Can't actually believe people on here use speculation and they're 'mates' word over a highly successful businessman's plans.



Any forward thinking, promotion and development of our game and more importantly our club should be welcomed with open arms. Like it or not London is our capital, the most highly densely populated area in the country, the home many major companies, it is an area we simply cannot ignore. A few years ago people on here were slagging off cos Wire have Fly Emirates and we had a lesser sponsor, this is IL doing what he can to change things for the better.



This site would be going mental if a SL rival achieved success in London questioning were where we... when now we're leading the pack.

Yeah, I realise that. My point was, if QPR and Fulham weren't feasible, was Millwall worth bothering with?



I do sympathise with IL though, and appreciate that he's trying to see the bigger picture (itself a rarity in our sport).





LSoW> If you're referring to me, yes, I do think my 'mate', who has been watching Millwall all his life, both at the old Den and the new one, knows what he's talking about in regard to that particular area of London. On the broader point of what IL is trying to achieve, as I say, I have a lot of sympathy for that.

Because the vast majority of fans don't want this game and won't be going to it, so they're missing out on seeing a game they should have done. I know the price of the season ticket only factored in three Super 8 home games so fans aren't losing out financially, but many are in terms of seeing the game live.



I agreed with a lot of what he said last night, but I don't see how playing Catalans in a 3/4s empty stadium helps to achieve any of it. How does it do anything other than show the game as being small time? Saracens take a game on the road and fill Wembley, we're taking a game on the road and putting a few thousand in an old football ground, which has only been chosen because it was cheap, and most of the people attending will have gotten in for free anyway. Is choosing Millwall because it was cheap a good thing?



I'm aware that the club needs to be run as a business and needs to make money. But how is this idea making money, in the short-term or long-term? Surely inviting potential sponsors along to a big Friday night game at the DW would've been more attractive to sponsors than a game at Millwall?



Like I say, I'm happy to eat my words if it leads to new sponsors, more fans, increased revenue etc. etc., but right now I think it's a pie-in-the-sky idea and IL has more pressing issues to address.

Jeez - no wonder rugby league is still stuck in the dark ages. The decision to go down there is about more than just 80mins of RL...

Couldn't agree more. If some people would only open their northern basis eyes they may just realise that it is not stupid to try something that may pay dividends in the future.

The Millwall locals are not the target, it's my understanding that the aim isn't attracting new fans, it's purely to try and drum up new corporate interest. IMO it has potential, I hope it works in the club's favour.

Yeah, I know. He meant the locals not being interested actually being a good thing....

This may be a daft question...

But if we do get loads of new sponsor money, what will we do with it?

More youth coaches

Bigger/better scouting network

Invest in Central Park

Invest in Orrell training ground

Transfer fees



Or, as some around here would like to think, IL will pocket it because he never does anything for this club.

Well, with whatever's left after we've bought our own stadium...

Can't believe anyone would ask the question what would we do with more money.



I despair some days at some of our fans but also some of the people who live in the town as well.



There's just a general inability to try new things or see the bigger picture.

I wasn't going to bother going to London two weeks in a row (and the train strike made getting home on Saturday a bit of a nightmare), but paradoxically the cricket score (one for you Aussie fans there...) by Leeds has made me more inclined to go; I'd like to see a good competitive game, and poor as Catalans have been on the road, with Carney back (?) and all to play for, I'm sure they'll give us a good game.