www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/25020860 Ten days nicely coincides with RLWC Final, or am I being cynical? More grandstanding or the final drink at the last chance saloon?

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/25020860 Ten days nicely coincides with RLWC Final, or am I being cynical? More grandstanding or the final drink at the last chance saloon?

Ten working days so just after the World Cup final but broncos played a cynical move announcing it wembley week.
I hope something comes up for the club and it does not involve Mackay or Hughes in any way shape or form.
I'm not optimistic though

Sad to say Id suggest you are right not to be optimistic.
What timing though.

Is there the possibility a buyer might be found if the club are in admin and debt free?
Hope you survive as we need a club in the capital.

Oh dear! Anyone got a rich mate?

Being rich is one thing, having a brain to make it work is another. When you are daft enough to appoint Powell and continue with the pathetic and charmless Gus Mackay then clearly being rich is not enough. Betting on oil, gas and LNG is one thing but moulding a club and culture is another. And let us all face facts over the last 5 or so years the clubs family feel has been decimated. How many actually ever bothered to stay after the match compared to say the early SL days? I certainly used to enjoy Friday nights and beer and a match, but in recent years chopping and changing between Sat or Sun has had a real impact. I found myself going to the game, then straight home and it was not due to losing but more to do with feeling not wanted by the mgmt. mixing with the payers and listening to the band etc. was all part of the experience. And we know which d1ck 'ed killed that.

Hughes and Mackay should be ashamed of themselves. Hughes has not proved as good as his word. And isn't it just typical of these comedians that they bring out the bad news in such an important and positive London week.

Comedians? You mean clowns! Yep, like all politico's bury bad news amongst good news. May be we should give them the benefit of the doubt and they may surprise us with a shiny new owner loaded to the hilt. We can but hope!

AFAICS someone would be buying a club with 1/3rd of a squad, no ground, 1,000 supporters and almost certain relegation at the end of the season under the current rules (viz. limitations in recruiting overseas players and a likely 4pt deduction).

That makes a likely buyer to be either a rich fool besotted with RL in London or the RFL. If the RFL wants a SL club in London, it will need to decide to run the club itself or change the rules so it makes business sense to a potential buyer.

I haven't checked my Euromillions from Tuesday night yet!

Sad news, as a Wigan fan I have always enjoyed the away day at London. And as a Rugby league fan London I feel has done a great deal for the game.
Hoping you get a good result, and we will see you in the coming season

The only part of that that I can disagree with are the "1/3rd of a squad" which is wildly optimistic. Not too sure of the 1,000 supporters now either.

The only way out seems to be the exit door.

Lets just put something straight right now, without Hughes the club would have gone bust years ago, he's made mistakes but he's made them while keeping us afloat.

You creeping Pie !!
Only coz you always win, and there are more away fans than home ones.
Bless....................

So long and thanks for all the fish.

Just to clarify: It's 10 working days, so that's up to December 4th.

its two working weeks. Now where have we heard that before two weeks to get a decision.

The players and staff that are left haven't been paid according to the beeb. Whip round anyone? Obviously excludes the Warder.

That depends on exactly what you mean by whip round.

It's not that he's made them, it's that he has ignored the warning signs and advice given to him.....the marked decline in off field issues coincides with the appointment of cricket administrators......Blanchard lasted a matter of months in East Hull after being shown the door by cricket and his replacement wasn't even properly selected and interviewed.
2009 and 2010 for Blanchard and 2011, 12 & 13 for Gus......5 seasons.

In 2008 we finished 9th with 40% of out games won and an average of 3,909 fans......in the next 5 seasons we have won 26% of our games and have seen out crowds drop by 45%.

We have selected the wrong coach, the wrong administrators, we have alienated the fans and spent more time changing our name and where we play than actually trying to fix stuff.

Yes, David Hughes is a well meaning benefactor, but he is still one of the main reasons we are in this situation......as are the RFL.

David Hughes backed our application for a 3 year licence....he has reneged on this backing and should hang his head along with those others who have ripped the heart from this club and trodden it into the ground!

I actually believe that amateur RL will continue to flourish in the London and South East region.....but as an option for a professional sport, it will be as dead as the Broncos will be.

if we are debt free why bring in administrators surely lawyers could sort out the paperwork or is it the club has been run as a rich mans toy and a fantastic tax loss opporunity. Too many stupid mistakes by an intelligent man i.e. McKay and Powell makes me cynical about the whole thing

There can't be too many creditors can there ? HMRC, Harlequins ??

This seems to be a tactic to (a) force some decisions and (b) write off some debt.

Personally I think it stinks. The club submitted a licence application for 3 years and I'm pretty sure what is happening now wasn't part of the submitted plan !!

I don't think it stinks at all! no one denies the mistakes that have been made, but as I have stated before many Nothern clubs would love to have had an owner who invested so much for so long!

If the club feels that The RFL is showing little interest, far too busy sorting out Bradford and their investment in the ground, then this is the right type of action and why not this week when it will gain much publicity, if they leave it any later anyway it would be far too late to get it done for next season except with a scratch side.

One man at Red Hall loves to take all the plaudits when half of the time it is not him, like The World Cup with Sally Bolton at the helm and done a great job! lets see what he does now.

My thoughts too!

lets hope this mess is sorted quickly