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| Quote ="crashmon"Some of Davs's words of Wisdom
"[i5000 fans in 3 years has to be the target. That is where we need to be and we have got the best chance of achieving that in the Wimbledon area and with AFC Wimbledon Football Club as partners in my opinion.
This will not be easy. It will not happen overnight. There will be occasions when it may appear to not be working but we need every supporter of our Club, every fan of the great sport of Rugby League in the South East of England, to get behind this move and help to make the most of this opportunity we are presented with. If you are a former pass holder or spectator please take this chance to come back and engage with the Club. If you’re a pass holder or current attendee then bring a friend, introduce a colleague to our sport and most of all spread the word of the Broncos when you can.[/i"
Pretty hard for former pass holder or spectator's to re-engage when you have blocked them on Social Media I think Dave, and don't update your website so they have no clue about upcoming games
Pretty hard to get to 5000 fans if when they attend a game, there is 0 fan engagement Dave, other than a weak squad who are unable to even score vs the bottom 4 teams in the League
Pretty hard to get behind the move Dave, when you are spitting in the faces of your long term fans, and doing nothing at all to keep Wimbledon fans when they are bribed to come for a £1 ticket
Just how difficult is it to update a twitter feed or website with a game result. How difficult is it to ask somebody to dress as Dusty, and have them wander around the fans zone? How difficult is it to actually open the fans zone?
People will not even attend for free, if the product on the pitch is as bad as the Haven game, and there is zero engagement outside of the dross on the field, people will not return even for free'"
Exactly. I wouldn't go if they sent a car and driver and offered a corporate box all for free
Can watch this level of rugby on a back field. Absolutely dreadful standard.
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| Quote ="crashmon"Some of Davs's words of Wisdom
"[i5000 fans in 3 years has to be the target. That is where we need to be and we have got the best chance of achieving that in the Wimbledon area and with AFC Wimbledon Football Club as partners in my opinion.
This will not be easy. It will not happen overnight. There will be occasions when it may appear to not be working but we need every supporter of our Club, every fan of the great sport of Rugby League in the South East of England, to get behind this move and help to make the most of this opportunity we are presented with. If you are a former pass holder or spectator please take this chance to come back and engage with the Club. If you’re a pass holder or current attendee then bring a friend, introduce a colleague to our sport and most of all spread the word of the Broncos when you can.[/i"
Pretty hard for former pass holder or spectator's to re-engage when you have blocked them on Social Media I think Dave, and don't update your website so they have no clue about upcoming games
Pretty hard to get to 5000 fans if when they attend a game, there is 0 fan engagement Dave, other than a weak squad who are unable to even score vs the bottom 4 teams in the League
Pretty hard to get behind the move Dave, when you are spitting in the faces of your long term fans, and doing nothing at all to keep Wimbledon fans when they are bribed to come for a £1 ticket
Just how difficult is it to update a twitter feed or website with a game result. How difficult is it to ask somebody to dress as Dusty, and have them wander around the fans zone? How difficult is it to actually open the fans zone?
People will not even attend for free, if the product on the pitch is as bad as the Haven game, and there is zero engagement outside of the dross on the field, people will not return even for free'"
I cannot disagree with anything said here.
I think that the cup game may be the first home game someone from my family has not attended since we were first at Barnet. that was due to my wife being in hospital being treated for cancer.
I really do not feel like going.
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| One of the key take aways from his statement is he asks people to support the official supporters group but makes no mention or thanks of the LBSA who have sponsored the kids for years.
To me this means he is 100% disconnected from the reality of what has been going on.....and therefore he doesn't know how rotten and toxic a club he now bankrolls
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| Can't fathom at all why if the BOSG are true fans of the club why they remain silent. Nothing of course on their twitter feed challenging. Cannot just be because they have surgically attached themselves to Hughes & Lobster's buttocks.
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| Quote ="orangeman"One of the key take aways from his statement is he asks people to support the official supporters group but makes no mention or thanks of the LBSA who have sponsored the kids for years.
To me this means he is 100% disconnected from the reality of what has been going on.....and therefore he doesn't know how rotten and toxic a club he now bankrolls'"
It’s because he didn’t write it! It will have been written for him by one of those with an agenda!
