Was wondering when you were going to comment on this thread.
Took you longer then i thought.
When will you shut up?

You keep on with getting excited about the Jon Wells '0 tries last season' testimonial and seeing him on the wing next season.

Two hopes. No hope and Bob Hope and Bob Hope has been dead six years.

I think there is a little hope but it obviously requires some serious thinking from the backroom staff at the Stoop.

So one person likes Jon Wells and everyone does?
Shut up.

Anyone else notice that the Standard printed a little piece about this? First time we've had ANY coverage from them to my recollection, nice to see they're covering us in a positive way!

There are other Super League clubs with as many problems, but we always seem to leave ourselves open wide for the Kicks! as long as we don't bury our heads in the sand and hope it goes away, limping along as we seem to be will not excite thousands back through the gates! but if established Northern clubs are not setting the world on fire it is going to be even harder for us!

Our friends at Quins RU commenting on this situation: www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 0,11074148

Our friends at Quins RU commenting on this situation: www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 0,11074148

Depends what you mean.

If you are talking businesses we are legally separate companies. Our initial deal with Quin RU expired and we now pay rent judging by some comments over the past season. Quins RU cannot get landed with our debts if we hit problems and they do not subsidise us directly. (We may get a discounted rent level or some sort of benefit in kind but they don't write us a cheque for lots of money p.a.)

If you mean the teams, they have done a bit of training together and a couple of their juniors went on one of our tours. (Rob Purdham credits his improved goal kicking to working with the RU kickers). However Quins RU are moving training base to Guildford, we are staying in London so it would appear that link may loosen. At managerial level Brian and Dean Richards certainly used to talk to each other, obviously Dean is no longer there.

If you mean at fans level, a small number watch both teams, most watch one and keep half an eye (or less) on the results of the other, a few watch one and write rude things about the other on message boards!

Thanks, much appreciated

I've done it again. Why i keep responding I'll never know. Must be the exhaustion.

Anywho

stand up and demand a total change in management and players


Please tell me what you have done in this regard?
Not attending games and whinging on here or something legit?

Shh, he's done sit ins.
He's stood outside holding signs.
He's marched from his house to the ground.
Wait all of these options would mean he's gone to the stoop for some reason, and we all know he hasn't done that...

WHAT WOULD BE THE POINT IN ANOTHER RANT?
Harlequins Rugby League remind me of the Black knight (John Cleese) in The Holy Grail.........it's only a fleshwound!

The 'getting it right off the field' quote is interesting and ambiguous! In many repsects, Quins have got it very right off the field in relation to the RFL's attempts to expand the game in general. The work done with clubs and schools in London is second to none.

However, I have always been a little scpetical about the idea that working with schools etc and getting youngsters playing the game really translates into bums on seats.

I am always impressed when visiting Catalans how much advertising of the game there is. We generally stay with friends in Carcassonne, and alongside the road throughout the region are billboards advertising the game.

Now I'm not saying that is the strategy for Quins, but advertising more widely might be a step forward.

The one good thing about the recession (just one? ) is that suddenly advertising is very cheap. I work in a sector where budgets are tight and we are small, but nevertheless, we were able to do a tv add for 1/4 of what we were quoted two years ago which was beyond our means. Not suggesting TV adds, but you see my point.

The mention of the standard was interesting too. Now is a great time to get them on side. Having just gone free rag, reliant 100% on advertising, they will do alot more to please advertisers. Would be a great idea to take out weekly 1/2 page in the standard advertising each match. It would be in their interests to reciprocate a client with match coverage. Would also be looking at independent radio too, Capital Gold etc. It my well be that quite a few people fancy watching the game, but aren't RL nuts like us and it just passes them by. They need to be reminded when the game is on, and what the prices are (they may think they would have to pay the same as if they watched socer for instance).

Those sorts of people proabably aren't going to dig around the internet or go on the Quins site to find out the info, but if they are reminded there's a game on, it might just make them come along.