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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:17 am  
Coffee from the Broncos club sponsor Stubborn Rhino was quality and deserving of the premium tag.

An attendance of 1,849 feels correct to me and is pretty much what I estimated with "My guess is a crowd approaching the 2,000 mark".

Biggest off field improvement is it felt like you were at a big event yesterday which is (one of the) keys to retaining and building a fan base. There were quite a lot of small kids yesterday; the bouncy assault course keeping many entertained. Quite possible that many of those families got in at low cost rate this week. That won't make sense indefinitely, but when you get a child who wants to go because of the off field entertainment, starts to get a small engagement with the on the pitch performance and parents who enjoy a Sunday afternoon with a beer in hand watching a sporting event, then those families will regard it is worth paying for.
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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Mon Feb 06, 2023 12:44 pm  
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Coffee from the Broncos club sponsor Stubborn Rhino was quality and deserving of the premium tag.

An attendance of 1,849 feels correct to me and is pretty much what I estimated with "My guess is a crowd approaching the 2,000 mark".

Biggest off field improvement is it felt like you were at a big event yesterday which is (one of the) keys to retaining and building a fan base. There were quite a lot of small kids yesterday; the bouncy assault course keeping many entertained. Quite possible that many of those families got in at low cost rate this week. That won't make sense indefinitely, but when you get a child who wants to go because of the off field entertainment, starts to get a small engagement with the on the pitch performance and parents who enjoy a Sunday afternoon with a beer in hand watching a sporting event, then those families will regard it is worth paying for.


Yep they need to back this up next couple of home games, and provide a similar experience (with the caaveat that the team actually wins)
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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Mon Feb 06, 2023 1:11 pm  
[quote="Smithers99"]Coffee from the Broncos club sponsor Stubborn Rhino was quality and deserving of the premium tag.

Interesting. I ‘m ashamed to say and making a mockery of myRL fans ‘Handle’ my intention to offer support to this establishment did not get passed first contact with the £4 for a latte sign. I’ll reflect on it.....with the aid of my broker!
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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Mon Feb 06, 2023 1:14 pm  
[quote="Lefevbre"]Meadows made a big difference when he came on and showed what we are missing in our halves, Batley's last tackle play's were more imaginative and they were able to play off the platform set by their robust forwards. Quite simply they were better than us in most area's of the field, including some Oscar winning performances. Did my eyes deceive me or did one player appear to headbutt the ground in the tackle?. Of course he got the pen. as well.
Cant disagree and yes I thought he manufactured a header to win a pen.

I can't really comment on the first half as the flipping sun was in my eyes most of the time, WTH is it going to be like in the summer?
Yup it was annoying. LB Twitter has photos up and behind the player, Leyland junior, all the crowd are shading their eyes. It is what it is.
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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Mon Feb 06, 2023 2:53 pm  
Re the sun in people's eyes in the East stand, reminds me of similar times at The Stoop .
Now if the club was smart ( yeah I know!) they could stock up the club shop or a merch stall with Broncos caps on bright sunny days like yesterday.
As I say, if the club was smart.........
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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:31 pm  
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Re the sun in people's eyes in the East stand, reminds me of similar times at The Stoop .
Now if the club was smart ( yeah I know!) they could stock up the club shop or a merch stall with Broncos caps on bright sunny days like yesterday.
As I say, if the club was smart.........


You don't often see Club & smart in the same sentence, so despite your very excellent suggestion RfE, I suspect it will fall on deaf ears. But you never know!
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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Mon Feb 06, 2023 6:08 pm  
I'll leave guestimating crowds until the seasons end.....if the club declare a figure for every game, then that's what they've had to pay the hosts for, so I don't see a reason for them to fudge the figures.
25 home games left to get to Highes 5k of paying punters so let's hope that the 50% or so if freebies come back and book the gold lounge for the rest of the season.
As for on the park? As I've said, hoping there are two worse teams than us so we avoid relegation isn't a strategy I'd be going with, but Hughes seems content
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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Mon Feb 06, 2023 7:58 pm  
I can't really comment on the first half as the flipping sun was in my eyes most of the time, WTH is it going to be like in the summer?
Yup it was annoying. LB Twitter has photos up and behind the player, Leyland junior, all the crowd are shading their eyes. It is what it is.
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I would not worry about summer rugby, as we won't be playing any home games between mid may and early August anyway
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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Mon Feb 06, 2023 8:12 pm  
I could be wrong but It didn't feel like we were kept away for the length of time AFC are doing by Charlton & Brentford in those vital months.
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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Mon Feb 06, 2023 8:49 pm  
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I could be wrong but It didn't feel like we were kept away for the length of time AFC are doing by Charlton & Brentford in those vital months.

I don't remember Charlton, but Brentford is was usually 4 weeks, with a game on the road in the middle (wales several times, leicester, coventry, remember one night vs catalans in esher)

PL seems 8 weeks which is a killer to any momentum.
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