Hadfield wrote 13 Winters over 25 years ago. We now exist in a world that demands instant gratification & therefore to attract & retain new fans, winning is probably essential. I take on board Halfdan's battling defeat might get lapsed fans to come again but I'm not sure it's a given.

People want to associate themselves with success which is why there are so many Manure & Scouse fans in London. In Wimbledon & surrounds, you see some AFC shirts but nothing like the number of Chelsea shirts. Not scientific but indicative.

Didn't predict the club would be serving curry & rice. You might have thought with the Kermits in town they'd of gone beef bourguignan. Just as easy to do in bulk really.

Also absolutely correct. A battling defeat in front of a vibrant crowd is more likely to tempt back lapsed fans who have taken up the offer than convert newbies on the spot.

Some new fans MAY fall in love with the sport on the day but lots of research into attracting new crowds show it's usually a slower process. It's more likely it would tempt a newbie into being interested enough to return. That then gives you a chance of gaining them long term.

Hopefully the club will have offers in the pan for people who fit that criteria for the next home game. A jump back to £25 pay on the day would surely dis-incentivize any newbies who enjoy this weekend.

The experience of existing clubs world wide shows re-generating or generating is usually a mid to long term process and achieved by various methods. There's rarely one magic bullet. One cheap ticket offer wouldn't do it even of you saw the best match in the history of RL

That sounds about right to me Halfdan. I wonder what made the club push (in relative terms) this match. Have they noticed the circa 50%? drop in attendances and thought this was a potential big gate or noticed the drop and thought this might be a catastrophically low gate? Either way I hope it will be a decent game but our squad looks very thin and TO look big and tricky and we have found big difficult to deal with.

So sorry to hear the sad news about your dog Halfdan, hope their last few days are as peaceful as they can be.

Jesus wept.....where has anyone wished we will get slaughtered? I hope I awake on Monday to the news we've won....Christ....I'd be on the turps for breakfast.....but it doesn't change the reality that the paper thin squad and the bull back office staff are down to a bloke who in 2013 saw us got slaughtered and tried to walk away....killing us as both a club and SL team in the process....we've never recovered from that dummy spit......and it's something he should never be forgiven for.

This really pushed a button with me.
I am without a shadow if a doubt, A London Broncos Supporter. What also isnt in doubt is that I think the current back office staff are useless, the team is bang average in terms of the 2nd tier and that the owner is a fool.....but I have NEVER wished MY TEAM to get beaten.
This is the new norm.....disagree with a message so attack the messenger and hopefully the message will be ignored.....nobody in this thread has said they want us to lose......everyone including yourself has said they expect us to lose.....and that is how far we have fallen under the ownership of David Hughes.
As for the efforts on Twitter to attract fans....

if fans if 20+ or 30+ years are fearful of what awaits, then why would you want any first timers to witness it?
My first game was a cc loss to Castleford at home IIRC.....

Maybe you could name the supporters hoping the Broncos get slaughtered.

What I think is going on here is that, whilst forums are a good and legitimate place to vent frustration and call out mistakes, it’s sometimes difficult to get the full picture of what the poster intends. Accordingly what is meant one way can be mis-read as self indulgent negativity or nihilism.

Broncos Squad for Toulouse –
Abbas Miski
Chris Hankinson
Will Lovell
Jacob Jones
Rian Horsman
James Meadows
Jarrod Sammut
Jacob Ogden
Josh Hodson
Greg Richards
Rhys Curran
Oliver Leyland
Jordan Williams
Daniel Hindmarsh
Pat Moran
Tuoyo Egodo
Josh Walters
Titus Gwaze
Matt Fozard
Cory Aston
Sid Adebiyi

Maybe some posters who claim to be fans of the club, should accept that other fans view things differently to them.
Just because some folk choose to see the positives, wherever they are should not result in them being tagged as apologists, or lemmings! We all support the club in our own way. Some cannot accept that and choose to throw insults at those who don't agree with them.
Any new fans or supporters who possibly look at this forum must look and think what the heck if that's how fans of the club think of each other I ain't getting involved.

Completely Agree northernbloke, I've stopped replying to many get better things to do, several Broncos supporters I know, do not have a clue about this forum! and no way would I want them to see it.

We can all have different opinions, I accept that, but it should stay at that!