Michael. i said at the start that the hive were not prepared to hae us as guests along he lines of the 2014 agreement for the 2015 second year....I have admitted my sensationalist topic title may ave been wrong,but it was and still is a possibility. the reality is that staff members have told a fan that they expect the broncos to be at the hive next year. This word, EXPECT, points to the deal not yet being done. the longer it remains undone, the stronger the position of the landlord because nobody else in London or the south east wants us.
we are now told that the Hive are holding out for a longer deal. whilst I understand that this would be better for AK, the reality is that he asked for the renegotiation back in June and if it ere simply a discussion over a few years, the deal would be done. It isn't....it is about money, guarantees and logistics/administration. AK has had 14,000 through the gate and he's not happy with whatever revenue that has delivered. he is a shrewd man. he knows that we arnt spoilt for choice, he knows that our owner isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer and he knows we are desperate. what he hadn't banked on was the total apathy from the RFL.....he's probably puzzled as to why they arent giving him a marketing budget fr 2015.....

if we make the middle 8 next year I can see lesss than 10,000 coming through the gates over 14 games......less if its a score a ticket for 2nd tier games.then, moving on, if we are still a championship outfit in 2016, our total income from tickets and sky will be less than 500k.....he wants guarantees that Hughes will carry on paying the rent......how do you think thi is going to end? with us in partnership with the hive? its going to end in tears.....and yes, the club have been teetering on the edge before, but this time i really think we are gone......if we dont go up in 2015 I can see us out of business by 2016. i really hope I am wrong

David Hughes continues to invest in a playing squad and backroom staff. Why on earth would he do that if he wasn't sure what the short and medium term future of the London Broncos was and that centres on location.

I don't know why. However, as always, Occam's Razor provides the most likely answer and I suspect that you and I have the same view as to what that is.

David Hughes appointed Rob Powell as head coach. David Hughes employed Gus MacKay as CEO. David Hughes invested some £10,237,673 over the years 2008-2012 repeatedly making the same mistakes whilst ignoring the advice of others. These losses of over £10,000,000 were on the back of a turnover of less than £20,000,000. David Hughes supposedly agreed to the name change back to the broncos because of confusion surrounding the Letter RL on our Quins shirts......have you visited RL.com lately
Forgive me for not having complete faith in the decision making processes of Mr David Hughes......the man's about as astute as a bag of spanners when it comes to running a professional sports club.

so I ask again! What are you gonna do about it then gutters

I will continue to observe the destruction of the club I support from the far side of the world, cursing the RFL for making Lenegan walk away and Hughes for being an arrogant prick who's own unique brand of megalomania have destroyed AT EVERY TURN what was a potential giant of the game....he really has made a pigs ear from a silk purse.


I'll continue to post my musings on here too. I know it upsets some, but it gives them someone to have a whine about in between genuflecting at the altar of St David of Swinton. I left the UK nearly 5 years ago Michael......At the time I posted on here that I believed the team was capable of a top half finish and that the club could push on and build a fan base......what has happened since then is that we've lost 75% of our fans and 105 of the 134 SL games we've played....78% loss ratio under Hughes "guidance".....Oh.....we've lost about £15 million in that period too.....that's about £500,000 a win.

Time people just ignored him!

The voice of experience

A whole new set of stats to start next season, GF, but curious to know why you immigrated to the Shaky Isles - just being nosey

Indeed.

So was Gus, I bet.

I always picture him moving there so he can build a hideout in a volcano and stroke a cat.

That's one up on Gus.

He has so much free time on his hands he's probably a netball ogling specialist