good old days".
There seem to be 2 clear groups of people on here - those who can see the need for stability, continuity and a long term plan, utilising the most powerful brand in world Rugby instead of fighting against it. Then there are those who think that yet ANOTHER name change is the way forward, ANOTHER vision, ANOTHER plan, even though every single one of us would point towards the fact that our club has always struggled because it changes every 5-10 years. And this isn't even a new plan - but a return to a failed era of the club.
Marvelous.
I bet the flat cappers are ing themselves, and rightly so. Our club is becoming a laughing stock, an utter embarrassment.
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| So disappointed in this. I hate the notion of obtaining some American-ised name that has nothing to do with the culture of London. As I said before, I don't understand why everyone is saying it's our own identity. No it isn't, it was a result of the Brisbane takeover.
I'd like to see what excuses will be made, when we're in the same predicament next year. It obviously won't be the result of being called 'Harlequins.'
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| Quote: Tre Cool "No he's not immune from criticism. But he deserves a basic level of respect from our fans if you ask me. You and Lister seem very pro 'quins'. Why? I really don't get it. its a naff old rugby union name with a daft kit. What do you like so much about it?'"
What do you like so much about London Broncos? It's a stupid name that makes us sound like an American Football team, or worse, Ice Hockey.
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