I am struggling to see any potential benefits of this double header for us anyway. I would be very surprised if people would want to to trek out to Twickenham to watch Harlequins-Bradford. Many will travel down on the Friday and won't be bothered. And we are on the wrong side of London for many. Plus a home game on a Friday night? Yer because that will work.

Welcome back Mr High Roller
The idea of a double header to showcase RL in London has to be a good idea. If it doesn't happen for the rescheduled Bulls game, I still think that we should invite the Skolars to play at the Stoop at some stage and really push to boat out marketing it.

As the club seem to be struggling with the identity thingy, why don't we jump in the London RL bandwagon that the RFL are spending money on promoting?
If there are 1,000,000 ex pat northerners in London, then these go some way to making up our target audience. There are plenty who already watch Quins and the Skolars, but we inly need to get 1% of this group to fill the stoop.
i appreciate your sceptisism, but we will never know if it will work unless we try it.

I don't really buy into this whole identitiy problem and think its just a smokescreen for the real issues. I can't see how having our game on a Friday night with a Skolars game before hand would counter any"identitiy thingy" struggles and be any more attractive than a normal league match.

The Identity problem is real enough.....
The amount of Australians that came to the Manly game who had no idea we existed was worrying really.
If we are to assume that the cost of "above the line" marketing is too high for the club ( a pretty safe assumption), then clever "below the line" marketing and PR needs to be used. A Double Header, promoted by the Club, the Skolars and Lonfon RL (the RFL) increases the chances of being noticed at no extra cost to the club.
The BBC have the rights to the Challenge cup, so we should get a mention during the week, maybe even get that little reporter on Breakfast to train with the guys. The Local press may well be interested as there will be 50,000 odd northerners in town for the big game, so we might be able to tag onto that exposure as well.
I am not saying it would work, but for very little outlay, we could increase awareness....
Also, you posted earlier that it wouldn't appeal to you with the CC the next day? Why? As a fan of Rugby League, I would welcome the opportunity to see 3 live games in 24hrs, as well as the beer festival and the after match band...I think it would be a cracking day out, regardless of who gets tonked by who on the pitch.

Make your mind up. In one post you speak about Northerners, then you change your tact to Australians. I agree there is an identity problem there, but there is no way that where is a problem with regards to identity when it comes to "ex pat northerners".

It wouldn't appeal to me as I have a life outside of Rugby League and traditionally do other things on the Friday night before the cup final. I'm sure many others are the same, especially those travelling down to London.

I mentioned northerners being part of the target audience, then mentioned Australians, who are another part of the target audience...not too confusing really.

I am sure that others also have a life outside of RL.....I do, but if we don't try something "outside the box" then we will stumble along as usual. The Manly crowd showed what can be achieved if we let the RFL assist with marketing

In one postI don't really buy into this whole identitiy problem and think its just a smokescreen for the real issues. I can't see how having our game on a Friday night with a Skolars game before hand would counter any"identitiy thingy" struggles and be any more attractive than a normal league match.'"

The proposition of the best team on the planet playing probably helped. Understandable seeing the number of Australians attending that match but cannot see the equivalent numbers who would want be attracted by a Skolars match.

I'll give you a long term tip to save you from the abundance of humiliations you encounter on here Lister:

Think. Before you drink. Before you type.

Therein (your emoticon) lies the ultimate irony.

It takes an intellectual mind only a minor peruse of your postings to discover a litany of spelling and grammatical issues, a lack of empathy and understanding and a serious inability to follow logic. All of which point to low IQ.

Sheffield Hallam per chance?

Very good.

Uni.