Manly reflections : Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:30 pm  

I thought it was a great day. Good rugby and a good crowd. As soon as they put the big guns on at the start of the second half and I looked at our line up I thought we were i trouble. Still hopefully the injuries are not to bad and some of the Aussies come back.

Let's face it we had a better day today than Warrington had yesterday!

: Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:36 pm  

Unfortunately had to fly to US today so missed the game but seems like we did OK and the crowd was reasonable. Bring on the Pies !!

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:22 am  

An incredible number of Australians there today. Those who have slagged the club off re: lack of marketing should hang their heads in shame and admit they were wrong. A cracking turn out and a huge success.

Ironic that they all managed to get to the match on time yet some of us showed up 20 minutes late after getting a Taxi from Putney

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:35 am  

Dave Lister wrote:

An incredible number of Australians there today. Those who have slagged the club off re: lack of marketing should hang their heads in shame and admit they were wrong. A cracking turn out and a huge success.

Who did the marketing for this game?

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:40 am  

I spoke to a couple of Kiwis on the bus over. They weren't really aware that there was a top flight league team in London.

[brian2]

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:29 am  

Agree about the aussies, hope we got their names and addresses and get them back - great match, hope we didnt pick up too many injuries!!

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:41 am  

Is the TNT the answer to our marketing?

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:06 am  

Can someone list the Quins side for the 2nd half ?

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:06 am  

af wrote:

Who did the marketing for this game?

The RFL organised the promotion of this game.

I arrived in TW2 at 1.45 yesterday and for the first time that I can recall, everyone who got off the bus headed for the stoop. Then I was in the Cabbage patch and saw the outside bar was open and I started to dream of winning my bet with PP
After standing in line for 20 minutes to buy 4 tickets, I then waited another 10 minutes to get served at the bar .
Sitting in the East, the Lexus looked 1/2 full and the east looked 95% full, so when the 6,032 figure was announced, I started Looking for Ian Lenegan and his calculator , because I would have though that there was well over 7,000 in the ground, but as it is, PP will get his pint.
The after match entertainment was spot on and every newbie I spoke to said that they would be back. Another bonus was the Boxes in the East all looked occupied and even if they were freebies, it did give the impression that this was the norm.
Alison, Brian and the rest of the volunteers did a brilliant job and a special mention has to go out to Ady, who worked his butt off geting this game promoted. I for one think that a contra deal should be put in place with TNT being our shirt sponsor in return for a Double Page Spread every week during the season.
The only down side was that the "ST promotion" planned for the Kings Bar after the game didn't go ahead.
All in all, a fantastic effort by all involved.
Let's hope that all the data collected on the gates is data imput by Wednesday, and all those people get invited back on Saturday. The 2 newbies I brought have said they will deffinitely be back.
P.S. The game was interesting, if not well balanced

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:51 am  

gutterfax wrote:

The RFL organised the promotion of this game.
I for one think that a contra deal should be put in place with TNT being our shirt sponsor in return for a Double Page Spread every week during the season.

Exactly what I said yesterday. Great minds eh? Boss Hogg said we didn't need a shirt sponsorship because it only brought in 40-50k, yet the Ad in TNT cost 20k. So we're 70k down for the sake of a one off match.

The club has long had links with TNT. Until recently the logo was on our sleeves if I recall. So surely some sort of deal could have been sorted. For example main shirt sponsor in return for regular good size Ads in TNT with a discount voucher in each. This would not only get more antipodeans to the Stoop, but would also get non-antipodeans picking up and potentially reading TNT which increase the TNT readership. Seems to me to be of mutual benefit and with not a penny changing hands.