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| Quote ="Darthchris"I'm assuming you can read - given that you can type. Pretty sure I did 'look a little closer to home''"
You said we had a poor following. I didn't think it was bad given the distances involved and the fact it was on a Saturday. I assume people in Twickenham and surrounding areas can read too - so why don't your club provide them with some posters or leaflets to indulge themselves with?
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| Quote ="Gazemous"I'm trying to take this from a northerner's point of view. As in, the Stoop is not within easy commuting distance of everyone in London.
I live in South West London (as is The Stoop) and it takes me over an hour to get to The Stoop whether I'm taking public transport, cycling or driving. So targeting people in north, east or south London is not as sensible a marketing strategy as trying to attract those on your doorstep. That is my point.'"
We defo need to target Richmond and Hounslow boroughs much more that we do. that's for sure - most places in London takes around an hour to get to - if that makes sense (its a big place and the traffic is dreadful...)
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| Quote ="Bonzo"You said we had a poor following. I didn't think it was bad given the distances involved and the fact it was on a Saturday. I assume people in Twickenham and surrounding areas can read too - so why don't your club provide them with some posters or leaflets to indulge themselves with?'"
You did have a poor following
We always have a poor following
the two things are completely separate issues - apart from showing a general malaise in the sport
Broncos should be doing a whole lot more than it currently does to attract a crowd.
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| Quote ="Darthchris"You did have a poor following
We always have a poor following '"
Your first point's pretty subjective. With the best will in the world, your second one isn't.
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| Quote Walking to the ground from the train station, I didn't see a single person going the same direction as me. There were no clues anywhere in the surrounding area that a game was on. It was like walking through the streets of Townville rather than an affluent suburb of the capital city with two sizeable stadiums.
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A village fete in Cas is a big event, maybe not so in London. Do you see the difference?
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| Quote ="wire quin"A village fete in Cas is a big event, maybe not so in London. Do you see the difference?'"
You're comparing a London Broncos match to a village fete?
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| To be honest, I find it ridiculous that my fellow Broncos fans on here are mocking Castleford's away support. We are the last club to mock someone for lack of support. To be honest, if it wasn't for the Cas fans, there would have been very little atmosphere in the ground. It took until the second half before our supporters decided to open their mouths .
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| Quote ="Surreyben"To be honest, I find it ridiculous that my fellow Broncos fans on here are mocking Castleford's away support. We are the last club to mock someone for lack of support. To be honest, if it wasn't for the Cas fans, there would have been very little atmosphere in the ground. It took until the second half before our supporters decided to open their mouths .'"
Behave.
Ours is dreadful.
There's was dreadful.
The team you support doesn't change this sad fact
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| Quote ="Darthchris"Behave.
Ours is dreadful.
There's was dreadful.
The team you support doesn't change this sad fact'"
I look forward to seeing you bring as many to Cas and hearing them make as much noise later in the year...
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| Quote ="wire quin"A village fete in Cas is a big event, maybe not so in London. Do you see the difference?'"
Well considering we have never had a village fete in castleford (well certainly not in my life time) your post is meaningless, village fetes tend to happen in villages not towns. HTH.
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| Quote ="Bonzo"I look forward to seeing you bring as many to Cas and hearing them make as much noise later in the year...'"
cant see that happening in this century, maybe next.
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| Quote ="Bonzo"I look forward to seeing you bring as many to Cas and hearing them make as much noise later in the year...'"
Again. Doesn't change the fact that your turnout was poor - its more a knock against the game as a whole.
Don't seem to remember too much noise coming from that end in the second half apart from all the shuffling of people leaving early
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| look forward to seeing you bring SOME FANS to Cas and hearing them make as much noise later in the year...
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| Quote ="Darthchris"Again. Doesn't change the fact that your turnout was poor - its more a knock against the game as a whole.
Don't seem to remember too much noise coming from that end in the second half apart from all the shuffling of people leaving early
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Interestingly, the style of rugby London play is traditionally so boring I'm surprised it doesn't appeal to more Union fans, given Union is the dominant code in the area. You can't knock the game as a whole - it's been good to you and the RFL have been persistent with their support. After all you are still in existence despite the fact that a franchise in a different area closer to the heartlands would've probably been more successful in terms of revenue and fans through the turnstiles.
