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| Quote ="Victor"Sadly it was the same old faces that attended. Twenty five or so in number.'"
Looking at the blocks available to members around 200 or so seats seem to be booked for the opening game. Some of those are aisle seats potentially blocked for some reason.
I suspect the whole crowd could currently fit in two blocks.
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| Not worked out my route yet, from WA12 here in the North West yet, been regular at every ground since Fulham first game against Wigan.
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| Quote ="Victor"Two weeks ago I made the journey from Luton to Rainham (Kent) on a Sunday. That train goes through Blackfriars, where it connects with the train to Sutton, which is the train that stops at Haydons Lane.
So I am sure the journey can be done on a Sunday.'"
Just be careful which Sutton train you catch at Blackfriars. You want the one via Wimbledon. The line is a loop after Streatham so you could end up with a lot longer journey. Having said that there is no harm catching the first Sutton train and changing at Streatham or earlier.
On average I'd say that no trains run to Haydons Road due to weekend line closures once per month.
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| Quote ="jaybs"Not worked out my route yet, from WA12 here in the North West yet, been regular at every ground since Fulham first game against Wigan.'"
Oddly despite being 200 miles further away your journey may only be 2 hours longer than mine such is driving across London.
M6, M40, M25 to J10 then A3 for you I think.
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| Quote ="Deadcowboys1"So Mustard confirms O'Donnell released because he couldn't settle. Didn't give it much of a go though did he?
Sorry Half didn't see your post.
Just another reason for signing Southern Hemisphere players who know how to travel & not need to be a few hours from their mother's apron strings.'"
DC We never know all the circumstances and moving away from support network always difficult especially during the cold and miserable winter but 10s of thousands of 18 & 19 year olds have been doing it for decades when going to Uni and, in fairness he comes from Wigan and has been playing a 2 hour journey away in Cumbria so I don’t think Coleman can have foreseen that a 3 and a half hour journey would be his tipping point.
The annoying thing is looking at our squad I assume money is an issue so paying someone 3 months salary to keep fit and learn our tactics before, inevitably, turning out against us later in the season isn’t great.
I also note the reference to someone “stepping up” to cover him. With a few exceptions I think a significant proportion of our squad will need to step up in any event so that’s a worry.
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| Quote ="BigTime"DC We never know all the circumstances and moving away from support network always difficult especially during the cold and miserable winter but 10s of thousands of 18 & 19 year olds have been doing it for decades when going to Uni and, in fairness he comes from Wigan and has been playing a 2 hour journey away in Cumbria so I don’t think Coleman can have foreseen that a 3 and a half hour journey would be his tipping point.
The annoying thing is looking at our squad I assume money is an issue so paying someone 3 months salary to keep fit and learn our tactics before, inevitably, turning out against us later in the season isn’t great.
I also note the reference to someone “stepping up” to cover him. With a few exceptions I think a significant proportion of our squad will need to step up in any event so that’s a worry.'"
Its not just the distance in terms of travel. Everything is much more expensive here in the south. Paying £7 a pint vs £2 a pint for instance. So whatever wages he was on would be in real terms 1/2 vs being on same wages in Cumbria. I think some of the northen lads who come down here really don't understand how much more everything costs down here
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| Quote ="crashmon"Its not just the distance in terms of travel. Everything is much more expensive here in the south. Paying £7 a pint vs £2 a pint for instance. So whatever wages he was on would be in real terms 1/2 vs being on same wages in Cumbria. I think some of the northen lads who come down here really don't understand how much more everything costs down here'"
If that is the case Crash, do they not bother to do due diligence on rents & other costs? When we started this journey in 1980, that sort of information would not have been that readily available but today it's all on line so no excuse for not knowing & signing or not signing a contract on that basis.
