Finding players and increasing the fan base are very different things. The focus on the local community including schools should be about building the fan base of the club. Of course, the club should also build relationships with existing RL clubs across the entire region to develop player pathways.

So dog!your own words that it’s quite possible we may have to move again! That’s the problem with focusing local! 2 years time we move to another borough in london what happens to all those locals.
The drop in funding from sport England was the cause of reduced development staff not the reason.
Buzza, we agree on something

Homme! Brough can quite often have an attitude issue which does effect his game, don’t think anyone can deny that, a move to you could be good for him.

It's called 5th down south





Outside of The Hive (biggest error of the lot under the cricketing fielding supremo, currently decimating crowds in Union), we have been based in a specific part of West London since 2002 now.

Brentford to Twickenham was a single bus journey(267) and that bus runs every 15 minutes.....
Griffin Park to Trailfinders is a single bus journey(E2) and those buses run every 12 minutes......
The Stoop to Trailfinders is a 35 minute bike ride.......

We are a west London side and to leave the area would be suicide.....and what I said was that if the ground can't be brought up to 5k seated if we survive then we would need to move, I didn't say probably. As for what happens to the fans from Ealing if we should have to move again? The same as has always happened. The club will bin their database and start again.....which is why it is key that the wheels are put in motion now to develop trailfinders into a 5k all seater boutique stadium......using the word boutique will pacify some of the Nimby's BTW

.if on the other hand the NIMBY's win the day, then if we have designs on remaining in SL, we will need to move again...
Dog you have gone to great lengths to say the nimbys will never permit planning permission.
Vallis way is a multi purpose sports club, Trailfinders RFU are tenants. There is no chance of buying that ground, as you say the nimbys would be even more opposed to that.
The point is, it highlights its London broncos not Ealing broncos. So cast the net wide rather than local! The days when we had bigger crowds say at the stoop, didn’t all come from twickenham! They came from a much wider area!

GDPR would actually now prevent them from making contact with old fans anyway right?

Not if they have agreed to being contacted

Don't know about expectations for 2019, but so long as we finish eleventh above any of the other eleven (but Wigan would be nice) I'll be happy.

You are permitted to Contact them to ask for permission...... Contact is the important word there BTW

I expect London to be as they would be geographically. Furthest club south in the league and furthest club south in the table.

Great quick witted banter apart from Les Catalans are geographically further south than us.

Pretty sharp supercat well done!

Far too kind !!