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| Quote ="Bonzo"Interestingly, the style of rugby London play is traditionally so boring I'm surprised it doesn't appeal to more Union fans, given Union is the dominant code in the area. You can't knock the game as a whole - it's been good to you and the RFL have been persistent with their support. After all you are still in existence despite the fact that a franchise in a different area closer to the heartlands would've probably been more successful in terms of revenue and fans through the turnstiles.'"
[url=http://theflatearthsociety.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=66This might be of interest to you[/url
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| Quote ="Darthchris"[url=http://theflatearthsociety.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=66This might be of interest to you[/url'"
Ah - you seem to be implying that I'm not open to forward thinking, expansion, etc. In reality after 15+ years I'm still struggling to understand why London should be given a Super League place seemingly unconditionally, whilst others are under threat despite owning their own facilities; striving to improve them; averaging much higher average attendances; and engaging much more with the local community for the benefit of both the club and the game. I.e. the many clubs that are much further away from being part of a "Flat Earth Society" than London, in particular in respect to marketing the game and raising awareness of it.
You continue to insist our travelling support is poor when infact it quite frequently approaches the numbers that your HOME support did on Saturday...
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| Hull KR comfortably bring at least double the number of supporters that makes up your rabble. I don't understand why that is.
All us London fans are trying to do is buy into the obsession Northern clubs have regarding how many supporters they take to an away match. I'm surprised that nobody has claimed that the flock from Cas out numbered Broncos fans.
Your attempt at a Poznan was cute by the way.
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| They took their tops of too..............was that the shame though?
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| Quote ="Bonzo"Ah - you seem to be implying that I'm not open to forward thinking, expansion, etc. In reality after 15+ years I'm still struggling to understand why London should be given a Super League place seemingly unconditionally, whilst others are under threat despite owning their own facilities; striving to improve them; averaging much higher average attendances; and engaging much more with the local community for the benefit of both the club and the game. I.e. the many clubs that are much further away from being part of a "Flat Earth Society" than London, in particular in respect to marketing the game and raising awareness of it.
You continue to insist our travelling support is poor when infact it quite frequently approaches the numbers that your HOME support did on Saturday...'" would expect you to bring a fair few to Wakefield - who you should be merged with anyway - seeing as you're in the same borough
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| Quote ="Darthchris"would expect you to bring a fair few to Wakefield - who you should be merged with anyway - seeing as you're in the same borough'"
Like Hull & Hull KR, Huddersfield & Halifax, Leigh & Wigan etc...
Poor attempt at trolling, just like the other 3 of you that reside on here (are you the only season ticket holders too?)
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| Quote ="Darthchris"would expect you to bring a fair few to Wakefield - who you should be merged with anyway - seeing as you're in the same borough'"
You see with a club like yours things like tradition, heritage and local rivalry mean absolutely nothing. It's probably why your fans are so few in number and seem to lack passion for the game (although granted they must have a limited amount as they do turn up to some home games). That considered I can see why you might think we should merge. In reality it would never happen due to the intense rivalry between the clubs and the fans, both of whom do the things I alluded to above in the interests of progress.
Just going back to expansion though, Catalans have made themselves a credible club in Super League despite not having as long to get there. As they're technically your local derby team, maybe we should merge you with them.
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| Quote ="Bonzo"You see with a club like yours things like tradition, heritage and local rivalry mean absolutely nothing. It's probably why your fans are so few in number and seem to lack passion for the game (although granted they must have a limited amount as they do turn up to some home games). That considered I can see why you might think we should merge. In reality it would never happen due to the intense rivalry between the clubs and the fans, both of whom do the things I alluded to above in the interests of progress.
Just going back to expansion though, Catalans have made themselves a credible club in Super League despite not having as long to get there. As they're technically your local derby team, maybe we should merge you with them.
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Think Warrrington are our local rivals
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| Quote ="Darthchris"would expect you to bring a fair few to Wakefield - who you should be merged with anyway - seeing as you're in the same borough'"
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