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| I would imagine that they probably don't do any due diligance to be honest. Just see it as another transfer
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| Quote ="Deadcowboys1"If that is the case Crash, do they not bother to do due diligence on rents & other costs? When we started this journey in 1980, that sort of information would not have been that readily available but today it's all on line so no excuse for not knowing & signing or not signing a contract on that basis.'"
Its a young northern rugby league lad, not effing PWC
At best his due diligence would comprise the quality of birds to root.
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| Quote ="wire-quin"Its a young northern rugby league lad, not effing PWC
At best his due diligence would comprise the quality of birds to root.'"
Lets face it, we had issues with soft northern mummy's boys when we were top flight paying a decent wage....a hardcore of 250 fans in a part time set up with a third tier squad and a third tier coach and his brother is hardly a draw card.
I can see us getting hammered on Sunday in front of a crowd well short of the number promised to Hughes when this move was routed.....dummy spit by easter?
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| Quote ="Smithers99"Just be careful which Sutton train you catch at Blackfriars. You want the one via Wimbledon. The line is a loop after Streatham so you could end up with a lot longer journey. Having said that there is no harm catching the first Sutton train and changing at Streatham or earlier.
On average I'd say that no trains run to Haydons Road due to weekend line closures once per month.'"
Might explain why the Thameslink website is saying no available trains!
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| Quote ="crashmon"Its not just the distance in terms of travel. Everything is much more expensive here in the south. Paying £7 a pint vs £2 a pint for instance. So whatever wages he was on would be in real terms 1/2 vs being on same wages in Cumbria. I think some of the northen lads who come down here really don't understand how much more everything costs down here'"
£7. Pint. Where do you drink ?
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| Quote ="Exbronco"£7. Pint. Where do you drink ?'"
A picture posted on FB of the fans thing shows beer at £5 a pint at the stadium....that's not bad given it's a captive audience.
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| Quote ="Exbronco"£7. Pint. Where do you drink ?'"
Actually I've not bought a drink in a Pub for a while, but a recent works do in London it was about that. Can't remember the name of the bar but it was near south bank
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| Quote ="crashmon"Actually I've not bought a drink in a Pub for a while, but a recent works do in London it was about that. Can't remember the name of the bar but it was near south bank'"
When I was last back in 2018, fullers in holborn was at £6.00 a pint for Peroni.
Could be worse
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| Quote ="crashmon"Actually I've not bought a drink in a Pub for a while, but a recent works do in London it was about that. Can't remember the name of the bar but it was near south bank'"
You sure it wasn’t in soho at those prices? Was there a ‘dancer’ on stage?
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| Quote ="LU2"Might explain why the Thameslink website is saying no available trains!'"
One of the many problems with the move is that with parking being in doubt, you have to rely on public transport and it’s regularly shut on a Sunday. Replacement bus? No thanks.
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Agreed Im sure these pre season sessions help coaches to understand more clearly where their squads including fringe players are at. As Broncos squad is so new this type of exercise is, I suspect, particularly useful.
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Agreed Im sure these pre season sessions help coaches to understand more clearly where their squads including fringe players are at. As Broncos squad is so new this type of exercise is, I suspect, particularly useful.
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| Quote ="orangeman"A picture posted on FB of the fans thing shows beer at £5 a pint at the stadium....that's not bad given it's a captive audience.'"
A local brewery, By The Horns, has recently taken over the pub. Tried the Crazy Gang Pale Ale (4.2%) last Saturday at the kiosk behind the South Stand. Very nice. £5.50. There remains some cheaper beer at the concession stands. Agree that the prices aren't too bad
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| Quote ="LU2"Might explain why the Thameslink website is saying no available trains!'"
They appear to be running on Sunday 30th according to National Rail. Need to change at Blackfriars.
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| Has the squad been announced?
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| Rugby League World have us as 11th for next season. A little harsh but last time RLW was published they had us as winning the League. Quite a drop- let’s hope we can push a little higher up the League not going to be easy though. They have Dewsbury below us so obviously not impressed with the Broncos recruits.
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