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 Post subject: Re: London Irish in Initial Plough Lane Talks
PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 7:41 pm 
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Deadcowboys1 wrote:I assume that although the shares appear to have been handed to son of Hughes, he himself doesn't have the funds so still reliant on Daddy. Wonder if there would be any Lottery or Sport England grants available to upgrade the RP stand & facilities?

In any event, we are still stuck with the intransigence of Hughes & his tame Lobster.


As an aside I see from Twitter feed that Mr Hughes was in attendance. I wonder where he watched the game from? I tell you where he wasn’t, in the seats in the stand ear marked for directors- seemingly about 10 of them. Some on this site have criticised Mr H for his judgement but on this occasion, his decision to give those seats a swerve was very sound.

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 Post subject: Re: London Irish in Initial Plough Lane Talks
PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 9:41 pm 
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If Broncos do move again they ought to consider what audience/catchment area they are trying to attract. The main issue with PL is poorish transport. Not enough parking, a hike from the tube and infrequent buses. Should Broncos aim to be the leading RL team in the south east? If they do they need to be in a stadium with good all round transport links. If they want to be a south west London team RP would probably do, but they would never progress to super league there.

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 Post subject: Re: London Irish in Initial Plough Lane Talks
PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 10:07 pm 
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BigTime wrote:As an aside I see from Twitter feed that Mr Hughes was in attendance. I wonder where he watched the game from? I tell you where he wasn’t, in the seats in the stand ear marked for directors- seemingly about 10 of them. Some on this site have criticised Mr H for his judgement but on this occasion, his decision to give those seats a swerve was very sound.


He was sat on the back row of the stand with his son and Stevo.






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 Post subject: Re: London Irish in Initial Plough Lane Talks
PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 10:20 pm 
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jbuzza wrote:He was sat on the back row of the stand with his son and Stevo.

Took his life in his hands there. One hearty cough and he’d have been through the floor!
Did you get a chance to ask him when those additional players are joining?

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 Post subject: Re: London Irish in Initial Plough Lane Talks
PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 10:26 pm 
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BigTime wrote:Took his life in his hands there. One hearty cough and he’d have been through the floor!
Did you get a chance to ask him when those additional players are joining?
I think I would have asked him about the plan for 5k fans first :roll:






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 Post subject: Re: London Irish in Initial Plough Lane Talks
PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 10:33 pm 
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jbuzza wrote:I think I would have asked him about the plan for 5k fans first :roll:

Which do you think will come first? A full squad or average 5k attendances.

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 Post subject: Re: London Irish in Initial Plough Lane Talks
PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 10:58 pm 
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BigTime wrote:Which do you think will come first? A full squad or average 5k attendances.

With him at the helm, the answer is "hell will freeze over first"

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PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2023 6:33 am 
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A regular poster on the other forum is reporting being told by an AFC fan Broncos actively want out of Plough Lane as "it's not met expectation."

Obviously this could be a rumour but it sounds right out of the Broncos playbook rule 11a, all failed groundshares are totally the fault of the ground / location / owner and nothing to do with utter incompetence from the Broncos.

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 Post subject: Re: London Irish in Initial Plough Lane Talks
PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2023 9:00 am 
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TBF not being able to play at home between mid May and end of July was always going to be an issue.
Most other clubs who share with football los2 5 weeks not 12

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 Post subject: Re: London Irish in Initial Plough Lane Talks
PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2023 9:23 am 
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crashmon wrote:TBF not being able to play at home between mid May and end of July was always going to be an issue.
Most other clubs who share with football los2 5 weeks not 12


This can be the only thing that potentially hasn't met expectation. Everything else is of the Broncos own doing.






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