: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:58 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

Don't get me wrong (and i'm not accusing you of doing so), I think there is potential for Harlequins RL to be a successful club but changing Harlequins RL into a Union style club would be wrong IMO as the 2 products and experiences are very different.

Spot on.

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:00 pm  

Dave,

Are you saying IF Mark Evans is brought in, that he does not have the relevant Business Experience to turn QUINS RL around?

If that is the case, it is a good job that Saracens years ago were not close minded to bring in the late Peter Deakin from Rugby League!

John

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:02 pm  

jaybs wrote:

Dave,

Are you saying IF Mark Evans is brought in, that he does not have the relevant Business Experience to turn QUINS RL around?

If that is the case, it is a good job that Saracens years ago were not close minded to bring in the late Peter Deakin from Rugby League!

John

No. Where have I said anything along those lines?

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:55 pm  

bollox......
get over this "us and them" scenario....we need management and if we get what I think we are going to get, the I for one will be 100% behind the new board

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:58 pm  

All sounds very positive. You cant question what Mark Evans has brought to the RU side.

Quins RL announcement today? : Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:04 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

All sounds very positive. You cant question what Mark Evans has brought to the RU side.

As long as he remembers RL is a different animal to the toffs game!

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:41 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

Don't get me wrong (and i'm not accusing you of doing so), I think there is potential for Harlequins RL to be a successful club but changing Harlequins RL into a Union style club would be wrong IMO as the 2 products and experiences are very different.

not sure how much difference it makes; the name, kit and venue tell a story in themselves - a significant part of the ethos of RL vapourised in this franchise when the Broncos snuffed it, so if you want to watch top grade RL in the Smoke you desperately need some savvy to keep it afloat once the IL cash goes

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:11 pm  

BeerMonkey wrote:

Ditto. Bring back The Broncos! Either at The Valley (Charlton Athletic), Loftus Road (QPR FC) or Brisbane Rd (Leyton Orient FC) and get a proper marketing team together to plug the capital's premier RL Club.

Unbelieveable! We finally have a ground that feels like a proper home, where it's comfortable to arrive well before kick off and linger well after the final whistle and some people want to revert to being an itinerant club squatting at football grounds at all points of the compass: The Valley is far too big (28,000 all seater) and Loftus Road has a small pitch and the seats have no leg room.

The Broncos has already FAILED and we're damn lucky London retained a Superleague club at all.

If Mark Evans does come on board and is able to help us fill the ground as he did for our union partners great! I don't see how that would compromise our club in anyway whatsoever - we'll still be playing league, and hopefully with greater success and a more stable long-term future if there are a few thousand more people supporting us at each home game.

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:06 pm  

im with gutterfax on this

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:36 am  

Prince of Denmark wrote:

Unbelieveable! We finally have a ground that feels like a proper home, where it's comfortable to arrive well before kick off and linger well after the final whistle and some people want to revert to being an itinerant club squatting at football grounds at all points of the compass: The Valley is far too big (28,000 all seater) and Loftus Road has a small pitch and the seats have no leg room.

The Broncos has already FAILED and we're damn lucky London retained a Superleague club at all.

If Mark Evans does come on board and is able to help us fill the ground as he did for our union partners great! I don't see how that would compromise our club in anyway whatsoever - we'll still be playing league, and hopefully with greater success and a more stable long-term future if there are a few thousand more people supporting us at each home game.