Worrying. But surely DH has this in hand?



Joking aside, does the club have a plan B? At last year's fans forum this subject was very much brushed aside by our owner , presumably we weren't expected to be as competitive as we have been? Much as another move would make virtually everyone throw their hands up and think 'not again', is the club even talking to other clubs in SW London (or beyond) about our being able to play home games at their place? Is there an option of keeping ourselves based at Ealing with our academy and training facility and basically hiring a stadium for X number of home games ahead of Trailfinders being brought up to something like SL standard( albeit with temporary stands)? It would be unbearable to get qualified for the 8s and then be denied a place on the grounds of how poor the standard of Trailfinders is!

There seems quite a lot if discretion in the rules. If the RFL want London in Superleague then hope a deal could be done. Wigan, Saints, Leeds (if there), and Warrington at the stoop, other 7 at Ealing? Don't think we would have to turn any fans away with an extra temporary stand. If in the middle eights again sure the RFL could rig any big clubs to be away fixtures.

Not totally convinced Quins RU would want us back given the way that relationship ended. I guess money talks though. However quite how hiring a big stadium, even if only for a few games, fits in with the plan for David Hughes to reduce his financial input season in season may be a bit of an issue

The Stoop? I would have thought DH had well and truly burnt any bridges there a few years ago! TBH it was the last place I was thinking of!

Don't know about DH's finances but would he want to be remembered as the owner who, through a number of factors but in this case a lack of investment, saw London's chance of a SL return blown out by an unsuitable home base?

To be honest, if David thought that going back up would make the Broncos economically unviable I suspect he'd rather be responsible for them not going up and surviving than going up and failing financially.



If the question arises it may come down to whether he can attract another backer on board or can sell up totally to someone / a consortium. Given he only signed off the current 3 years of funding after a plan was created that saw his financial input reduce year on year, it'll take a major change of heart for him to singlehandedly fund another crack at Superleague.

Lets get some perspective here. In 2016 @ Trailfinders we accommodated a crowd of 1524 against Bradford and probably not without issue but ok, and I reckon Leigh will be 2000+



In our final 2 years of Super League @ The Hive, we registered the following crowds, 2015 / 2014



Salford 1246 / 2079

Warrington 1377 / 3041

Wakefield 1017 / 1877

Castleford 1036 / 1810

Catalans 1002 / 1136

Huddersfield 1035 / 1843

Hull 1135 / 1865

Widens 1422 / 2856

Wigan 2013 / 3594

St Helens 1791 / 2839

Hull KR 1084 / 1837

Leeds 1268 / 2377

Bradford 1402 / 1441



17 or 18 crowds on a par with our best of 2016, so with a few tweaks we could cope, although going forward and with a mind on growth might be more of a challenge.

He'll never lose his reputation,simply because he's Hock.As for disciplinary since he's been a player with us.

One suspension (1 game ) last season and this is his first this season matching Naiqama with 3 games.

Not bad for a loose cannon.

Statistics, statistics, statistics. Wes Naiqama is a player who commands respect. Gareth Hock does not.

media.therfl.co.uk/docs/FACILITY ... %20PDF.pdf RFL facilities standards - I understand that the RFL can apply some flexibility but I think it'll need a kind of grand master of yoga sort of flexibility to approve Trailfinders should we achieve the 'greatest comeback since Lazarus' ( copyright Sid Waddell). With our crowds attendances might not be an issue but things like punters, players and officials sharing the same khazis might be. Admittedly this could be got round with sufficient portaloos on hire - but we've been at Ealing since the end of last season and I don't see any move made to do this, certainly not at the last home game I was at ( Haven). As might our lack of turnstiles - although I suppose we could ask Hemel for a loan of theirs when they're not using it!

media.therfl.co.uk/docs/FACILITY ... %20PDF.pdf RFL facilities standards - I understand that the RFL can apply some flexibility but I think it'll need a kind of grand master of yoga sort of flexibility to approve Trailfinders should we achieve the 'greatest comeback since Lazarus' ( copyright Sid Waddell). With our crowds attendances might not be an issue but things like punters, players and officials sharing the same khazis might be. Admittedly this could be got round with sufficient portaloos on hire - but we've been at Ealing since the end of last season and I don't see any move made to do this, certainly not at the last home game I was at ( Haven). As might our lack of turnstiles - although I suppose we could ask Hemel for a loan of theirs when they're not using it!

And shares the same disciplinary as Hock this season.Although Hock will also carry club disciplinary.You asked the question? I gave you the answer.Or did you expect to see something different to your field of thought?

Defend Gareth Hock all you like Atomic. You know, don't you, that you are not comparing like for like, where Wes is concerned. Don't you.

Match officials can use the players latrines they don't have to use the punters loos