Top player signings will not attract crowds. If Darren Lockyer signed for Quins, i wouldnt come watch, and i live in Isleworth. I want to know im gonna get a good experience.
I do usually, but i dont feel there is any kind of presence at Quins.

Its small crowds, its quiet, its essentially a great location let down by the people within it.
This is not a personal dig, as im sure 95% of the reason is you need something to cheer about - which you havent!

BUT, you have to re-model yourselves. Set up an Ultras association, set up a co-ordinated effort to make people want to come to the Stoop. Yes they might think its an easy 2-pointer, but you guys need to be clever in why you exist.
I said a while ago you need to become a 'destination club' - one that satisfies the needs of the away fans, they all get excited about a trip to London, but their over-riding reason to be there is the rugby.

So give them a good time and more. Give them some stick, give the oppo some stick, start creating a fortress on and/or off the pitch! since my move 2 years ago ,ive been to the Stoop and boy does it seem like a few thousand disinterested people in the same place. But if you guys (regardless of the results) created something that doesnt exist in the Super league [for you to decide] then you'll be creating an additional novelty factor!
People come to London cos its a novelty factor - why should that stop the minute they park their bum on the seat at the match.

My personal recommendation - become the 'party' club which is the complete opposite of the RU version of Quins! Position yourself as the RU hating League club in the capital, and make the visiting supporters leave with the 'impression' the Quins fans are so different to the RU fans, that you actually start to earn respect from the Northerners.
Do everything that the RU fans dont, sing, dance, chant, etc etc! They need to be travelling up the M1 thinking [i'jesus - those Quins fans love their league side so much, that they didnt shut up for 80 mins even though they were getting a pasting'[/i

Just my thoughts!

Twitter feed reports that this is the first Quins RL have heard about the Wombles thing.

I enjoyed watching matches at Griffin Park much more than I do at the Stoop. But I can't think of any other reason for going back there (well, perhaps if we got the Cowgirls back ) The ground is lacking in so many facilities, it's not suited to rugby (remember Seb Luisi's conflict with the boundary wall?), and Nic Cartwright had a nightmare time every season trying to find alternative venues when Brentford decided they didn't want us there because of pitch reseeding or whatever other reason they could think of.

Think forwards, not backwards.

We can expect an announcement next week then

Can't see a denial or an affirmation on Twitter, has it been pulled because the last tweet I can see is the one about Chris Riley from 24 May.

Forgive me for paraphrasing Ian Ramsdale paraphrasing Gus Mackay, but apparently the CEO said that there was no truth in the story but that they "would talk to them about the possibility though, as they're always looking at options...but would not rule it out." www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/lrl

Forgive me for paraphrasing Ian Ramsdale paraphrasing Gus Mackay, but apparently the CEO said that there was no truth in the story but that they "would talk to them about the possibility though, as they're always looking at options...but would not rule it out." www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/lrl