Prediction league

I say this thread will go to 60 pages by the end of the season.



and Smokey, you ought to be brought to trail for crimes against virtual ink.

I think the majority of Widnes and Halifax fans will be embarrassed by your comments.

I very much doubt that, i have widnes fans working for me and for them guys it kills them not being super league at the cost of teams that don't deserve to be in it.

So if they move every year, you can say they are only a year old and 29 years old.

Can you tell me when Quins have ever not had a single English player in the team?

In fact, can you tell me the last time they had more Aussies in their squad than English players?

If you can't, then perhaps that is your cue to leave the conversation...

Makes absolutely no sense to understate their attendances in the months leading up to awarding franchises. Given that all of you who were there seem to think the figure is wrong, I expect Harlequins will issue a correction to say that they forgot to add in season ticket holders or something. Nobody took any photos on their phone? Next home game is Huddersfield on a Friday night, so even fewer away fans than today.

Meanwhile, across town, superb result from Skolars against a team from a higher division.

Well no, Quins didnt only 'move' did they, the completely rebranded. But yes if they closed down a club, opened a new one with a new name in a new area they would continually be a maximum of 1 year old. Though why they would want to do this is unknown.

Im pretty sure the year they did well in super league when they was called london or was they fulham then or was they Quins?

I can't recall which name they was going under that year or what stadium they was playing at that year.

It was the peter Gill era.

that was actually a widnes 'under 20's' side consisting of under 16's and under 18s academy players, and most of the really promising ones didnt play as they are now in the first team squad.
so please lets be accurate.

It’s very cruel to ask people to back up their bias with facts – this is the internet you know

(Cruel but funny!)

Looked like a normal crowd to me, ie not like the annual Leeds/FC/Rovers/Saints/Wigan exceptional ones. In any other year it would've been reported as 3,000+. Which number is wrong us up for debate mind... mind you, the East Stand holds 4,200, and was certainly more than the 40% full which that 1,700 number implies.

So either this one has been reported wrong , or you haven't been getting what has been reported in the past

Fulhamcrusaderbroncoquins have never finished in a relegation position.....how's that for a reason?

You took your time , lazy b ugger

widnes actually finished in the one off, extra 'make way for the new french team coming in next year' spot. we never finished bottom of superdooperleague.

These threads serve no real purpose. Yes it was a shocking crowd, you dont have to be a genius to work that out. But its up to the Quins to sort it out, Personaly i think the move from having their own identity to being a bit part player in a much larger brand was a shocking idea. There will only ever be one Quins club gathering support in London.

But stupid things like using the Widnes gate as a stick to beat them with, Im sorry but i would rather people just commented on it being a good gate and stopped trying to use it for some Quins bashing. Quins need to find somewhere in london where the local populace still consider themselves a community within the Borough of London and set up home and real roots there. Get a Target audience and give it the hard sell, It seems like everything they have done since becoming the Quins has been half d. If they cant find somewhere in London, Move to one of the bigger outlying town's like Bracknel.

We need a club in London, We need as many clubs as we can get wherever we can get them, But they have to be capable of doing the right things.

"Great for the game."



Maybe they just need some more time eh.

Fantastic, fair play mate.

That was a relegation position that year, We were well aware of this at the start of that season. It was neither the RFL's Cats, Quins or anyone elses fault we went down.

In honesty the only thing Quins bring to the game that Widnes wouldnt would be interest in the Greater london area, But from the look of things the greater London population could not care less about the club or the sport. But that does not mean we should stop trying.

Yes but they should never have been fast-tracked in the first place.





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So, what's your next identity going to be to try and help this 30 year experiment become successful?

Maybe i did get a little carried away when i said they didn't have a single english player in their team but only a little carried away

1997 squad shaun edwards, mark maguire, david krause, paul smith, martin offiah, tulson tollett, josh white, matt dunford, peter gill, tony mestrov, steve rorsolen, matt nable, teryy matterson, nick mardon, adrian spencer, roger best, matt slater, mick seaby, andrew hamilton, greg barwick, gilkes thomas, scott roskell, russell bawden, paul terry, robbie beazley, kim howard, tony martin, abraham fatnowna, wes cotton and kerrod toby.

I must say, them names look pretty aussie like to me.

You thought Shaun Edwards and Martin Offiah were Australian?

Fast tracked is the perfect word in this thread.

Anyone who thinks a SL club in London isn't viable doesn't know London. The victory over Leeds a few years ago showed the potential - plucky locals versus arrogant noisy Northerners made for a great atmosphere and a great spectacle.

I even think that with a little thought and creativity, the Quins ground/nameshare can be made to work. Sadly, all I hear indicates that the people in key positions at Harlequins Rugby League (their actual name, Quins RL was dropped some time ago) are utterly clueless. Not Rob Powell, though it remains to be seen how a coach with so little playing experience will fare long term. But Quins have put a good product on the pitch before without it translating into success off it.

Other than the fact more people play the game in this region than any other region in the UK-Maybe they are playing a sport they dont like