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| Quote: gutterfax "A few hundred die hard supporters? If your happy we've become a poor version of he skolars then fair enough, but don't be stunned when London broncos fold.
As for Pete......he said we'd stay up.....he was sure of it.'"
Gutters, I've said this before but I reckon it bears repeating - it's bad enough the club flushing itself down the khazi these past few seasons without you appearing to delight in it happening! ![DEPRESSED icon_biggrin.gifEPRESSED:](images/smilies//a054.gif)
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| Interesting use of words in the RFL press release. The Super 8's will "largely determine the make up of Super League and the Championship the following season."
Presumably this just recognises SL will surely have a tougher ground grading etc but......
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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]
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| Quote: Rob from Erith "Gutters, I've said this before but I reckon it bears repeating - it's bad enough the club flushing itself down the khazi these past few seasons without you appearing to delight in it happening!
How am I delighted?
I am ing furious.....disgusted and amazed at the demise as well as the level of acceptance of some fans.....we've just signed a retired player who was average in his day and yet it's being applauded.
Hughes has allowed failure to fester at the club for too long......once the retired player/miner and his mates have bled us dry of the parachute payment, we are ed
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| Interesting words gutters, level of acceptance, what do you want us to do? Go jump into the fast lane of the m 1 I would have said jump off Richmond bridge but we left the stoop so hey ho.
I will make the point again, god am getting like you now, WE as fans cannot change what has happened, so believe it or not you me everyone else has to accept it, because we are not in the position to change it, apart from watch them or not watch them.
unless you have a master plan AND the way to make it happen
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22268_1354053306.jpg Long live the Fulham-London Crusaders-Broncos Harley-Quids Broncos (again) RLFC!:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_22268.jpg |
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| Quote: gutterfax "A few hundred die hard supporters? If your happy we've become a poor version of he skolars then fair enough, but don't be stunned when London broncos fold.
As for Pete......he said we'd stay up.....he was sure of it.'"
Sure was, it was beyond my comprehension that no-one at the club could see there wasn't enough Props to have ANY chance at all, I assumed that in fairly short order the services of two or three big old ugly props were going to be obtained and this would at least give us a platform to squeeze a few wins from.
My son is 16, and likes cricket & boxing, yet even he has grasped the basic principle that RL games are won (and lost) on the platform created by the Forwards, not enough Forwards = No bloody platform! Excuse me for believing that even the imbeciles appointed by Mr Hughes would see what a non-interested 16 year old could!
As for us "folding", get over yerself! As long as theres fans, theres a club, maybe not a very good club, but a club non the less. You do talk sense most of the time dude, and for the most part you tend to get your facts right, but you gotta get out from under that cloud and try and cheer yersel' up, smile and look on the bright side!
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| With London being the richest area of England, I'm still not sure how we have been unable throughout these years to find money to get a consortium of millionaires with an interest in RL to invest in the club. Now we've been relegated that is probably a much harder task... but DH can't fund us forever and we really need to be putting the feelers out for rich investors to come on board.
There must be a plot of land somewhere if we could encourage investment that we could purchase and build a stadium on.... I know, I know... it requires capital to do so and also planning consent from LA's... but stranger things have happened.
Anyway, enough dreaming.... we are where we are.....
Do I think we can come back? Yes... I do. But it won't be easy and it probably won't happen in the first year. I've said on other threads all we needed is a squad to finish in the top 4 of the league... but having thought more, the SL in the play structure will always be a massive favourite. Not only are they full time (like a number of championship clubs now are), but the quality of player and their experience will give them a huge advantage.
Playing top tier opposition every week develops the SL team at a faster rate than a championship side (both being full time)... so we'd probably just be in shock at their speed and accuracy when we play the play-off compared to what we'd of experienced throughout the regular season.
Unless we were ruthless with the players and demanded (and achieved) winning each game of the regular season by 50 points (not going to happen), we'd be sat on our backsides in the play off game.
That all said though... a one-off shock can happen and it would take immediate recruitment processes to start for any championship team that is lucky to win the game to get players to keep them in SL.
I'm going to be optimistic... we can do it and come back yes.
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| Quote: gutterfax "How am I delighted?
