Yes and as far as I could tell, yes.

If we can compress the opposition defenses under the post and whip the ball wide quickly to him so its a 'one - on - one' situation then he will score us loads of tries. However, BM never managed to do this with Dorn so I doubt he will manage it with BJB either. Lets pray for lots of broken play for him.

Personally I thought Quins played well given the players you were missing. Luke Dorn ripped us apart in the second half at your place last year and his absence was telling.

BJB is a great prospect and I think you'll enjoy having him this year - he played well today, just as he did for Leeds when we played them on Boxing Day.

I'll see you all again when Melbourne are in town!

I thought we went quite well. Attack was limited, defense was good. In the past we have come out of the blocks to fast and faded in the second part of the season.

Can people not see that Hughesy has cut the cloth. We have lost Hill, Paul, Robinson, Maclinden and not replaced them. We lost 1.5 million last year- Its great talking about players of the past but the club went bust on poor crowds. We are in a transition period bringing through the Londoners.

The cloth has truly been cut and I suspect there is not one London RL fan who would blame David Hughes in any shape or form. The club is indeed in transition, the real worry is whether it will be around to come through the other side of the transition.

So much has remained unchanged, sod all marketing to boost the crowds, a playing kit that was seen by the masses for the 1st time today, most other clubs had replicas available before Xmas, we still do not even after the 1st game. The PA system was awful (not necessarily Quins RL's fault) and still when you are sitting there shivvering in the cold you cannot see the game because the bleedin sun is in your eyes. The only two stands where the sun has an impact are the ones used for Quins RL games....................has ANY thought gone into the match experience for thr fans

The focus needs to be on how we can attract and keep fans through this difficult transitional period

Tough one as defences on your line are taught to move up as one and slide.

On the basis of that perfromance its going to feel like a long season.

So that's one win out of the last thirteen games - at least I got to that

Went better than I thought / worried pre game - thats said there is plenty of room for improvement, but some nice new touches and variations along with a solid defence (how tireless is Tronc??), some 'pre season' lack of cohesion and understanding and annoyingly too many errors and penalties (probably on the back of lack of match fitness). We were up against a HUGE pack and we matched it. What we didnt match was the creativity in the halves.

Poor show on the replicas, and I thought the crowd was pretty decent - I look forward to summer rugby though.

But most impressive, firstly the improved engagement by the club with the community with the excellent pre game tag tournament (hopefully many more of these to come) and secondly another London boy on debut (prouder still as he started as a junior at St Albans Centurions ).

So not the best start but from my perspective far more postives than negatives.

Arhh back to the sun argument

Match day experience is great- The band after the game was excellent. Im not sure what other RL club you base the poor match day experience against but having watched RL for 30 odd years living up north for a large proportion, and living in Sydney for 6 months watching matches every weekend at a variety of grounds the Quins day is without question the best.

I guess it depends what you want from the day. To some the pre-match and post match stuff is important and I have no doubt that its very good. Personally as I do a 110 miles round trip by car to each home game I prefer to arrive at say 2pm and leave at the final whistle, so the important thing for me personally (and I know not for everyone) is match experience, not a match DAY experience and not the quality of the booze up and live music afterwards.

Its an undeniable fact that the sun spoils the viewing of the game and me personally (and again not everyones view) I would prefer to sit in my seat and not have to shield my eyes from the sun on a freezing cold January day.

So its all about appealing to all fans, sadly having the best after match party as we are continously told will NOT put bums on seats, its the thing that happens between 3pm and 4.40pm that will decide that and yesterday it was not a fun experience.

Just my opinion

I took a newbie yesterday who enjoyed the whole experience-He doesn't really understand the intricacies of league, more watched the game "generally"- He enjoyed the band and beer after the game also. Therefore his matchday experience(accepting the expectations are different to yours) was enjoyed.

The after match party may not put bums on seats but it could and does turn a £99 season tickets value to the club into lets say £300.(Not in your case as they have had there money of you as you have explained)

Travelling to London rugby is a down side compared to the average distance a Warrington fan would travel for example. I travel 60 miles round trip, I speak to people who travel 2 hours on the train, others who travel from Colchester etc. Thats life. I dont expect any more from the club because I dont live in Richmond.