Quote AdmiralHanson="AdmiralHanson"Here's my take on it :
1 - Get the name 'London' back in the team name, even if it is London Harlequins'"
Yes.
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2 - Get plugging the game with the 60K or so Aussies who live & work in London. They even have their own magazines that are distributed free and London hardly ever used to use those to promote themselves. '"
No, for a number of reasons - we don't have any Australian players to "draw" Australian supporters anymore. Print media is still too expensive for us at the moment. We need long term supporters, not transitionals.
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3 - Brace yourself for this one ....Get a SECOND SL team in the Captial. It is too big for one and Quins sink without trace due to wendyball. Reckon there'll be a decent crowd on Maunday Thursday Vs Bradford ... You betcha ! Even with the patchwork season both teams are having, there'll be thousands there because they're local rivals and 'hate' each other. You can't hate your local rivals who are 190 miles away.'"
Yeah why not, can't see it ever happening but a fun idea anyway.
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4 - Support the lower professional levels of the game in London, such as Skolars and get Hemel Hempstead in to the NL2 structure. This at least gives players who can't progress at the top level the option to still play professional RL, without having to move north. '"
Can't disagree with this either, it's already been done though, our link up with the Skolars provides our club with very little but helps them out.
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5 - Stay playing Test Matches in London in a regular basis, but make them 'cheap' to attend for fans in the heartland .... Lots of people + full grounds might make the media take notice'"
100% agree.
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6 - When it comes to London media, start pushing at ES level not the local shopping centre rag. '"
ES level?
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7 - Make the London weekend an 'event', just in the same way that the Catalans game is something you make a weekend out of rather than just for the day.'"
This is why I find it is frustrating that the club choose 2pm on a Sunday for the majority of our games to be staged.
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8 - Undertake a few Crusaders style publicity stunts .... Any Union players kicking their heels in London, who might make a few headlines by signing ? '"
We're skint already, even after getting rid of Robinson at the beginning of the season. Nice idea, but it won't happen in the forseeable future.
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9 - Stop stupid kick off times in the captial (Sky could help here) by not making games end when it is impossible to get home by train.'"
Well its not impossible for home supporters, who we should be focusing upon as they should make up 80% of the gate, minimum.
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10 - Get their own ground ... How about putting in for the Olympic Stadium after 2012 ?'"
No no no no no. Moving again is NOT an option. Our ground is one of the best in SL, I do not see any benefits in moving elsewhere.
