1. Sadly now a complete irrelevance.

2. Then stop acting like it's any different.

3. That's not the whole story now is it? You've been (rightly) slagged off for a lot of things, finances, crowds, double standards. So have other clubs, but then they don't get a contingent of know it alls coming to their aid every time by referring to criticisers of any ilk as knuckle draggers and acting like they've got an agenda every time they mention your long term viability.

KR could do more about lessening their Australian contingent, but you of all people shouldn't be slagging them off for it after the years you spent going after anyone who did the same to quins.

Brilliant that your club are bringing kids on.....just a shame it's taken 100+ years eh


In your opinion roofs.......in your opinion.
SKY TV money.....how'd your club go without that? We'd fold, and I reckon your club wouldn't be far behind.


I am probably the No1 critic of the way the London ESL club has been nmanaged. I don't live in any fantasy world where the finances and crowds (lack of) don't matter....of course they do, but I will defend the club when attacked by anti-expansionists like you who freely admit to never attending a game in London on principle.

WTF are you talking about "just a shame it's taken 100+ years eh"?! Rovers have brought through many young English players during our history. ATEOTD because of a very dark 10-15 year period the club lost it's ability to attract local young players (said players often choosing the SL club Hull FC over the NL club Hull KR - not a surprise and you can't blame any of them), but by Neil Hudgell, Paul Lakin and others rebuilding Rovers the club is now bringing talented young English lads to the club, and this is a work in progress.

Well of course Rovers probably rely on the Sky TV money as much as any other club, but Fulcrubronquins had years and years of preferential treatment and bailouts, oh and you're not a club, you're an Experiment.

FCBQE's finances and pathetic crowds don't matter anyway - they will wrongly keep their franchise next week, and will do so till the end of time, despite 30 years of failure and people not giving a $h1t about RL in the capital.

Proof? Nope....didn't think so

Maybe if they sign 6-7 big name players they wont need to loan in 7 players at the same time.

Where are all these kids coming through who are supposed to be playing the game in the capital?

In the academy sides? Just a crazy idea I've had

in the academy side and the under age groups.......one of them recently scored 4 tries for England in an international, another was snapped up by St Helens........we have about another half dozen who are getting game time in the senior squad this year.
.....but some of our northern cousins expected a team full of cockneys withing 10 years


If we are going to comment on "home grown" talent, there are plenty of clubs tha are bigger targets...Hull Kingston Australians to start with

If rumours are to be believed on these forums there are approximately 650 million schoolkids who have all been playing RL at school in the London area at some point during the last 5 years or so

Surely they can find 6 or 7 decent ones to play for Quins?

Kyle Amor and Tyrone McCarthy could not agree with you more, They ask why arent quins making short-term overseas signings like Tadulala and Hickey instead of taking these young lads on loan.

Kyle is still on loan with us and McCarthy doesn't play wing or prop, so not the best way to try and make your point.

Yes, McCarthy and Amor are players on loan with you, you know the thing QUins were being criticised for.

Im not sure why where they play is relevant?

McCarthy went back ages ago - keep up.

And?

We had 2 players on Loan conpared to Quins who had 7. Bit of a difference I think you will find.