Re: Quins in the hunt for 6-7 big name players. : Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:50 pm  

Trinity Till Death wrote:

Without being too negative, don't Quins run at a massive loss. So, bringing in Big name players, means paying Big Bucks and increasing the amount they lose on a yearly basis. Sure Hughes will be happy about that.

I suppose they hope some big name players could bring in an extra thousand people per game and hope to sell more shirts etc. If that doesn't happen as a result then it will be a fail, unless they happen to be really succesful and play in the big games.

Re: Quins in the hunt for 6-7 big name players. : Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:01 pm  

Odemwingie wrote:

I suppose they hope some big name players could bring in an extra thousand people per game and hope to sell more shirts etc. If that doesn't happen as a result then it will be a fail, unless they happen to be really succesful and play in the big games.

It seems a risky strategy, but good luck to them. And as you say hopefully it'll pull in the crowds and become a consistent play-off team. On the other hand, it could be the end of them if they can't get the support in and the players don't perform

Re: Quins in the hunt for 6-7 big name players. : Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:47 pm  

Looks like they are spinning more cobblers to get the 6 or 7 season ticket holders interested so they renew them again next year.

Re: Quins in the hunt for 6-7 big name players. : Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:12 pm  

We hear this every year that we're signing players, yet it's always just contract renewals.
If by "big", they mean Kouparitsas, then no thank you.

Re: Quins in the hunt for 6-7 big name players. : Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:20 pm  

Trinity Till Death wrote:

Without being too negative, don't Quins run at a massive loss. So, bringing in Big name players, means paying Big Bucks and increasing the amount they lose on a yearly basis. Sure Hughes will be happy about that.

Any debt that is Run up by Harlequins RL is payed off by David Hughes out of his own pocket.

Re: Quins in the hunt for 6-7 big name players. : Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:49 pm  

Maybe they have an investor??

Re: Quins in the hunt for 6-7 big name players. : Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:22 pm  

kobashi wrote:

Maybe they have an investor??

They do.

And they work out of Red Hall in Leeds.

Re: Quins in the hunt for 6-7 big name players. : Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:29 pm  

If RL wants to keep progressing we need London RL to succeed. So stick your bitterness up your....

Re: Quins in the hunt for 6-7 big name players. : Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:15 pm  

Tre Cool wrote:

If RL wants to keep progressing we need London RL to succeed. So stick your bitterness up your....

agreed

Re: Quins in the hunt for 6-7 big name players. : Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:33 pm  

PHIPPS wrote:

They do.
And they work out of Red Hall in Leeds.

Seriously.....I sincerely hope you don't rely on your fishing skills to feed yourself