Will play all their 2014 league fixtures from 'The Hive', ground sharing with Barney FC.

Thoughts? I think it's good they will be playing however I can't see it making a difference and whatever they do they inevitably will not be with us come the end of 2014.

Ahhh, I see the mistake I made

On a serious note I've not seen anything from the Broncos that suggests they will be able to field a team - let alone a competitive one.
I think it could be a total and unmitigated disaster - which is such a shame given the many years of work laid down in London.
Regardless of your views on London, SL doesn't want or need a team that could end up shipping 50+ points a game.

Given the RL's 'initiatives' I though it might have been thought of for every SL team to 'donate' 1 player (at Londons chosing) from their squads or maybe even 2 to give them a decent squad.
Can't see it happening but would certainly be different !
(Lots of practicalities including inevitable finance).



Waits for howls of derision ....

No doubt a few Bradford players will jump ship and I am told Ian Lenegan wants to loan them a few players too.

The Warrington Guardian are reporting a ground capacity of only 5100 so at least it might look a bit fuller on tv games than the wide open spaces we have seen from the Stoop.

Apparently they are hoping for a special dispensation to exceed the quota & take advantage of club loan agreements ,according to sportinglife.

I can't wait tbh, it's only 10 mins from my house

If you think that through though, they would pick the two best players from each club, and end up with the best team in the league overnight.
How would Wire fans feel loosing say Ratchford & Westwood, only to see this superstar London team win trophies?
Why should they be rewarded for continual failure?

Yeah - I know what you mean and I can't see anything approaching the scenario you mention happening.

I just think we have to think the unthinkable at times - and RL actually is quite good at doing that at times (far more so than in 'wendyball').

I personally think we need a good London side.

In other sports this type of 'levelling' is used eg NASCAR / touring cars / NFL etc.

Now they're at Barnet I can stay for the weekend with family in Watford - short journey to The Hive - lovely.

One bus ride, which means

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I was led to understand that they had asked for special dispensation but the RFL quickly declined. By the sounds of it they have had a few players lined up for some time but needed everything to be sorted before any formalities could take place. Expect them to make full use of the rule in [iKolpak[/i too, of course.

London have never finished bottom of the SL, they are going to have a fight on their hands to maintain that record this year though.

A london season ticket in order?

Nope, even though i am myself a bus ride away i was reffering to Watford Wire, myself my hours are long and varied plus i have the occasional on call weekend which makes it impractical.

I will go more often though, The Stoop was a good hours drive on a good day from my house, compared to 10 minutes now, on a good day i might even bike it now.

Why do we need a good London side though?

They have done nothing for the sport in their 30 years in various guises.

What have the other failed expansions into Wales ever done for the game?

Sports like horse racing are relatively easy to level with weight being added to the horses.

US team sports are based on central draft systems from colleges, and are I think unique in that no where else has this system?

Leaving aside their very good crowds in the early days, their youth development more recently has been very good. Just ask the SL clubs who've snapped up so many out-of-contract Broncos players.

Could be a good weekend this one.

Hoping to watch Watford at Charlton on the Saturday (more than a few beers at London Bridge will probably be needed if we keep on playing like we are at the moment).

Then on Sunday, get some of my Watford supporting mates along to a game of Rugby League - a few used to watch Fulham years ago.

A good time to re-introduce them to the sport.

Yeah great for me too (if I'm off) quick bus ride or even get the wife to drop me off, really small intimate ground too, should be great

Just a shame that the game is on a Sunday rather than a Saturday this year.

How long age were these very good crowds though, and have you seen the crowds in recent years?

Recent televised matches have been more like one man and his dog.

Their away support has been mostly the players families and girlfriends.

It's true, they have managed to produce a few players in recent seasons, but Cumbria has produced loads over the years, and what good has that done them?

The sooner they go the better in my view.

They had very good crowds for a long time, despite relegation pre-SL. Then, when SL came along, they also enjoyed 8k plus crowds on many occasions. In fact, up until the last two years their crowds were the equal of 'established' clubs like Salford, Huddersfield and Wakefield. Can we expect you now to hope that these three 'go the sooner the better'? As for away support, I'd like to see what it would be even for the likes of Wigan and Leeds if every away game was a 400 mile round-trip, which is what Broncos fans face every second week. Catalan Dragons are well supported at home, but face similar ( even worse ) issues for away games. As for Cumbria, I'm supportive of the game there, but they do not have ( and have not had for more than ten years ) an SL side so comparisons are somewhat moot.