: Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:30 am  

Dave Lister wrote:

Its nothing to do with identity either. We have the best opportunity we have had for years playing as Harlequins but the people running the club aren't taking advantage. A move back to Charlton would do nothing whatsoever.

maybe it's a union conspiracy, ever thought of that ??

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:43 am  

Well it looks like they are trying a bit more for Hull KR match.

Well it looks like they are trying a bit more for Hull KR match.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:46 am  

Mark_W wrote: Well it looks like they are trying a bit more for Hull KR match. ambitious but i like it that should increase the crowd to a least 5000

Mark_W wrote: Well it looks like they are trying a bit more for Hull KR match. ambitious but i like it that should increase the crowd to a least 5000

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:32 pm  

Wire_Yed_79 wrote:

i live in barnet north london
it takes me 2hours to get to the stoop by car in west london

Working for Transport for london i have to say that west london is the worst part by far for traffic congestion and being so close to Heathrow doesn't help either.

part of the reason i think the crowds are low is it just doesn't seem to connect with Londoners and gets little or no exposure

Greater London is about 40 miles N/S
and 50 miles E/W
think how many pro teams in the north west there are in the same radius?

It has no identity, no ground and it's trading off a union name which in itself is detrimental.
Any one that might have been slightly interested in RL but supports say Saracens or London Irish isn't going to support what they now see as a rival team. When they were the broncos they had their own identity.

You're having a laff - I live 40 miles north of you and it doesnt take me that long from here!! I'd get a better SatNav if I were you!!

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:45 pm  

GIANT DAZ wrote:

Obviously a big part of the problem now is there is a Pro Rugby League team playing in the sport's elite competition in London - they're called Harlequins and play at Twickenham!!! - now how many people in and around London would hear the Quins are playing at the Stoop and know it was a Rugby League game ?.

IMO they need to have London in their name somewhere - they need the people of London to feel like they have a club of their own to support rather than a gimmick part of a famous Rugbu Union club in the shadow of the Mecca of rah-rah.

Completely agree - when the Broncos played at Brentford they had that identity and crowds were starting to grow with growth coming from locals

[tb]

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:47 pm  

NS wrote:

You're having a laff - I live 40 miles north of you and it doesnt take me that long from here!! I'd get a better SatNav if I were you!!

I'd guess you round London rather than across it?

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:52 pm  

tb wrote:

I'd guess you round London rather than across it?

and if I lived in Barnet I would too. When Broncos were at Brentford I went round the North Circular and on most occasions managed it in a largely legal 1hr 30 from Bedford.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:11 pm  

The bottom line is that the major newspapers that people pay to read don't publicise the existence of Quins. The rugby league coverage is miniscule in all the "serious" national newspapers (Telegraph, Times, Guardian, Independent) and nonexistent in the tabloids. And within rugby league coverage Quins get a small slice if anything.

Only when the papers people pay to read, and the major free to air TV stations, start covering Quins, will Londoners start going to the matches.

That is why I think that a second London club, built upon the rising tide of junior participation, may give incentives for the newspapers to cover rugby league in London.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:13 pm  

NS wrote:

You're having a laff - I live 40 miles north of you and it doesnt take me that long from here!! I'd get a better SatNav if I were you!!

up to a1 then a41, a406 up to chiswick roundabout, a205, a307, a316 to the ground.

if i could do it quicker i would. if you know a quicker way im all ears or eyes

M25 is possibly a bit quicker but it is a lottery.

which is either an hour or 3

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:25 am  

Starbug wrote:

Because it wasn't a good formula

That is why it failed

The ' Quins ' formula was going to work

But it isn't

So what next ?

Replace Quins for the Vikings?