Quote: joeo "Enjoyed most games. Compared to the second half of the 2009 season where the game plan was to play it safe by grinding down to the opposition line (and then fail to score from ten metres out) this season was a joy. No more safety first. The pack was too lightweight to boss the opposition so it had to be death or glory. So either a lot of dropped ball or a lot of breathtaking breaks and tries - eg Willy's breaks like his length of the field Offiah by breaking the line and swerving round the full back, or that sublime reverse pass from Howell to Dorn for the 'now you see him now you don't' try of the season.
As mentioned above there was no lack of effort, so even after a marmalising 80 minutes of mistake ridden rugby there was hope that next week would be different. And it was.
Predictability is death to sport and predictable is what Quins 2010 was not. Results only matter if they don't come easily. (Cf the bored Wigan contingents making their way to the umpteenth Wembley of the nineties.) So the few good results and the sparkling tries that gained them were worth the wait. Yup, a pretty enjoyable season all round. Even when the results weren't going Quins way there was still the wonderful ground, the brilliant L&L, the good company and the opposition play to enjoy ... with the knowledge that next week would be different.
When does the season ticket reminder arrive?'"
That's great joeo. At least somebody got something positive from this season.
For me, it's all about performance on the pitch and a home record of
P13, W4, L9, conceding more than 25 points per game is just too bad.
I don't get to so many games these days, "my" home record is 1 win in 7 and my remembered "high spot" of the one victory is of seeing Howell wind up McGoldrick so much that he conceded a penalty in possession, which I think proved a turning point in the game, and led to the tattoo-ed one getting his marching orders. We threw away the Salford game (oh, that we had a Holdsworth to organise us), were embarrassingly bad in the 2 Hull games and were totally outclassed by Saints, Leeds and Wigan.
