I don't disagree, your glass could be overflowing and the idea of a 15,000 seater stadium of our own within the next 20 years would still be barmy.

I'd be inclined if you said ten years, purely on how long a stadium takes to complete with the planning side of things, but 20 years and barmy seems to be not a case of glass half full or half empty. They say their glasses are half-full are considered optimists. Yeah, but shouldn't we be more specific about the contents of the glass? If it's a glass of sh't, I'm going half-empty. I don't like sh't as an optimist. "Yeah, we gotta half-empty sh't glass right here."

It would be barmy to think that we could not achieve the aim of having our own stadium inside 20 years. Just depends what's in your cup I guess.

20 years ago people people quite probably said exactly the same thing.

...how about Cloud Cuckoo Land?
Seriously, a 15,000 seater stadium is all well and good, but the club couldn't find a company to put on the front of the shirts last season FFS

Again, the powers that be have ruined the clubs chances of an increased gate and we're still 3 months away from 2012!! When it was announced the club had plans to change their name, it should have been done within a month, it would have then been in place for the club to try and make some sort of marketing plan at the back end of the 2011 season. Look at Huddersfield Giants, for example, they had plans out in June/July for 2012 where it was £95 for a Season Ticket for the first 2,000 who bought them (iirc), how could Quins do that? "Yeah, come and watch a team with no name, no team colours and no badge" in 2012. It just wouldn't have worked.

Season tickets should have been available towards the end of the season when those on freebies were flocking through the gates. Fine, they won't have bought them there and then, but at least they would see that getting into RL is an affordable past-time and consider it in the future. Now, they have just cleared off, and soon the club that they went to see will no longer exist. Its laughable.

Also, there's two big games in a couple of months between England, Wales, Australia and NZ, the RFL will be hoping for 50,000+ in Wembley, ok, not all of those will reside in the South East but I can bet my life that the Quins marketing team have done absolutely nothing.

You do know that Gus reads the forums and according to the flatcappers in the North we are the devil incarnate so I would watch what you say, although it maybe a fairly safe bet tbh.

What Gus should do is ensure that everything is up and running for the game at Wembley on the 5th November. A promotional leaflet on every seat and a page in the programme and the details of everyone who bought a ticket south of Brum. That would be a good start. Invite them all to a fans day to meet the players and select their seats. I think I am turning into the new Gutterfax! Help.................

Must admit the couple of times I have heard Gus He makes a lot of sense. Really hope the backroom staff are prepared for a lot of hardwork until February.

So, you think it is entirely plausable for the club to go from the stumbling mess it has been recently to a stadium of their own.
Before you try to build a stadium for 15,000 fans....why not try and find the fans first? Just a thought........


1. The name change should have been complete by September 1st. If the club are waiting for a sponsor, then they should have still gone a head with the Broncos.....and the shirt design...and the ST prices......
2. Marketing at Wembley would be a waste of time and money.....we are not looking to attract fans from anywhere other than west London (or shouldn't be IMO)
3. Any marketing Plan should have been put together during the decision to change names.....it should have been a key element/reason for the name change.

I am 100% behind the club and the management in their campaign to attract more fans and attention to the club......I just dispair at times at the niavety displayed over and over again. Let's hope the massive marketing push isn't to take place a week before the season starts.......or worse still, even later than that.

There will probably be 10,000 Southern RL fans at Wembley it would be crazy not to inform them of our new existence, where else would you get that number in one place other than at a CC final? I guess the majority of our fans currently do not live in West London, I would love to see a core West London fan base but that will take time. These people exist already. It should be fish in a barrel time, if we can't get some of these along to the new venture we should give up. IMO

ps I hope you are enjoying the Union World Cup, I am, it reminds me how good league is!

I new I would get a bite