I am loving furious.....disgusted and amazed at the demise as well as the level of acceptance of some fans.....we've just signed a retired player who was average in his day and yet it's being applauded.
Hughes has allowed failure to fester at the club for too long......once the retired player/miner and his mates have bled us dry of the parachute payment, we are loved'" drone
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cartoons/WB24.gif Life is pretty simple: You do stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works.:cartoons/WB24.gif |
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| Next year depends on the final squad signed, how the coaching team bring them forward and the financial support from the owners. We are still not sure of the final squad but it'll be likely agreed before the end of November which is a bit different to last year and we may be also clear about other aspects. Though grateful for the extra issues, excluding the ground, to be outlined.
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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: Southern Reiver "Next year depends on the final squad signed,'"
We have most of confirmed and as we are playing in an unknown league (to most of us) we really can't say one way or t'other if we will compete.
Quote: Southern Reiver "how the coaching team bring them forward '"
Coach comes with a reputation of being good and does look quite deflated when talking about hsi current squad, but he may well be confident of what he can achieve with a squad he has assembled next year.
Quote: Southern Reiver "and the financial support from the owners. '"
We are full time next year thanks to the parachute payment. 2016 is a whole different matter and Hughes needs to declare his intentions past 2015 because crowds of 500 or so ain't going to finance a competitive team (or satisfy the landlord/partner/host/administration provider)
Quote: Southern Reiver "We are still not sure of the final squad but it'll be likely agreed before the end of November which is a bit different to last year and we may be also clear about other aspects. Though grateful for the extra issues, excluding the ground, to be outlined.'"
better than 2013?without a doubt. Enough to get us around the corner and on the road to recovery?........
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| Quote: gutterfax "We have most of confirmed and as we are playing in an unknown league (to most of us) we really can't say one way or t'other if we will compete.
Coach comes with a reputation of being good and does look quite deflated when talking about hsi current squad, but he may well be confident of what he can achieve with a squad he has assembled next year.
We are full time next year thanks to the parachute payment. 2016 is a whole different matter and Hughes needs to declare his intentions past 2015 because crowds of 500 or so ain't going to finance a competitive team (or satisfy the landlord/partner/host/administration provider)
better than 2013?without a doubt. Enough to get us around the corner and on the road to recovery?........'"
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1444_1283599199.jpg Ealing here we come, onwards and downwards.:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_1444.jpg |
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| Quote: gutterfax "A few hundred die hard supporters? If your happy we've become a poor version of he skolars then fair enough, but don't be stunned when London broncos fold.
As for Pete......he said we'd stay up.....he was sure of it.'"
What's all this "we" stuff? You're 12,000 miles away slagging off those of us who turn up to watch.
I'm with CrusaderPete and mickyb, we'll still be here in one form or another because we, the fans, the REAL fans, will still be here.
And yes I will continue to watch, because I can, and because I don't need your bloody approval to do so.
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| Have to say summat before Gf goes off on one its what I have hinted at a few times Gf cannot be denied the label of fan, as he is certainly a fanatic of the club, however he is not a supporter of the club, it's those of us that currently provide actual support by going to watch and paying at the gate that do that
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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: Perry "
I'm with CrusaderPete ........we'll still be here in one form or another because we, the fans, the REAL fans, will still be here.'"
He shoots....he scores.....
From Sunday Evening
...if you run you might just catch him up so you can "be with him" ![Cool icon_cool.gif](images/smilies//icon_cool.gif)
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1444_1283599199.jpg Ealing here we come, onwards and downwards.:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_1444.jpg |
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| Quote: gutterfax "He shoots....he scores.....
From Sunday Evening:
...if you run you might just catch him up so you can "be with him"
And aren't you pleased. How you delight in another fan walking away.
Bye bye Pete, so long. I'm not running anywhere.
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1444_1283599199.jpg Ealing here we come, onwards and downwards.:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_1444.jpg |
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| Quote: mickyb1234 "Have to say summat before Gf goes off on one its what I have hinted at a few times Gf cannot be denied the label of fan, as he is certainly a fanatic of the club, however he is not a supporter of the club, it's those of us that currently provide actual support by going to watch and paying at the gate that do that'"
Depends how you define fan. I struggle to see how a fan would constantly belittle those who are loyal.
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