: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:03 pm
wire-quin wrote:
Poorlytoe within your response you have spoken on behalf of-
every Community Marketeer of every northern based club in the SL &
because I play in it and I speak to 100's of people in it every weekYou are clearly well connected.
Having watched London RL for 15 years and Warrington RL for 20+ years, having played at a decent level, reffing up until last season in the RLC/London league, plus coaching, setting up a team playing in the London league long before the RLC....... I believe I also have a general understanding of RL. I dont speak on behalf of anyone more just what I have learnt and witnessed over the years.
Have a look at the average age of a London RL fan on Sat or Sun(even Thur v the French) and tell me they are playing age. Do the same at the HJ stadium..... We are looking for supporters to turn up and watch, not players. There probably isnt a player in the Southern/ London leagues including the RLC divisions that does not know Quins RL exists. We are targeting new audiences including families. I read somewhere that up to 40% of fans are female.
The community game in the south has never been stronger. I set a team up and played in the London league 20 years ago when there were only 10 teams in the whole of the South of England. Look what there is now.
Can't you see that the biggest argument for building a community based RL club is based on the fact that NO other SL club plays games over the top of their community clubs fixtures. None. Nada. No I cant. Go to Warrington and you will see lots of low level RL being played on a Sunday the day the town team plays.
The statements I threw back at you are statements made by the club regarding attendances and players attending. Are you suggesting they not telling the truth?
I don't expect a lot of sympathy for the community game on these boards Who gives a flip about sympathy- This is a tough game. Did you feel sorry for Mauri when he got smacked by Bailey last week. Toughen up softy! I suspect you are a winger or as Barry Mac said during last nights commentary, muscly Touch Judges!!
Do you gel your hair!!
This too might be stuck record- Correct
WQ - sorry, I've only just managed to pick myself up off the floor after your hilarious statement.
I can only say that you've proven yourself to be a prize buffoon with limited IQ. I suspect you're probably studying on the same Basket Weaving course as your self-centred, 'Sunday's are best for me, therefore for all' mate Listy!
Roundly applauded by HKB then an attempted put down by you. What a moment!
Yes, I am extremely well connected.
I suspect the club don't really know the truth - and the people who made the statements aren't involved any more. And, as I have repeatedly pointed out, the stats are skewed and you can't judge things on one season.
The sympathy statement was about the community game, not me [Take it from me buddy, I'm one extremely tough nut]. The game on the field is a tough man's sport, but off the field, all sympathies need to be applied in an attempt to maximise attendances. As well as all available logic, something you seem to be severely lacking.
Please read HKB's statement again - the club have set up a program, the prime intent of which is to deliver fans (not just the kids, but their parents, siblings, peers, older brothers, younger sisters), but it can't because of the timings. Are you remotely aware that some members of staff at the club can't attend fixtures as they're working for their community clubs at 3pm? Doh.
Or are you simply persisiting on beating the Sat-3 drum because it works best for you? Allows you to get hammered in the bar of the evening, wallow in hungover self pity on Sunday, then be freshly up on Monday morning to go to work posting on this forum?
In the north of England, the community game plays on a Sat in the Summer too. Some of the teams further down the comps and (BARLA) play on Sunday mornings. But they still have time to get to their home SL games as they don't live in a sprawling metropolis like London.
The kids of the community game today are the fans of tomorrow mate. That is the way it works. Simple. Very, very simple.
You are completely out of touch with community marketing strategies of the modern day clubs. I suggest you call Neil Kelly at your home town club and ask him; or alternatively Adam Jude, now at Salford, but who set it up at Warrington.
I suspect in reality you're not such a tough man yourself; it's one thing to cast aspersions about a man and his gel usage on an internet forum......
I also suspicious that when you're not on here, you're probably hanging around players bars in a vain attempt to pick up the occasional autograph or conversation. Correct?
