Your crowds are a disgrace to rugby league.
Do the honourable thing and quit the super league and let Barrow, Widnes or Halifax take your place !

100% agree.

I'll hold my hand up. The price of the ticket (inc. freebies) is completely irrelevant to most of the people I know. It's entirely about the time commitment, especially that spent travelling. I'm not sure I would spend nearly 4 hours on trains, etc if I wasn't a committed long term supporter. Even one of my friends who used to attend regularly has been worn down by the time involved (coming from Essex) - the fact that he is a Wigan fan means that he doesn't have that extra incentive to make the effort.

Exactly right. I was hoping to get on the direct service from Reading (around 55 minutes). Instead I was off at Ascot, bus to Hounslow and then train the Twickers. It was 2 and a half hours each way.

To me, the issue is not with the loyal "travelling" in supporters, it is the need to get 1000-1500 more bums on seats within 10-15 minutes of the Stoop. I have no answer to that. As I said before, when you have the same club (different code) heavily marketing to the same community then it is a tough task!

Marketing RL in London is a thankless task with obscene competition from union and football - I'm at a university where the majority of students come from the home counties and London, and most of these people don't have a clue about league (the odd few know it as that "northern sport"icon_wink.gif. It's still a chicken and egg situation for Quins RL as it has been for the various other guises the London club has had. With poor to moderate success levels on the pitch, folk aren't interested in taking up support for a club in a sport that is already alien to them. Without folk being interested, there are fewer gate receipts with which to invest in playing staff/facilities/marketing. And the RFL can only help so much.

We all want a successful London club for the good of the game's national profile. There's mass untapped potential for crowds but it's a difficult process when the match day experience is probably limited by generally low atmosphere as a result of low away support and, fairly often, not much for the home side to cheer about ...

It's a big jump from the "heartlands" to expansion locations and it really wouldn't hurt to have another top level team near to London but that isn't really possible just yet.

The crowd this weekend was very poor for your fierce local derby I really hope things improve. Don't sack Mac

What sort of crowds would they get? Lets look back and have a think!

Gutters, a simple "Well done Quins, I got it wrong" would have sufficed.

I've been down to Quins a couple times in the past couple of years, but as it takes me 2 1/2 hours to get to the ground, I've always avoided getting a season ticket. Though, I have done this season for the first time. The 2,300 people who came at the weekend, is this a weekly thing? I want the club to do well but it seems very poor. I like the idea of giving away free tickets. Need something to boost the crowds. I hope I have not made a mistake in buying my season tickets....

Yep, well done Quins on 2 fantastic home attendances so far.

Well done for being at the game on Sunday

"Salt-of-the-Earth QRL Supporter #1"

I'll bunk the train next time and pick up a fine, will that make you happy?

The average crowd at Widnes in our last season of Super League was about 6,800. We were only higher than second bottom once that season.

Not that I'm agreeing with the argument, just pointing out that our crowds were good.

Going bust any time soon?

Paddock: Sorry, but who apart from a 1st year Marketing student thought that 5,000 plastic Oyster Card Holders was going to add to the gate?
DSWG: ? Puzzled by what you mean? What did I get wrong? The free tickets thing.....yeah, I have resisted it in the past but mainly because when it has happened the club haven't "followed it up", but what else do I have to be sorry for?

You two have my respect as you are two of the most loyal supporters the club has...the problem is that unless the club can find another 3,000 like you, they will continue to ship cash like confetti!

I make no secret of my disdain for the clubs activity (or lack of it) in the marketing department and the figures between 2000 up until now do nothing to disprove my rantings.....

I repeat.....fill the ground for Salford....by hook or by crook...even if they have to bus kids in, but make the effort. 4 weeks of 7am to 8pm working days.....run up a phone bill, spend some cash on leafletting/advertising in a local free-sheet...I mean REALLY have a go.
One of my abididng early memories of the club is when two very active supporters helped arrange a leaflet drop in the brentford area and it was done purely by "fans". I picked up the flyers from the club and then that staff member who gave them to me simply said goodbye and left for home . The Club need to get pro-active. The staff need to be made aware that all of their Jobs are on the line if we fail to get more bums on seats. Everyone from PB down to the Tea person need to get involved.....
as it is......does anyone expect a 3k gate for the Salford game? No away fans to speak of....I reckon the high 2,000's will roll up, putting us on a 2,600 average......

I apologise if I upset some on here by speaking bluntly, but I don't apologise to anyone for what I am saying.

Come on Quins...Prove me wrong. Please......prove me wrong!