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| Quote ="Deadcowboys1"Can't fathom at all why if the BOSG are true fans of the club why they remain silent. Nothing of course on their twitter feed challenging. Cannot just be because they have surgically attached themselves to Hughes & Lobster's buttocks.'"
#backthebroncosintooblivion
#followdaveoverthecliff
#5000fansallseasonby2023
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| Quote ="Deadcowboys1"Can't fathom at all why if the BOSG are true fans of the club why they remain silent. Nothing of course on their twitter feed challenging. Cannot just be because they have surgically attached themselves to Hughes & Lobster's buttocks.'"
I would ask on their facebook group but all dissent is banned on there like the official site, only praise for mustard and his brave little soilders is allowed
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| Quote ="crashmon"Some of Davs's words of Wisdom
"[i5. If you’re a pass holder or current attendee then bring a friend, introduce a colleague to our sport and most of all spread the word of the Broncos when you can.[/i"
As an ex season ticket holder (presume that's what a pass holder means) I would attend but as both me and my son are banned from twitter and facebook for having a dissenting opinion they can go shove their tickets where the sun don't shine
My son went to his first game aged 6 in 1997 and we hadn't missed attending at least half a dozen games every since season upto Covid hit always getting ripped off by buying merchandise etc but we did it because we were fans. Until we get any apology for blocking us and unblocking us they ain't get a further penny from us
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| Quote I would ask on their facebook group but all dissent is banned on there like the official site, only praise for mustard and his brave little soilders is allowed'"
and that's the reason the club is in decline and BOSG are going to have massive anxiety problems when Monkey Lover goes
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| Quote As an ex season ticket holder (presume that's what a pass holder means) I would attend but as both me and my son are banned from twitter and facebook for having a dissenting opinion they can go shove their tickets where the sun don't shine'"
Same here were were season ticket holders for 25 years and from second time around at Quins, Barnett and Trailfinders we were hospitality season ticket holders. We were also members of SAG and brought in a lot of revenue for the club via sponsorship and that was aside to lots of other things like working for free in the office. We are not just banned from media sights but told we were not welcome at the ground at games because we tried to advise ML on something we knew was not right. We will always keep in touch via this medium as it is the only one ML cant ban us from and will always have the club in our hearts. Do they think people are speaking out for fun or just being malicious. They are / were speaking up because they care / cared.
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| Quote ="Deadcowboys1"Can't fathom at all why if the BOSG are true fans of the club why they remain silent. Nothing of course on their twitter feed challenging. Cannot just be because they have surgically attached themselves to Hughes & Lobster's buttocks.'"
BOSG is a Monkey Lover project. He did tell me at that they had proved to be a disappointment. I am sure it will fade away once ML departs.
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| Quote ="Victor"BOSG is a Monkey Lover project. He did tell me at that they had proved to be a disappointment. I am sure it will fade away once ML departs.'"
I'd suggest the club is on its last legs, regardless of how many apologies and invitations are issued. Yet again Hughes disconnect from reality and inability to take advice has seen him being conned into another move/name change/etc by employees who should never have been employed in the first place.
During the pandemic there was a HUGE opportunity to build up an "on line" fanbase community. Simple things like.old games, interactive quizzes, competitions etc...all could have been maintained remotely, but instead we got the shambles of 2021 followed by the most unwanted move in the clubs modern era. A total disconnect from the real fans and now the chief architect is on his toes.
Personally, my son has had a broncos shirt every birthday, but not ever whilst that idiot gets to clip the ticket.
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| I was involved in the "Dissenters" meeting with Monkey. [That did not last long. It was put to him and Lobster, why was there so little communication from the club throughout the lock down period. Their answer was simple. Nothing to communicate.
At that time I knew a Professor of Journalism at one of our local Universities. The man has been the editor of a national newspaper. Set up and run a national news/sport radio station and taught journalism, obviously.
I spoke to him on this and he found it incredulous that they were unable to find content, that would keep fans engaged with the club. He said it was a poor excuse. It showed lack of vision and it all seemed to him very amateurish. Someone with a bit of media savvy would not need much of a budget to be able to deal with it.
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| Quote ="Victor"BOSG is a Monkey Lover project. He did tell me at that they had proved to be a disappointment. I am sure it will fade away once ML departs.'"
