1) More wins than losses
2) Bigger and noisier crowds
3) Into the play-offs

And you know, with the squad we have, and the number of new people already posting about taking up the season ticket offer I'd be dissapointed if all three don't happen. This season should be the start of greater, bigger and better things for the club

Well said, Blazing, I'm with you on all three (particularly more home wins though)

I would also like to see us negotiate a longer deal at The Stoop, as I am convinced that this is the best place to watch RL in London at the present time.

18 wins
13 of them at home
5k average gates

18 wins?! St Helens only won 17 games this season

With you on The Stoop too

And to wish for that is wrong?

1 Competitive in every game playing attractive rugby.

2. More wins than loses particularly at home.

3. The relaunch results in improved crowds and an upward spiral.

Well most supporters, including yourself, have realistic hopes.

My wishes are realistic. My hopes however are maybe unrealistic and some of them are unprintable.

How about a cup run, with a possible place at Wembley?? Leeds showed this year it doesn't necessarily mean you go off the boil, but I think I'd rather a string of league performances with a week off every so often than anything in the cup for now.

1) an increase in londoners playing the game
2) an increase in londoners especially (and anyone else who wants to obviously) coming to watch games at the stoop
3) a reason on and off the field for the two above to happen

As one of my countrymen once mused.......“We are all in the =#FF0000same camp as gutter=#FF0000fax, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

I wish that each fan goes to ONE away game next year

Does MM count?

no

Its sort of away ain't it, and its likely to be up norf next year?

it's a neutral game.

It's been said by me in the past, but if each "fan" of ours went to just one away game a season we would get hundreds at each away game rather than just the same 50 over and over again. We don't and its a disgraceful reflection of just how bad our situation is.
Most of our fans choose to miss half our games because they would rather be doing other things than watch us play.

2600 fans going to just 1 away game a year would see an average of 200 at each away game.
Crazy, that if they went to 2 away games a year, we would average 400 at each game.
we get about 50 (at a HUGE push and its the same faces every time)

We have the worst supporters in SL and are extremely lucky to have a team

Steady there Darth, some of us have other things in our life (work, family commitments, other sporting involvements) as well as RL, shocking I know! Probably get drummed out of the forum for that I suppose! With some of the journeys made by London fans getting to home games can seem like getting to an away game! Never mind the cost involved.

I am involved in 'on call' work in my job and generally work it so as not to be 'on call' for home games meaning I end up being on call the weekends when we have away games.

Away games will be a bit of an easier sell if the team a) looks like it might win (or at least give a decent account) or b) if so many of the buggers weren't on a Friday night!

So what's the answer? A travel club? Block book train tickets as the cheapest fares become available? Cheap coaches run by the club? Target particular away games in the hope of increasing numbers?

Couldn't be bothered to do a 500 mile round trip for an 80 minute humiliation last season personally. Hoping to go to a couple of matches this year but in all honesty it'll be more about a weekend away somewhere with mates rather than watching 'London Broncos'.

Distance and cost make it a pain generally. I'll probably be going to Hull FC, as I've got friends up there I can stay with, and possibly KR too (same reason). And I'll may go to Wigan, but that might cause a conflict of where to sit!!

What's the usual for away matches? Does everyone just make their own way or are there any coaches/minibuses that get booked?

My point exactly





there were about four last year, leaves nine others



dunno but all it takes if for each "fan" to go to one game a year and our away support sky rockets

You go, or have done plenty, but yeah most away days for me are basically days out on the lash

Fact of the matter is that you can tell how much a team means to its fans by the distance they will go to support it.
Most Man U fans travel from Surrey to Manchester every week to watch their beloved play.

We cant get more than a handful to follow us at away games.

UK union sides take 10,000s on their tours RL teams take a lot less.

Steelers away games are often as full of Pittsburgh fans as the home team.

Many of our games there are more away fans than there are home.

A lot of our away games are on a Friday which it impossible for a lot of people. Those who don't have a car have to rely on trains on a Sunday, often an expensive nightmare.
The only way we can develop an away following is to set up with the club an away travel club but I guess it is not high on the clubs agenda. We also need a team that is capable of winning away........maybe next year.

That whole Friday night thing is just an excuse

Apart from the final all european soccer is played on week nights.

Simply put people would rather do other things than watch us play. How many diehards have we got? How many people have the club badge tatooed? How many put following the club first above all else? How many people have named their kids after the club - i used to work with a guy whose middle name was West Ham?
Most of our supporters like Rugby League and pop down a few times a year to get their fix and until we give the fans something to get behind something to get in the blood. The shared sense of collective belonging then it wot happen. We had our steele reetchless semi moment but nothing came of it. We had no identity and a handful of fans and this is why the club is looking at new avenues rather than the old cuz the rag tag of followers it has now will get them nowhere.

Tell you what though there are plenty more that will feel a lot more fire in their bellies now that we are Broncos again rather than being a side show for that frigging union lot

Fridays nights aren't an excuse mate, they're a major pain in the ar5e ! Especially when some of the best games are on Fridays - Leeds, Wigan and Saints ! Drive up and down the M1 after being up from 6am and having done a day's work or train and back again? Suppose my mate from Bournemouth is a lightweight for not doing then 100 miles or so just to get into London and then do the journey North on top? Come on, if you can do it then good for you, but not everyone can, so don't slag us off!

Personally I can't wait for the new season to start - I'm certainly feeling a lot more 'fire in the belly' about my RL team! I never bought into the whole Harlequins thing, it just wasn't for me - although ironically I have been able to get to more games in the last 3 or 4 seasons than ever before, including when we played at the Valley which is only up the road from where I live. However I'm currently shelling out for 4 season tickets and most of the travel costs as in my lot there's 1 part time worker, 1 student and 1 member of the Govt's only growth industry - the unemployed!

As for putting other things in front of watching us play away,aside from the finance its also due to other comittments! For financial reasons MM makes sense to me as its half price for ST holders and even if you only do 1 day you'll see at least 3 games, possibly a decent local derby among the 3 like Saints -Wigan or the Hull derby, so good value for money. I'm not going to make apologies for not having a 'Fulham til I die' tattoo nor for not going away - nor for having other things going on in my life! If having an ST and making most home games, dragging along the odd potential convert, spending at the bar and in the club shop (this season anyway!) etc... isn't good enough too bad! If I had more time and more money I'd love to do 3 or 4 away trips especially Catatlans - but I haven't.