Rob will be captain this year and confirmed he'll play in the opening fixture. He should play in the 20's this weekend.

We'll have a full interview with rob and a number of other players coming soon on the site. Squad and coaching staff are very positive about the season ahead, supporters need to get behind the team too.

Thanks for the confirmation Steve......you are my trusted twitter source....

They always are mate, they always are.

As Powell pointed out, as you will read in interviews over the next few days, we're in a much better position this year with the squad than in pevious years. Both in terms injuries and cover for positions.

There's a real buzz around the Stoop at the moment what with Powell as head coach and Gus Mackey as CEO. The players are really enjoying training and it's been difficult to keep them away from the training pitch.

There seems to be a great mix of experience and youth add to that the names of Pyrce and Calderwood and Quins fans could be in for an exciting season.

Lets hope so

That's good to hear, Steve.



Things seem to be looking up and hopefully we wont be going into the season 10 men down.

Come on the Mighty Quins!

One thing that is never in doubt is that the supporters that we have will always be behind the team. I suspect that this will be a long and hard season for both the team and us, but as we used to sing at Griffin Park...."London 'til I die".......

Any news on the Wires players or a prop?

possibly true, but feel a damn sight better about this season than last one, as at least you can get the feeling the "old" spirit of the club appears to be coming back, which even if it ends in glorious failures, leads you to believe at least the players will not only try their nuts off, but be seen to be doing so and happy doing it, not a feeling I got for them under Macca D.

Do the club pay you by the hour, or on a monthly retainer?

Neither but feel free to suggest it to them!

A little snippet you'll be interested in, Purdo told us yesterday;
"I’d love to stop here as long as possible, if the club want me and we can work out personal terms I’d sign whenever we could agree."

Full interview with Rob coming next week on our site and Rob's testimonial website. We'll have a piece with Powell later this afternoon on our site too.