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"People use statistics the way a drunk uses a lamp post - for support not illumination": |
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| I genuinely beleive TK wants ownership of Broncos. He had been linked with several funny shaped ball enterprises before this.
TK's model revolves around his Membership idea and keeping punters paying all year round. His problem was that come April everyone will cancel and renew for August. By bringing in Broncos and having Womens Super League football he is hoping he can retain those members over the summer.
TK never has and I doubt he ever will prop up a club with playing funds that their off field income can't support. His method of working is to build an infrastructure that will support a larger playing budget. If Barnet Council hadnt screwed us over then we would now be playing at Copthall in a 10k stadium and not Saracens.
So if you think TK is after someone elses money - I doubt it.
If you think TK will dip into his own pocket for player funds - Nope.
What he will do is invest behind the scenes to maximise the player budget available. We have a running joke about the fact he spent 400k on solar panels instead of buying players so the club was more profitable and could afford higher wages.
If TK sees that Broncos is not viable over the next 2 years then he will walk away, if he sees that his model is working and Broncos can be a success then he will look to take them on.
From anyone looking at the Broncos balance sheet in recent times this is a sensible approach imo.
So if you're looking for a sugar daddy you've come to the wrong place, but if you want someone who will work towards a long term future then maybe he is the right person for the job.
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| Leave Gus alone you bullies
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| I've not yet been to the Hive - I plan on taking in a football game in the new year - but the notion that it is in some way an improved facility compared to The Stoop strikes me as utterly fanciful.
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Black Backgrounds/Zoot.gif Freedom for supporters of the government, only for members of one party - however numerous they may be - is no freedom at all. freedom is always and exclusively for one who thinks differently.
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| Quote: tw15 "I think it's 9 weeks until the first match of 2014.
Cue The A Team theme tune!'"
New season starts eight weeks on Sunday. Two weeks before that I'll be toddling down to the Racecourse Ground for a pre-season friendly between the Cru' and Hemel.
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| Is there a massive walkway between the pitch and the stands at the hive?
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| Quote: Darthchris "Is there a massive walkway between the pitch and the stands at the hive?'"
Yes. A vast yawning chasm. My advice to you is stay away
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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: Darthchris "Is there a massive walkway between the pitch and the stands at the hive?'"
you could have a double decker bus drag race along it it's that wide
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| All this Anti London rubbish is incredibly boring and tedious now. We get it, you hate Hughes, you hate Gus, you hate Rea, you hate The Hive etc etc etc. Enough of the trolling!
I thank you
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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: North London Gooner "All this Anti London rubbish is incredibly boring and tedious now. We get it, you hate Hughes, you hate Gus, you hate Rea, you hate The Hive etc etc etc. Enough of the trolling!
I thank you
When did I say I hated anyone? I think Hughes is insane, I think Gus in inept and I believe TR regrets picking up the phone when Hughes called him back in 2012. The Hive looks like a tidy little ground although not as tidy as the Stoop and I have no doubt the club will flourish under the guidance of a bloke who wants everyone to pay a monthly membership in the hope that cancelling it for months where there's no games will prove troublesome. I also believe that we have nothing to worry about in regards to the playing roster with 8 weeks to the seasons opener and less than a team in training.
By the way, I doubt you'll find a more passionate London SUPPORTER than me.....because I see the emperors new clothes doesn't make me a hater.
you're welcome!
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| Quote: gutterfax "When did I say I hated anyone? I think Hughes is insane, I think Gus in inept and I believe TR regrets picking up the phone when Hughes called him back in 2012. The Hive looks like a tidy little ground although not as tidy as the Stoop and I have no doubt the club will flourish under the guidance of a bloke who wants everyone to pay a monthly membership in the hope that cancelling it for months where there's no games will prove troublesome. I also believe that we have nothing to worry about in regards to the playing roster with 8 weeks to the seasons opener and less than a team in training.
By the way, I doubt you'll find a more passionate London SUPPORTER than me.....because I see the emperors new clothes doesn't make me a hater.
you're welcome!
You Sir, should be in Politics
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| A week ago everyone was angry and disapointed because we thought we'd lost our club. A week later it seems many are angry because we havn't? Amazing
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| I think anger is from the lack of communication from the great management team who are out to busy growing roses in the local roundabouts
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| Quote: daftdad "I think anger is from the lack of communication from the great management team who are out to busy growing roses in the local roundabouts'"
Spot on! Broncos' site latest news is we beat Hull KR, lmao!
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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: Snoopy "A week ago everyone was angry and disapointed because we thought we'd lost our club. A week later it seems many are angry because we havn't? Amazing
Forgive me for not getting a hard on at the prospect of 27 floggings in 2014 followed by rejection as an investment opportunity by TK, eviction from the Hive and relegation to Championship.
Gus has cut the overheads at the club from 4.5 million a year to his and Tony's wages along with a few fringe players. The income from the RFL will be used to build a squad and pay these wages whilst everything else apart from maybe the shop will be the domain of TK and The Hive Team.
The only assurance we have is that Gus has secured 12 months to find another job whilst ex-staff and players are still owed cash, some have had to borrow to make ends meet and he believes that this is the start of anew era
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