Kept my bet of Wigan winning buy 36 - 40 alive so I was dead chuffed!

Wasn't expecting miracles with Rea having flown in Thursday nd it's a done deal that we'll finish 14th now.
The only hope I have is that we instill some belief and pride back in the players that we retain and ship out the ones that don't.

2013 is a big year for London Rugby League.

Whilst I agree, the fact of the matter is that it is only because 2012 has been run so badly that 2013 takes on even more significance.

The expression about not being able to organise a P-up in a brewery springs to mind.....nearly every aspect of the clubs season both on and off the park have been a shambles this year.....from the announcement of the name change with no shirt sponsor, through the shirts not being ready for sale, the shrinking fan base, the coaching fiasco, the sackings, the pretend review, the uncertainty over where they'll play next year and all the other rubbish, it's a wonder that David Hughes has continued to bother propping the club up.

The Club need to start thinking about 2013 NOW and start putting down concrete plans....the shirt, if it's being redesigned, needs to be shown off by the last day of the season and in the shop for xmas...the ST prices, once the venue issue is cleared up, need to be marketed now.....the number of OTR games declared.......a sponsor needs to be attracted, by any means.....2013 is a big year on the park, but it is MASSIVE off it, because the performance of the club as a business will be what the RFL will be looking at when it comes to licencing in summer 2014.......and it will also be the last opportunity to show the club in a good light to any potential nutters....sorry, investors.

Exactly, 2012 was [isupposed[/i to be a big year with the rebrand and investment in a squad that were expected to reach the playoffs.

You've mentioned a bunch of things there, and you can only assume, based on history, that we will manage to get absolutely all of them wrong.

Strong chances of:
1) The re-designed shirt being shown off in January on a jPeg, physically seen for the first time at a muddy HAC, and for sale by home game 2. The kit supplier will be the Madras Rubber Factory.
2) season ticket prices following the rule of "Random Walk". I honestly have no idea if they'll all be £350, all £50, or a bizarre mix in-between. Fair chance we'll re-jig what parts of the ground we'll open though.
3) the fixture list containing three "Venue TBC" dates, due to not being able to agree OTR venues, dates or financial arrangements. We will talk up the many options we have for crowdless grounds though.
4) the current sponsor not renewing and a return to the Foundation as major shirt sponsor.
5) the performance of the club as a business, like the rest of Superleague, will be completely ignored by the RFL
6) investors will obviously not be actually sought out. If they stumble across us, they will not be shown financials. If they ask about them, they will be told the average loss for the past 7 years has been £1.8m - so imagine what that could balloon to if you wanted to be successful!
7) and at risk of putting my head in the lion's mouth, marketing will continue to consist of Facebook posts. We will however, continue to hold 31 press conferences a year with awkward photos, and one fans forum.

Exciting times ahead.

OMG! last week it was all Hope & now once more we are back to the doom and gloom merchants! "The End is Nigh"

Do you not realise there are no clubs hardly without problems, some of them small, some not! one top three club fans are complaining today they are wanting to renew their season tickets now! for next season, they pay on direct debit, but if they do payments start immediately so they will be paying two direct debits. It seems simple when you look at it, but with RL clubs complicated seems to be the norm!

We all know that it is hardly that Tony will be able to turn it around to all wins to the end of the season, so accept it! then lets see who is given the post of coach, hope it is a top one and that some way we can bring some new blood in with Talent! The sponsorship is a start and there is a two year option, lets Hope they like the exposure they are also in the northern heartlands, shirts, lets get this season over!

Wouldn't be a bad idea for folks to stick with the intended theme of the thread:

Am I the only one who is suprised that Foosi is not on a disciplinary after the couple of big shots he put in towards the end of the game (I think one was against Flower, not sure about the other).

To be honest I am disappointed at the limited amount of time he is able to complete on the pitch, seems lazy, struggles to keep up with the game, doesn`t get back quickly, hands on hips etc......as one of our `name` signings he should be doing better.

May be he is not interested now due to the way the team is playing and hardly ever wining

I noted he looked lazy right back at the HAC game so I don't think it is that.

My Bad.
we lost....by a big margin and Wigan didn't have to try too hard.....the crowd was the usual selection of ex-pat wiganners from London, the travelling crowd and the 900 ST holders from London.
Nothing changed.......we will finish bottom and some people would rather discuss the pointless death throws of a god awfull season than what the club might need to do to have any chance of making 2013 better.

My Bad

Actually there were two - quoting myself. The 2nd being the amount of times the trainer was on his walkie-talkie then following up by passing on the instruction. I never saw that amount of communication from our last coach to the staff, ever. Anyone else notice?

Some spooky stats from last week.

Missed Tackles- Broncos - 36 Pies - 3
Tackle Busts - Broncos - 3 Pies -36
No of Broncos players not missing a tackle - 3
No of Wigan players missing a tackle - 3

Horrible stats but interesting symmetry.