Doesn't need massaging.....and you'd need bloody big hands to massage it anyway




Either way, I still say I contributed my fair share to the cause...regardless of whether it was in VB, Fosters or even IPA



Let's see if the old saying "you can't give it away" still stands after the wire game eh


It's no skin of mine pal......good to see some of the passangers are still singing abide with me as the ship starts to list heavily

I'd continue to go to some home games and some away games, as I do now. (That wasn't a specific option on the poll and I've ended up looking like I've voted that I'd go to all games home and away!) There would probably be fewer home visits though. I think I'll have only done six home SL games this year (including Warrington) which is my lowest figure since I started. Attendance figures would clearly drop sharply towards 1,000 and below, which would make the atmosphere in our excellent stadium even more soul-destroying.

Even the biggest NL clubs like Widnes (who would supposedly be guaranteed to enhance SL with big crowds) aren't averaging much more than 2,000 at the lower level, and I don't think anyone else averages over 2,000. The club's profile would be even lower without even match reports & stats on Teletext etc., at best we'd be among the NL1 also rans like Batley and Sheffield; another problem would be the lack of NL standard players willing to switch to play for us for NL salaries due to geographical reasons. We'd have to have an exceptionally effective youth development programme to overcome this.

Ultimately (assuming the club stays alive) I think we'd end up relocating to a more modest stadium and playing derbies with Skolars in NL2.

In short I think we'd have about as much chance of regaining Superleague status as the likes Workington and Oldham.

Have also suggested will continue to go to all home games but would be a proviso to be honest that we play
in or around London as opposed to Oxford and the likes. That said hope to go and see more of the local Essex based sides
next season where feasible.

If Harlequins RL don't get a SL licence it will be because they don't satisfy the required criteria.
Why should rugby league as a sport deserve to suffer because one club hasn't satisfied said criteria over the course of three years?

ouch...didnt think id see a post off you saying thing like this.

Go on, why not?

10,000 fans and we could have a better team .... that's also a simple fact.

20,000 fans and we're well on the way to a grand final... almost a simple fact.

Ain't fantasy Super League great? What DH needs now is help not fantasy.

cos its against the rules.
and i thought life was much more fun having a dig at the likes of me.
you know the whippet walker from the town just down the road.

Life's full of surprises

believe it or not,i would love to see a team in london leading the way in RL.it would make a massive differance to how people outside of the north thought about rl.
i think it would also make the national medias sit up and take a bit more notice.

sadly on the flip side i think a failing rl team in the south does more damage to the image of the game nationwide than any bad publicity generated up here in the north.

is it?
what do you know that i dont.

wrong. What DH[u needed[/u to do was market the club/game instead of avoiding the issue.
I feel for him. He's been left holding the 100% of quins debt when he doesn't own most of it.......but doesn't change the fact that the reason Quins RL are struggling with finances is because they lack fans and that lack of fans is down to little or no marketing before 2010 and ham fisted attempts this year. Not fantasy...just facts.

Have you ever actually managed to speak to anyone at Quins?

Many times.
Why do you ask?

Because you seem to have far too much enthusiasm and far too many ideas to stay sat behind a computer. I know you get knocked quite a bit on here, but I'd be very surprised if the club couldn't take at least a couple of your ideas and put them into practice.

Wow , i didnt realise quins were that important, mebbe the RFL should give you a bye to the grand final just to appease you.
get real, the game will survive with or without you, I prefer with you but not at the cost of bailing you out again

I'd continue going to all home games and a few away games, same as now

I'm a rugby league fan first, and a Harlequins fan second

You'd be suprised. Just look at football........................

Don't believe for a second that we want it to suffer, but it is a likely consequence were London to lose it's SL position. Not being biased, just being realistic. Definitely would not want either situation to arise.

When have you bailed us out.

The RFL have bailed you out several times, how many more do you want .................................. the Game cant afford 2 clubs with the begging bowls out and they seem to prefer their new pets , the welsh, so you may have to stand on your own and make a go of it............................................... thatll be the end of quins if theres no more aid

i'd continue to go to all home games

....Now, this is where it gets tricky. Without alerting the "ego" police, check your PM

Oh no you've fed him

Oh no they haven't. Not even once in fact.

(Note: "FACT".)