It will come as little surprise to regular readers of this forum that I completely agree with you.

How bad do things have to become before David Hughes does what's required and puts the club and, indeed, Brian McDermott himself out of this misery?

I know I've described Brian McDermott in the past as a 'miserable git'.

I retract this remark, which was made in haste and frustration. I accept that, while Brian McDermott is constantly miserable (with the press, with fans, with players, etc), he can't be described as a 'git'. That's unfair and inappropriate, and I apologise to him unreservedly.

However, it would be great if Brian felt moved to 'fall on his sword' and move on to another club. This would give him the benefits of a fresh start, thereby ditching the baggage of his negative impact on Quins RL.

It's just so painful to see him constantly failing catastrophically to select, coach and motivate talented players.

Unless Brian McDermott moves on, I think the end result for Quins RL is as predicable as it was when I first raised this point - falling crowds, catastrophic results and dwindling fan support.

The evidence is there for anyone who is open-minded enough to evaluate it for themselves.

I hate to come across as a Cassandra whose comments no one wants to hear, but reality speaks for itself.

Don’t come this [iusual suspect [/irubbish-Its interesting that your level of Rhetoric has risen at the same time the level of the fans discontent has risen.
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Have you ever considered steadfast in adversity as an option rather than your current option of kick the man whilst he is down.

The trend is noted.

As I have posted elsewhere.....6 games out of 59 at the stoop with a 5k+ gate. If anyone thinks that this is acceptable, please do tell...

As for rhetoric and rabbit punching....never had to throw a cheap shot. The club and most on here know who I am and I will back up any argument/debate face to face, by phone or video conference if need be

I don't give a flying one for the sensibilities of those that can't face facts.......I said the club needed more fans in 2003....and I will keep on saying it. I have never turned up the rhetorical (sic) volume to suit the mood.

From day #1 I have said the marketing of the club has been shi7e....from the days I met with a young lady in a porta-cabin at the stoop (great landlords quins were in those days) all the way to meetings with the RFL placed representative assisting the club last year.....the club fail to grasp that they have to fight for attention.

Trend noted? What the Fu(k? I have always been a gobby tw@....no trend there.

I totally agree, the boy looked out of his depth. BUT he is not helped by the joker on his inside. As an example, it is common practice to number off from the outside, so the winger picks his man (normally the opposite winger) and points him out, the centre takes the next man, etc. Too often O'C was pointing to his man and then there were 2 or 3 opposition blokes facing a gap before there was any sign of Clubb, goodness knows who he was pointing at ..... then there was no communication to resolve the issue. Lo and behold, 2 or 3 man overlap on a number of occassions and O'C looks like a fool as the winger saunters in unopposed. O'C needs a spell in the reserves getting his confidence back, Clubb needs to move into the pack where he belongs.

You're spot on. But again that is something the coach can look to address. Unfortunately the problems with the boardroom and the marketing are things hat he can't.

I'd like to disagree, but I'm struggling to.