I would add to your post I think both Monkey and BOSG are a disappointment, promised the world when BOSG was setup but fell at the first hurdle.
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| Quote ="Victor"I was involved in the "Dissenters" meeting with Monkey. [That did not last long. It was put to him and Lobster, why was there so little communication from the club throughout the lock down period. Their answer was simple. Nothing to communicate.
At that time I knew a Professor of Journalism at one of our local Universities. The man has been the editor of a national newspaper. Set up and run a national news/sport radio station and taught journalism, obviously.
I spoke to him on this and he found it incredulous that they were unable to find content, that would keep fans engaged with the club. He said it was a poor excuse. It showed lack of vision and it all seemed to him very amateurish. Someone with a bit of media savvy would not need much of a budget to be able to deal with it.
Thought he summed the Broncos up quite nicely !'"
There were fan interviews, word searches etc until ML took over media when the then media manager was put on furlough. Old games were streamed on YouTube too.
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| Quote ="BroncoBen"There were fan interviews, word searches etc until ML took over media when the then media manager was put on furlough. Old games were streamed on YouTube too.'"
Typical Broncos. Start but never finish....I expect the search for a new home will begin in earnest during our summer away from plough Lane.
Given we will likely be in the same division in 2023, skolars would seem like a good fit, especially as we could share squads.
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| Looking at LB social media, anyone else think the kid who just started doing the Twitter stuff a couple of weeks ago isn’t doing it anymore.
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Lasted longer than my interest in that Haven game I’ll tell you that.
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Lasted longer than my interest in that Haven game I’ll tell you that.
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| Quote There were fan interviews, word searches etc until ML took over media when the then media manager was put on furlough'"
But after the back stabbing he received he did far better for himself and has a dream job with a future not still with a dying on its feet club
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| Quote ="itsmeagain"Quote But after the back stabbing he received he did far better for himself and has a dream job with a future not still with a dying on its feet club'" '"
He was rather 'marmite'. I know he alienated some. However he did not do a bad job and his work on the mic on matchday surpassed what followed.
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| Quote ="BigTime"Looking at LB social media, anyone else think the kid who just started doing the Twitter stuff a couple of weeks ago isn’t doing it anymore.'"
I assume he isn't as I was blocked by the club this morning
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| I was wondering why the amount of likes and comments on Twitter posts was down. I figured that people had become disgruntled and couldn’t be bothered but it may simply be that there are now very few Broncos fans left who are allowed to comment.
In all seriousness I can see how this is slightly tricky for the club. I suspect they aren’t trying to deeply offend long standing but frustrated fans but as a public facing medium they feel any negativity might affect the brand. Their heavy handedness in respect of some of the things people have been banned for comes across as crass and over sensitive and clearly has caused offence but I’m not sure what the half way house is. I suspect they ban people because they don’t have the resource to be light touch and just remove posts. Maybe when the new guy comes in he can remove comments but not ban. Hopefully if things improve there will be more positive posts and so no need to remove any more critical ones. As an alternative they could of course just get more things right. A spirited case could be made for saying they have spent more time removing comments and banning than commenting on such things as Sunday’s match, our signing of 3 additional players before the Widnes game and sponsors generally. That is a very odd way to go about things.
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| Quote ="BigTime"I was wondering why the amount of likes and comments on Twitter posts was down'"
The "12 or so old whiners" on here are not alone it would seem.
2,200 to 1,400 in the first 2 league games and no confidence of it being any better in 10 days for York points to the flow of older fans out the door continuing
The old adage about never getting a second chance to make a first opinion rings true (again) for the Broncos and the lack of matchday experience on the first game at a new stadium showed the club wasn't prepared.
Then the lack of communications on social platforms combined with the attitude towards any negative comments ( the shirt is a wire shirt) has further deepened the rift between fans and club.
Personally, I see the club a looking at York as an example of how to become self sufficient. 600+ people willing to pay corporate fees is better than 2,500 old whiners.....problem is, they haven't a core base of fans to develop...as usual they have only seen half the picture.
As for bans on Twitter. I'm still able to interact and given my Twitter name, I find that amusing to say the least.
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| On the plus side we kept the match score updates flowing regularly on Twitter and even announced the score so that’s a lesson learned.
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