7 days that may be the litmus test for how long Mustard. Stays in a job.
2 x heavy defeats against top 6 candidates isn't the end of the world, but if we don't pick up points v Haven, then March 20 becomes the next chance for points although Barrow could still be top by then


For a side to go 80 minutes and not threaten the chalk is unforgivable, but it's what you get when you employ inept players and coaches.
Speaking of inept appointments.
With 0 points in the bag, what rabbits will the lobster and monkey pull out of their hats this week to get doddery Dave an ego boosting crowd. £4 for members mates is nearly as old as the book of Genesis and kids £2 entry only works if you offer amusements once they're in, so lets hope to see facepainters, mascots, flags etc....
..,...it will be interesting to see what food trucks return and I'd be keen to hear the thoughts of anyone who goes on the corporate hospo options. It was after all another reason given for moving, so surely 100+ top tier attendees will be the target.

Prediction: another loss in front of 1,000 fans of which 500 paid.

Who is Mustard?

Coleman!

Coleman's.....there's two of them

What was the score?

28-0 to Halifax. London was only down 6-0 at the 60 min mark, but shipped in 4 tries in last 20 mins. Bigger worry is the 0, teams in RL should never get Nilled.

Game vs Haven will be huge for the club. Lose that and going to be veryy worrisome times ahead, especially with Fev and York to come which are both likely to be heavy losses.

The only glimmer we have right now, is that Dewsbury, Workingham and Haven look as weak as we do, which makes next weeks game vital.

I would venture half a dozen in their range & all mighty fine stuff. We have 2 somewhat less in quality some might say.

Wonder if old boy Seibold fancies running some defence training on his day off from England RU?

Didn't expect a win, but not posting any points is quite a worry

So after 160 minutes of rugby we have managed to score 12 points, Haven have managed 8.
What are the chances of a nil-nil draw??

This is the test for Mr Mustard. This is a game even with our worst squad ever we still should win. Lose this and we do have dark days ahead. Have to win at least 5-6 home games, and hopefully pinch one or two away wins

I see on twitter they are asking "who wants to watch some brilliant rl for £2?" I'd love to but can't see it being next weekend somehow or anytime soon sadly. We live in hope rather than expectation.

A lot of Whitehaven fans have us down to win this one.
They are more negative about the game than us, surprisingly.

TBF we should beat Haven as we have home advantage. But I'd expect an Haven win up in Cumbria.

Was actually considering going (might be one of the very few games they win), but taking wife away for Valentines, so thats out

Seems a fair price for these 2 teams.

Agreed but it was the word brilliant that almost had me chocking on my biscuit. Could they be sued for using that word for promoting a game?

I’d love to watch brilliant rugby league for £2.
But sadly this offer applies to London v Whitehaven!

Twiiter = Preaching to the choir

......this would be the time for the local free paper, door drop and local radio stations....

I suspect a lot....and I mean 50%+ of whatever gate we get on Sunday will be freebies or close to it. No push on corporate hospo? Is it full?



On the park, we need to win. A loss and we're dead in the water before the season starts.....and FWIW, Whitehaven have a core nucleus of the team that beat us last year.....ignore their 2 losses to date.

I see our landlords are skirting with relegation. Rhey have three tough games starting tonight followed by a 6 pointer.... Birds of a feather.....

I see monkeys fans are trying give their quid tickets On total....to other RL fans

Well Kevin Sinfield is going to be working for Channel 4 SuperLeague coverage, it's going to be interesting what they deliver!

I see the Monkey has decided to leave!!
End of March or so he says. Hey 2k fans in for one game…. Job done!!!

Where did you see this news ? Can he take the Wire shirt with him ?

Looking at the ticket site looks like a much reduced crowd for Whitehaven unless there are a lot of late sales.

Just went to ticketing site, looks like less than 500 sold right now, and we are 4 days away from game. Not looking good, we should be over 1K at least and more like 1.5K if we are to build on the first game?

Where are the repeat Dons fans, was the spectacle on offer not engaging enough for them to come back?

He got found out for what he is %u^*K$"g )s&l!!s

It's a little bit more (my counting me be questionable mind), but that's picking hairs and I take your point. At the weekend the sales had squeezed past 500 by a handful of seats. Appears to be circa 125 sold during the week.

I only glanced before the Widnes match, but the final attendance looked a sizeable increase on what was sold on-line a day or so before.

I haven't bought our tickets yet. Basically there is no need when there is no prospect of a sell-out. We take the same approach for anything such as the Theatre, only purchasing early if it might sell out or the good seats go (more an issue at the Theatre than Plough Lane). In the current global climate it's just not worth pre-purchasing for a single event to be honest.

My guess is the final number will exceed 1K comfortably. At a stretch maybe closer to 1.5K, but probably won't reach it. The lack of 400+ Widnes supporters will have some impact, I assuming less than 100 from Whitehaven?

Regardless the figure will be interesting, but only the club is likely to have a true(r) insight in terms of offers used, returnees etc. Assuming there were a large number of first timers for Widnes what percentage would be expected to return? Not huge which is why continuously introducing newcomers is critical. A hit rate of 30% only creates 300 returnees out of a 1,000. At most the number of first timers v Widnes can't have exceeded 1,000 by much (or at all).

I still question the apparent lack of engagement locally and the almost total reliance on AFC Wimbledon supporters to form the additional new fan base. I don't have the baggage of the club's historical issues, so for now I'll accept step 1 is AFC Wimbledon with local residents being targeted as the summer weather approaches. There is some logic in that as you will probably get one, two at best, opportunities to hook people, and a cold February afternoon may not be the best time.

I believe it’s called “advertising puff” rather than an out and out lie.