: Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:18 pm  

The Penguin wrote:

Can I wade in with a pedant's oar and implore people to stop calling the Dragons 'cats' - Catalans, or Dragons, please.

Frogs....simple as
In fact, Cane Toads.....aren't they Australian Frogs

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:21 pm  

Sad to say found the vast majority of posts regarding the St Mary's shirt sponsorship deal both dull and futile.

So we have a 'deal', for one year I presume, but wonder what this junior sports uni. is bringing to the party 'cashwise', not much would be my view. Still every penny helps.

Which brings me to ask three much more important questions:

1. When are to going to appoint the new CEO?
2. When are we going to recruit a senior excutive with some real marketing & sports promo know how?
3 When are QRL going to 'arrange' a Fans Forum?

Re: shirt sponsor : Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:21 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

5,000 by 2020.

Re: shirt sponsor : Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:26 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

Boring facts. SORRY
The Valley :2001: 41,993 Average 3,230
Griffin Park: 2002: 53,245 Average 3,803 +16% on the valley
Griffin Park: 2003: 49,641 Average 3,545 -7% but still 9% up on the valley
Griffin Park: 2004: 48,449 Average 3,460 -3% but still 7% up on the valley
Griffin Park: 2005; 56,047 Average 4,003 +15% and 23% up on the valley
The Stoop: 2006: 60,842 Average 4,345 + 8% on GP and 34% on TV
The Stoop: 2007: 44,596 Average 3,428 - 22% but down 15% on GP, but up 6% on TV
The Stoop: 2008: 50,821 Average 3,909. +14%, but down 3% on GP but up 21% on TV

So, the move from the valley to griffin park, over 4 years saw us increase crowds by 23% and reach the play-offs twice.
The same result is not possible at Quins because we have finished 7/9/9/ and would need an average of 5,344 per game this year to increase our average from GP 2005 by 23%.

In short, we have increase our attendance by 700 fans per game since 2001. That's 100 new regulars a year and will see us hit 5,000 by 2020.

Havent got them to hand but when did SL start and what sort of crowds did we pull in then? and what sort of crowds did we get the first time we were at the stoop?

Re: shirt sponsor : Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:32 pm  

Darthchris wrote:

Havent got them to hand but when did SL start and what sort of crowds did we pull in then? and what sort of crowds did we get the first time we were at the stoop?

The club then was completely different. A relatively successful team full of Australians as well as stars that even non-RL fans would have heard of. Plenty more curiousity then as well I bet.

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:36 pm  

catalans and celtic are prime examples of what can be achieved in a short space of time with the right people on board.

i love our club but i'm fed up of hearing excuses. i'm not saying their situation is identical to ours but saying its easier for them because they are in a provincial backwater and so its easier for them to attract local support is utter bunkum. we too could keep it local and go for area surrounding twickenham but we also have the benefit of 10,000,000 people (they have 10million sheep) on our doorstep if we want to widen our horizons.

brian mac is a prime example of what can be accomplished with the right people on board. our team on paper is nothing special and thats why we are always heavily tipped to finish bottom of the pile. but, because he is good at his job he squeezes everything out of them to produce top performances. we need a brian mac carbon copy off the field. sod it, give him that job too

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:39 pm  

crusaderquin wrote:

we need a brian mac carbon copy off the field. sod it, give him that job too

sod that....imagine the appraisal/pay review meeting.
STAFF MEMBER: "I want more money"
BRIAN: "No.......next"

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:41 pm  

Can Toads are nasty, tough & poisonous 'critters' mostly found playing State of Origin for Queensland.

French 'frogs' aka 'grenououilles' are a unique frog type - now mainly imported from eastern Europe or China - which are best eaten fried as a starter in roadside truck cafes. or with a cream & wine sauce in town centre quality restaurants.

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:07 pm  

stormingbronco wrote:

Can Toads are nasty, tough & poisonous 'critters' mostly found playing State of Origin for Queensland.

French 'frogs' aka 'grenououilles' are a unique frog type - now mainly imported from eastern Europe or China - which are best eaten fried as a starter in roadside truck cafes. or with a cream & wine sauce in town centre quality restaurants.

ARE YOU A UNION FAN?

Re: shirt sponsor : Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:20 pm  

Darthchris wrote:

Havent got them to hand but when did SL start and what sort of crowds did we pull in then? and what sort of crowds did we get the first time we were at the stoop?

A little plug if I may. All the above details are in the new Club Guide on the Quin's website.