: Sun May 17, 2009 10:24 pm  

PTB wrote:

I don't see it as a bad thing that Quins seem happy to gamble from time to time (running on the last, going wide deep in our half, kicking on the first etc.).

Yes, the players will come up with errors from time to time, but they'll also come up with the big plays that win games.

And for me its that which will bring people back. There was only one team out there trying to play enterprising football. OK we made mistakes but some of the moves we tried to pull were the things that get you out of your seat.

Bringing them back however is one thing, getting them there in the first place is the challenge but good to see one of the biggest crowds of the season.................and on a Sunday as well

Strange that the 20 emtpy seats to the left of me were all not available according to the ticketing web site and the ticketing system at the stadium

: Sun May 17, 2009 10:49 pm  

PTB wrote:

Also, as no one has commented:



What a wonderful initiative, must have put a good six or seven on the gate.

To see a schoolboy chav in a baseball cap performing David Brent's "MC Hammer" dance. Embarrassing. Fortunately the bloke in the seat in front of me stood up for most of the half time interval so I didn't have to see most of it.

: Sun May 17, 2009 10:59 pm  

our trademark move from the base of the scrum!!!!!!!

Actually think you will find it came from the one good move made by the England squad in the world cup! Purds from the base, one of our few decent tries out there
Cracking to see it used a couple of times, altho Luke Dorn needs to check his chase before the bounce, thats twice he has overrun it, eventually it will work until the other squads latch on to it

Missed out out Karl T
Think he is having a bloody good season reinforces what i thought last year, that he was still suffering from the chest injury the year before

: Sun May 17, 2009 11:48 pm  

Very, very dull game. Still, 2 points.

: Mon May 18, 2009 4:31 am  

Dave Lister wrote:

Very, very dull game. Still, 2 points.

Could be worse. Bratford quins reserves or duddersfield

: Mon May 18, 2009 8:27 am  

No the best game, but a result that puts us 4th with a game in hand....so very happy.

The crowd? Tough one this. 3,612 is a very poor result after the amount of work that went into promoting this game in the local schools etc...
PB really has his work cut out if we are going to get anywhere near a 4,000 average this year and 5,000 by 2012.
Wakey brought about 300, so it is a step in the right direction and we all know that Rome wasn't built in a day, but we are on an average of 3,387 this year and we really need to do something now. The question is, what?

Still, 2 points, 4th place and the newbie I brought yesterday will be back...

: Mon May 18, 2009 9:08 am  

I certainly don't know the marketing answer (and have little knowledge of Geroge Sampson) but I enjoyed the vibrancy in the ground yesterday and the obviously increased numbers.

Maybe we have to accept, no matter how unpalatable, that RL itself, even if accompanied by "theme days" is unlikely to attract many newcomers. What we may have to do is provide something additional with far greater mass appeal that will, and hope some attendees attracted by the additional entertainment return.

Horse racing provides an example, many of the best attended meetings are those where racing is followed by a biggish music act (ie Madness, UB40) who play for about an hour. No-one pretends that, say, a Madness fan will also understand the handicapping system, but the gates are swollen and there's always the possibility of some returning.

Whilst I doubt we can afford to book such a headline act, bringing in someone like George with his huge appeal seems on the right appropriate lines, and I applaud it. The difficulty now of course is to make sure its not a one off.

: Mon May 18, 2009 9:36 am  

I didn't think that was a bad crowd considering the weather was absolutely horrible (and it was a Sunday with the usual London transport problems).

My non rugby mates enjoyed the day and I'm sure they will be back (I will make them!).

May I apologise to anyone on our train home, that had to endure our cockney sing-a-long. I do hope your eardrums didn't bleed.

: Mon May 18, 2009 10:35 am  

Thanks for that bit of information Dan.
Maybe having to work & missing the game wasn't so bad after all !!

: Mon May 18, 2009 10:38 am