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| Quote gutterfax="gutterfax"OK.....I am not going to appologise for the situation surrounding this game and those that have seen my many posts regarding the way the club is run can tell you I am no fan of the current situation at Twickenham Stoop, but I will say this.
St Helens fans have not been singled out for this attention. The fact is, the Union lot own the ground and they had to reschedule the Leeds game. Therefore, Quins RL have a need to keep their landlords sweet and agreed to the double header. I very much doubt, that given the opportunity to pi55 off away fans we thought it would be a good idea to chose the second biggest draw (traditionally) in London.
Next up, the club have to concede that there are 14,500 regular Union fans who will want to see the Leeds game and therefore the ticketing needs to be consistent with what these fans pay. Therefore, ( IMO) it was decided than rather deal with a set of 14k fans leaving moving against a set of say 5,000 arriving would present a Health and Safety + logistical nightmare. So, they have decided to offer both games at the knock-down price of £25 rather than £40 for the two individually.
I fully understand that Saints fans are pi55ed off. Believe me, I stirred up a 5hit storm last year when Sky shafted us by moving the game in France and I know that it might feel like you are being victamised, but you are not. Simple financial constraints placed on the club by the Union lot and the bad weather that caused the original leeds game to be cancelled have caused this......and I am sure the club are not impressed either.
It is not a money making excercise by Harlequins Rugby League, but an accommodation that had to be made. I really hope that those Saints fans who now don't make the trip down still consider coming back next year......you really are a good laugh and I always enjoyed drinking with you before and after the games.
Good luck for the rest of the season (except the double header of course)'"
And we have a pop at Wigan because they are held to ransom by a football team............... |
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| Quote Loyal Saint="Loyal Saint"I hope Harlequins just fold to be honest. They're doing nothing in helping our great game move forward.'"
I disagree. They are investing in the community around London, along with Skolars. The amateur game in London is spreading and has never looked healthier. So they are doing a lot for 'our great game'.
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| Quote SaintsFan="SaintsFan"I think people on here are really over-reacting. It's embarrassing.'"
Clearly you are happy to be ripped off in this way then?! |
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What a load of whining rubbish, as I have said on the Quins Site, I have paid £24 for a stand seat at Knowsley Road and then have to fight to see the try line and a dirty window at the end of the stand, that I don't think has ever been cleaned does not help!
I agree it is wrong to not offer a ticket for the League game only, but there is not that much difference in price, sad to read though the parochial sad shouts of I hope Quins fold! - every club has it's problems, 8,000 plus at Knowsley Road while just down the road the same night in Wigan 15,000 plus and it is a smaller town, so don't preach to other clubs, I live in the Borough, can you tell me when you last saw a poster advertising a Saints game?
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| Quote gutterfax="gutterfax"I will say this slowly you scouse w@nkers.....just so you grasp it...........you had a shi7 team until SL....and you lived in the shaddow of Wigan. Now you have done the same, and bought a few titles, you get all @rsey about a few bob, when you won a title by spending a few bob over the SC....PRICELESS
only joking
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I came on to this board as a friend, supporting your claim that this was wrong, but true to type....you come across as whinging workshy (but we've gotta have SKY shel) idiots.....good job and good luck with the new stadium.
and yes...I am drunk
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| Quote jaybs="jaybs"What a load of whining rubbish, as I have said on the Quins Site, I have paid £24 for a stand seat at Knowsley Road and then have to fight to see the try line and a dirty window at the end of the stand, that I don't think has ever been cleaned does not help!'"
But we didn't charge you extra to watch a RU game beforehand.
Quote jaybs="jaybs"I agree it is wrong to not offer a ticket for the League game only, but there is not that much difference in price, sad to read though the parochial sad shouts of I hope Quins fold! - every club has it's problems, 8,000 plus at Knowsley Road while just down the road the same night in Wigan 15,000 plus and it is a smaller town'"
Quote jaybs="jaybs"so don't preach to other clubs, I live in the Borough, can you tell me when you last saw a poster advertising a Saints game?'"
We sold the ground out without posters last weekend thanks, when Quins can drag in more than 3,000 fans every week you can start questioning the marketing of a team that averages over 10,000.
I'm a big Quins fan and watch them quite often (living in Reading) but getting all defensive won't solve anything. Fact is the Quins club is going backwards at a rate of knots from top to bottom and at the moment they offer very little indeed. |
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| Quote jaybs="jaybs"What a load of whining rubbish, as I have said on the Quins Site, I have paid £24 for a stand seat at Knowsley Road and then have to fight to see the try line and a dirty window at the end of the stand, that I don't think has ever been cleaned does not help!
I agree it is wrong to not offer a ticket for the League game only, but there is not that much difference in price, sad to read though the parochial sad shouts of I hope Quins fold! - every club has it's problems, 8,000 plus at Knowsley Road while just down the road the same night in Wigan 15,000 plus and it is a smaller town, so don't preach to other clubs, I live in the Borough, can you tell me when you last saw a poster advertising a Saints game?'"
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| Quote jaybs="jaybs"What a load of whining rubbish, as I have said on the Quins Site, I have paid £24 for a stand seat at Knowsley Road and then have to fight to see the try line and a dirty window at the end of the stand, that I don't think has ever been cleaned does not help!
I agree it is wrong to not offer a ticket for the League game only, but there is not that much difference in price, sad to read though the parochial sad shouts of I hope Quins fold! - every club has it's problems, 8,000 plus at Knowsley Road while just down the road the same night in Wigan 15,000 plus and it is a smaller town, so don't preach to other clubs, I live in the Borough, can you tell me when you last saw a poster advertising a Saints game?'"
It was your choice to pay £24 for a seat. You could have paid £18 to stand or even a couple of pounds less if you had booked tickets in advance.
St Helens has a population of just over 100,000 while the Wigan borough has just over 305,000. Proportionally you would expect them to get a bigger attendance, but as a % of population, St Helens are better supported (10% as opposed to 5%).
Our average attendance last season was well in excess of 10,000, one of the criteria for Franchise I believe, and has steadily increased over the last 5 years. |
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| Quote wellensisno1="wellensisno1"Clearly you are happy to be ripped off in this way then?!'"
Given that I pay anything up to £19 to stand on concrete under a hole that drips rain on me I really don't have a problem with the charge, no. But if I did have a problem with it, I wouldn't verbally bash up the heads of Quins fans who can do nothing about it and probably feel really embarrassed about it. Also, I wouldn't storm off in a huff, cancelling hotels and God knows what. I thought the idea was to support Saints?
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| Quote SaintsFan="SaintsFan"Given that I pay anything up to £19 to stand on concrete under a hole that drips rain on me I really don't have a problem with the charge, no. But if I did have a problem with it, I wouldn't verbally bash up the heads of Quins fans who can do nothing about it and probably feel really embarrassed about it. Also, I wouldn't storm off in a huff, cancelling hotels and God knows what. I thought the idea was to support Saints?
The reaction on here is really embarrassing.'"
exactly - in the grand scheme of things, its not that much more than usual, its not that much more than you pay at other grounds (£20 to stand at Wakey), so it wont affect my attendance of the game (i'm on holiday so wont be going anyway 
the biggest issue for me is the way that RL in London is being run - crowds are at an all time low, schemes like this will only cause more resentment towards the club from its loyal supporters and wont exactly encourage others to turn out to watch them. |
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| Quote saints35 bulls0="saints35 bulls0"the biggest issue for me is the way that RL in London is being run - crowds are at an all time low, schemes like this will only cause more resentment towards the club from its loyal supporters and wont exactly encourage others to turn out to watch them.'"
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