gardener wrote:Sorted a ground, has a 800 seater stand and is 5 minutes walk form mine so that is a bonus. https://www.imbercourt.com/sports-outdoor-events/rugby/ Very nice, I'll try not to get lost between the log flume and the wacky warehouse!

gardener wrote:Sorted a ground, has a 800 seater stand and is 5 minutes walk form mine so that is a bonus. https://www.imbercourt.com/sports-outdoor-events/rugby/ Very nice, I'll try not to get lost between the log flume and the wacky warehouse!

All the speculation about playing at yet another ground (I assume RP would be used for the 1895 game, if drawn at home) makes me wonder how much thought was given as to how to handle the unavailability of PL. Surely a sensible strategy, once it was known that PL couldn't be used for several weeks per season, would have been to continue to use Ealing for training, youth games etc and a few first team games? At least we had something of a presence there and use it a bit like a county cricket club festival ground?

That sounds quite reasonable HB. Sadly I suspect Hughes & the tame Lobster are incapable of much in the way of rational planning. It might be questionable that they were bright enough to be aware PL wouldn't be available for such a long period in the summer when agreeing the deal.

gardener wrote:Sorted a ground, has a 800 seater stand and is 5 minutes walk form mine so that is a bonus. https://www.imbercourt.com/sports-outdoor-events/rugby/ Name rings a bell, didn't it use to be the Met's sports ground?

gardener wrote:Sorted a ground, has a 800 seater stand and is 5 minutes walk form mine so that is a bonus. https://www.imbercourt.com/sports-outdoor-events/rugby/ Name rings a bell, didn't it use to be the Met's sports ground?

No doubt Mr Gardener will confirm, but I believe it was the met police sports ground. I think Met Police FC use it and Surrey have used it for T20 cricket. Is it in Greater London or just over the Surrey boundary?

I'm guessing Greater London as it's inside the M25 - by some distance.

I think so, The Filth certainly still play football there.

Wonder not! Likely course of events:PL became available. It sounded great and big time. We didn’t think about any of the “minor” details and went for it. Act in haste, repent at leisure. Or it could be we didn’t think it would be a problem and didn’t mind spending vast sums of money on multiple pitches because that would be covered by the vast upswing of gate receipts of people flocking to PL to see us getting a towelling.
Happy days at least it’s not last season. That was genuinely a load of old pony.

I wonder what Lobster does for his CEO salary ? Judging by him and previous incumbants Hughes must be easy to please as a boss.

I wonder when we first realised that going part time might not work as planned?
Was it when Ward and Langley said they were going?
Or when the realised that basically a none of the first team were staying?
Or when the realised they could only get 3 heartlands players in?
Or when one left before the start of the season?
Or when one left after about a couple of months?
Or when we didn’t win for months on end..?
Or when we realised we weren’t just ‘asset’ stripping Skolars, we were taking anyone who would come?

I also wonder when we realised Plough Lane might not be a good fit for the part time model. But this post would go on and on so I’ll leave it there.