Right lets get one thing straight! Martin Offiah is a Legend of the game and knows more about elite performance than the whole of this board and possibly even Quins!

It's quite amusing that when someone states what is quite obvious regarding the current position of the club they are shot down by your blinkered "we're developing something down here attitude".

The fact is the club is poorly run and seem to lack any strategy for bring in talent or fans to the ground. Quite frankly I've attended quins for some time but mostly find the quality on the pitch to be poor at best and so my decisions to attend are based more around who the opposition are.

With regards to other comments about players being in a good position to learn what is required through getting beat and demoralised each week this is frankly laughable. Success breeds sucess, failure breeds failure.

The assertion also that Quins is good for the game as a whole is quite unbeliveable, if anything in it's current format it's is an anchor around the neck of the RFL. How much coverage does Quins attract, it never seems to be awash with reporters from what I have observed. And do you even hold press conferences?

Dont get me wrong I'd like nothing more to see a sucessful London team but it's a long way off and based upon current form is seemingly going backwards!

Never met the man so won't comment on his personality....but on TV he comes across as an idiot. With regard to his antics as a players agent.......as I have said before, he just happpens to be in the right place at the right time....London's conveyer belt will start spitting out better players and he would seem to be the guy best placed to benefit. Shame really.....the club (David Hughes) should be getting some return on investment....LMS went for nothing which is a very worrying precedent IMO.

Good morning.

It's not a precedent. Contract terminates, player is free agent. Happens all the time. Club can protect itself by tie-ing players to long term contracts. Commercial decision.

Kia ora

It is a precedent when our tallisman cockney product, the first one capped for England from our accademy is allowed to go to a top 2 team for 2 tenths of bu99er all. LMS was an opportunity to promote cockney players.....playing a northern game. He is both talented and good in front of a camera......but apparently, as you have said, we couldn't afford him/or didn't want him.
Still say it's a precedent........even if only for Londons SL club

If we are unable to pay the wages we will become a selling club like Wakey, it is basic economics. The question is will our conveyor belt become a milk cow or will we get some fodder too? I hope there are enough mixed metaphors there for the connoisseurs!