Quote Judder Man="Judder Man"When are the powers to be understand that the London Broncos are no longer fit for purpose and yesterdays embarrassment was the nail in the coffin.
You,ve got to feel sorry for some of the very limited loyal supporters who don,t know if they will have players and a ground next season.
The "London Concept" heavily loaded with overseas players had its honeymoon period many, many years ago, when will the RFL realise that from a population of over 10 million+ a support base of 2000 fans reducing is proof that our sport will never take a foothold in the capital.'"
I would never say never.
I do think people jump to extremes. Going from we need London or SKY and all sponsors will pull out of RL and the sport will collapse in on itself.
To RL just does not work in the capital.
It's neither. The issue is that the Broncos have not worked in the capital since the overseas quota was brought into line. The loyal supporters will have more of an idea why this is, but from the outside, it's difficult to understand how you can spend at cap and be so poor.
I'm not advocating saying the Broncos should stay in SL, but also neither should they be thrown out as they are not flavour of the month.
People wanting them out at all costs, sits as badly with me as the RFL wanting them in at all costs. If they are going to die then that's down to the owner and fans. But RL can exsist in the capital, it may not be as a top flight SL club in 2013.
But certainly the skolars are pulling their own weight.
I think part of the reaction to London, is that London have had advantages with quotas and the licencing system set up with London and other expansion areas in mind that they could never be at risk. People feel now is a chance to get the knife in.
I do wish London where doing better, but if they are in the bottom 2 next year there should be no special measure to save them. However if they survive, there should be no special measure to relegate them. I just want an even system, it's then down to the clubs where they end up.
Long term - Gillingham looks a better bet for RL, but they need to either adopt a franchise or set up their own club to progress through the ranks. Whether that will be the Broncos again comes back to the owner and fans.