Re: Leeds : Sun Sep 01, 2024 9:16 pm  

Benny Profane wrote:

David Hughes though...
David Hughes!
No surprise there.

Edit: Just watched Eccles' comments, I'm hoping he's saying "that's the last time you'll see is in Super League in the foreseeable".

The thing is that even if SL said we think London’s so important we’re going to let you stay up, through our incompetence we’ve lost all our players so we’d be rooted to the bottom of the league again which is hardly a gotcha for the club’s arguments. Basically we’ve gone about this the wrong way and the net result looks like we’ll cobble together some barely competitive side for Championship thereby throwing away any good and residual new supporters we’ve developed this year. And would Mr Hughes invest much in that squad in any event? His rationale this year, not entirely unreasonably, was if you’re going to relegate us come what may why invest in the club. By the same token if we can’t get promoted why invest in the club? And the more mediocre we perform in the Championship the less our crowds and the worse our IMG score. This is not entirely the club’s fault but really…….

Re: Leeds : Sun Sep 01, 2024 9:33 pm  

orangeman wrote:

Finding this hard to say, but I'll say it anyway.!...

BigTime wrote:

The thing is that even if SL said we think London’s so important we’re going to let you stay up, through our incompetence we’ve lost all our players so we’d be rooted to the bottom of the league again which is hardly a gotcha for the club’s arguments. Basically we’ve gone about this the wrong way .

Blimey, are we all beginning to think we're done?

Being a pessimist, I've thought this for more than a few seasons since I started supporting the club in 1994. Where I've driven across half the country because this might be our last game.

Re: Leeds : Sun Sep 01, 2024 9:36 pm  

Benny Profane wrote:

David Hughes though...
David Hughes!
No surprise there.

Edit: Just watched Eccles' comments, I'm hoping he's saying "that's the last time you'll see is in Super League in the foreseeable".

We can only hope that’s what he meant.

Re: Leeds : Sun Sep 01, 2024 9:50 pm  

I've just listened to the Doors....."This is the End".....

I hope I am wrong. My grandchildren have London Broncos shirts and haven't a clue who they are and my youngest child was at his first game (last at the Hive) at 6 weeks of age......It really shouldn't hurt this much, but it does!
COYB!

Re: Leeds : Mon Sep 02, 2024 6:44 am  

orangeman wrote:

I've just listened to the Doors....."This is the End".....

I hope I am wrong. My grandchildren have London Broncos shirts and haven't a clue who they are and my youngest child was at his first game (last at the Hive) at 6 weeks of age......It really shouldn't hurt this much, but it does!
COYB!

It seems pretty grim alright- but we’ve come back a few times from what looked like ‘The End’.
I’m not usually given to optimism but I’m hoping that it’s a case of the darkest hour being before the dawn.

Re: Leeds : Mon Sep 02, 2024 12:40 pm  

I suppose if Hughes folds the club, that will be the darkest day & of course his hissy fit season was not good either. For me, the darkest day has to be the court case giving Fulham RL players free agent status when at the time they were probably worth £200k+. Warrington of course not being slow to recruit the best of them. Not much return then for giving heartlands teams over £100k which in today's terms would be about £550k & add to that £50k for Bayliss £50k for Hoare, £45k for Crossley & £35k for Diamond amongst others. Throw in Acadamy trained players they have signed & the North has done well out of London Rugby league.

Re: Leeds : Mon Sep 02, 2024 12:59 pm  

Deadcowboys1 wrote:

I suppose if Hughes folds the club, that will be the darkest day & of course his hissy fit season was not good either. For me, the darkest day has to be the court case giving Fulham RL players free agent status when at the time they were probably worth £200k+. Warrington of course not being slow to recruit the best of them. Not much return then for giving heartlands teams over £100k which in today's terms would be about £550k & add to that £50k for Bayliss £50k for Hoare, £45k for Crossley & £35k for Diamond amongst others. Throw in Acadamy trained players they have signed & the North has done well out of London Rugby league.

when was this? (only a 21 year newbie here.) any links? nice to know the shambles isn't new.

Re: Leeds : Mon Sep 02, 2024 2:37 pm  

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Touch-Go-Histo ... b024802214 I would buy this book to start with. There's also stuff on club website under history. Doubt that tell it all but worth a read.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Touch-Go-Histo ... b024802214 I would buy this book to start with. There's also stuff on club website under history. Doubt that tell it all but worth a read.

Re: Leeds : Mon Sep 02, 2024 2:40 pm  

No, not new Lefty. Previously, it was a scummy Yorkshire man who tried to destroy both the rugby league & football clubs now its a Lancastrian doing god knows what!

Re: Leeds : Mon Sep 02, 2024 2:48 pm  

Deadcowboys1 wrote:

I suppose if Hughes folds the club, that will be the darkest day & of course his hissy fit season was not good either. For me, the darkest day has to be the court case giving Fulham RL players free agent status when at the time they were probably worth £200k+. Warrington of course not being slow to recruit the best of them. Not much return then for giving heartlands teams over £100k which in today's terms would be about £550k & add to that £50k for Bayliss £50k for Hoare, £45k for Crossley & £35k for Diamond amongst others. Throw in Acadamy trained players they have signed & the North has done well out of London Rugby league.

That season when half way through we decided we’d go part time, whole management team left and a squad of full timers finished 7th playing in front of about 200 paying fans was not a good look. To top it all off I was served a vegan sausage roll rather than a standard one. I wouldn’t have been so upset but it wa best part of a fiver and it wasn’t exactly like they were rushed off their feet! And then of course there’s the Coleman era. What a load of pony. Who can forget that season opener against Widnes. Kudos to all concerned.