This Afternoon : Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:38 pm  

What went wrong in the second half? How much of it was down to the two matches over the Easter period in quick succession? Hull KR showed what a threat they can be in the second half, but in all honesty, they didn't have to do much to win as we were shocking. On the whole, I thought Will Sharp and Purdo had good games. On the second half, well, we might as well have stayed in the dressing room.

It seemed very subdued today. Exceptional volume from the HKR fans.

: Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:07 pm  

I don't think Danny Orr started the second half, which would account for us losing our way going forwards. Dorn was patchy today, Randall didn't seem as effective as usual, Gale looked a little green still. We also lost Heckenburg (again) with an injury so we had less scope for substitutions. And KR were fearsome defensively for the first 20 minutes of the second half, as well as taking their chances well.

Very depressing performance.

: Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:10 pm  

Paid £20 to sit and be ridiculed by a bunch of HKR fans sitting nearby. I asked to sit with the Quins fans but these had apparently all been sold or weren’t available.

Then watched a p*ss poor performance on the pitch, both by Quins and the referee. By the way Mrs Bentham, if there is a Mrs Bentham, if he says its 6 inches then he’s exaggerating.

No wonder fans don't come back!

: Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:38 pm  

[quote="LU2"]Paid £20 to sit and be ridiculed by a bunch of HKR fans sitting nearby. I asked to sit with the Quins fans but these had apparently all been sold or weren’t available.

Then watched a p*ss poor performance on the pitch, both by Quins and the referee. By the way Mrs Bentham, if there is a Mrs Bentham, if he says its 6 inches then he’s exaggerating.

No wonder fans don't come back![/quote]
I don`t think so.

: Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:50 pm  

LU2 wrote:

Paid £20 to sit and be ridiculed by a bunch of HKR fans sitting nearby. I asked to sit with the Quins fans but these had apparently all been sold or weren’t available.

Then watched a p*ss poor performance on the pitch, both by Quins and the referee. By the way Mrs Bentham, if there is a Mrs Bentham, if he says its 6 inches then he’s exaggerating.

No wonder fans don't come back!

Can't understand that as there were HKR fans in our section that is meant to be reserved for Quins fans. Probably due to the people selling the tickets at the gates as HKR fans were, apparently, not told what block to sit in and to sit anywhere. There were some in our season ticket seats and they were very rude when asked to move and were very reluctant to do so. Eventually the stewards did begin checking tickets and the HKR fans moved to the North stand. This is very poor for all concerend, Quins and away fans, and something needs to be done about it before the next home game.

Re: This Afternoon : Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:03 pm  

Surreyben wrote:

What went wrong in the second half? How much of it was down to the two matches over the Easter period in quick succession? Hull KR showed what a threat they can be in the second half, but in all honesty, they didn't have to do much to win as we were shocking. On the whole, I thought Will Sharp and Purdo had good games. On the second half, well, we might as well have stayed in the dressing room.
It seemed very subdued today. Exceptional volume from the HKR fans.

Wasn't just me that thought that then. That's the first time I've walked out on a game before the end. It was depressing

: Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:49 pm  

mightyquin wrote:

Can't understand that as there were HKR fans in our section that is meant to be reserved for Quins fans. Probably due to the people selling the tickets at the gates as HKR fans were, apparently, not told what block to sit in and to sit anywhere. There were some in our season ticket seats and they were very rude when asked to move and were very reluctant to do so. Eventually the stewards did begin checking tickets and the HKR fans moved to the North stand. This is very poor for all concerend, Quins and away fans, and something needs to be done about it before the next home game.

So it was a Quinn's stewarding problem, not the fault of the KR fans who sat where they had tickets to sit.

: Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:00 pm  

Munich wrote:

So it was a Quinn's stewarding problem, not the fault of the KR fans who sat where they had tickets to sit.

Did any one say it was the fault of the KR fans?

: Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:23 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

Did any one say it was the fault of the KR fans?

No it was the problem on the gate in the first instance or the ticket office not making it clear which stand the tickets were for and this is what needs to be sorted out first - and a stewarding problem after that so fans are directed to the correct seats. The stewards did nothing till the problem was pointed out to them.

: Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:33 pm  

From what I could work out when I bought my ticket at the ticket office prior to the game today the HKR fans that were queing behind me were asked the exact same question by the ticketing staff that I was "Where would you like to sit"! They were not asked "home or away".
Anyone purchasing from the ticket office were sold East Stand tickets regardless of their allegiance as far as I could tell!!