Re: Story in Guardian today : Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:55 pm  

Tre Cool wrote:

He's done more for RL than you will in your lifetime..

So he's immune from criticism? Good to know.

Laughing stock of Super League? Absolutely.

Re: Story in Guardian today : Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:01 pm  

The Penguin wrote:

So he's immune from criticism? Good to know.

Laughing stock of Super League? Absolutely.

Dunno about laughing stock, but if its wasn't for DH all of us wouldn't have a club to argue about!!

Re: Story in Guardian today : Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:07 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

If successfully driving a club into the ground is going to the the top of his list of achievements, he is welcome to them

Hughes is no fool, as such I suspect this is being driven by the RFL. It sounds like they are involved in a longer term plan where we have our own ground. Maybe they see our own identity as essential to that so are wanting that part to happen sooner rather than later.

Re: Story in Guardian today : Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:13 pm  

The Penguin wrote:

So he's immune from criticism? Good to know.

Laughing stock of Super League? Absolutely.

No he's not immune from criticism. But he deserves a basic level of respect from our fans if you ask me. You and Lister seem very pro 'quins'. Why? I really don't get it. its a naff old rugby union name with a daft kit. What do you like so much about it?

Re: Story in Guardian today : Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:20 pm  

http://www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 0,12530725 If this link works it should show what the unionites think of the renaming goings on. I have to say I'm surprised at how some of this stuff is almost sensible, with a number of obvious exceptions who are clearly talking complete and utter bollo!

http://www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 0,12530725 If this link works it should show what the unionites think of the renaming goings on. I have to say I'm surprised at how some of this stuff is almost sensible, with a number of obvious exceptions who are clearly talking complete and utter bollo!

Re: Story in Guardian today : Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:21 pm  

Not that anyone pays any attention to me with regards to the club, but my initial thoughts are that this gives the club 1 last opportunity to sell themselves, the game and the experience to the local public. I have no interest in the fans of London Irish, Sarries, Wasps or any other sport in the region. Neither do I have any desire to see transient bar staff become the "fans" that we rely on...... There are about 2,250,000 people within 20 minutes (journey time by public transport ) of the stoop. There is your audience.....it remains to be seen if anyone at the club has the ability or the desire to try and attract 10,000 of these as new regular fans to The Stoop over the next 3 years (if they get 3 years). Staines to Clapham, Ealing to Kingston Upon Thames.....and in the name of everything that is holy..........don't wait until January 2012 before trying to come up with a marketing strategy........it should be in the planning stages NOW. EXAMPLE: 41 Primary Schools in Richmond Borough, 8 State Secondary schools.....there's your 15,000 crowd for the first game of the 2012 season. Old information (new stuff is available with more time and effort) like this should be used http://www.richmond.gov.uk/boroughprofile2006.pdf There are 36 Wards in the borough. Why not try to encourage locals along by leafletting by ward? Local Pubs need signed jerseys and fixture lists as soon as they become available.....Ideally not March Got to be 5,000 businesses in the borough........get inviting. Seriously....time to roll up the sleeves and get busy, because by March 2012 the London Broncos II will have had their chance........... Lastly, get the RFL to fiddle the fixtures....Crusaders first at home, then Widnes 2 weeks later....no disrespect to those teams, but A CHANCE OF A WIN would be handy. Wigan spanked us at GP in 2002, St Helens at the Stoop in 2005....both results were bad and we didn't see a home win until April both seasons. BTW Listy.....David Hughes has earned our respect.

Not that anyone pays any attention to me with regards to the club, but my initial thoughts are that this gives the club 1 last opportunity to sell themselves, the game and the experience to the local public. I have no interest in the fans of London Irish, Sarries, Wasps or any other sport in the region. Neither do I have any desire to see transient bar staff become the "fans" that we rely on...... There are about 2,250,000 people within 20 minutes (journey time by public transport ) of the stoop. There is your audience.....it remains to be seen if anyone at the club has the ability or the desire to try and attract 10,000 of these as new regular fans to The Stoop over the next 3 years (if they get 3 years). Staines to Clapham, Ealing to Kingston Upon Thames.....and in the name of everything that is holy..........don't wait until January 2012 before trying to come up with a marketing strategy........it should be in the planning stages NOW. EXAMPLE: 41 Primary Schools in Richmond Borough, 8 State Secondary schools.....there's your 15,000 crowd for the first game of the 2012 season. Old information (new stuff is available with more time and effort) like this should be used http://www.richmond.gov.uk/boroughprofile2006.pdf There are 36 Wards in the borough. Why not try to encourage locals along by leafletting by ward? Local Pubs need signed jerseys and fixture lists as soon as they become available.....Ideally not March Got to be 5,000 businesses in the borough........get inviting. Seriously....time to roll up the sleeves and get busy, because by March 2012 the London Broncos II will have had their chance........... Lastly, get the RFL to fiddle the fixtures....Crusaders first at home, then Widnes 2 weeks later....no disrespect to those teams, but A CHANCE OF A WIN would be handy. Wigan spanked us at GP in 2002, St Helens at the Stoop in 2005....both results were bad and we didn't see a home win until April both seasons. BTW Listy.....David Hughes has earned our respect.

Re: Story in Guardian today : Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:41 pm  

He might have earned it but he is quickly losing it by the way he is ruining our club.

Re: Story in Guardian today : Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:49 pm  

Tre Cool wrote:

No he's not immune from criticism. But he deserves a basic level of respect from our fans if you ask me. You and Lister seem very pro 'quins'. Why? I really don't get it. its a naff old rugby union name with a daft kit. What do you like so much about it?

What I'm 'pro' is the club actually putting down some roots and not moving the goalposts every five minutes. I don't think that's unreasonable.

Re: Story in Guardian today : Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:51 pm  

Tre Cool wrote:

No he's not immune from criticism. But he deserves a basic level of respect from our fans if you ask me. You and Lister seem very pro 'quins'. Why? I really don't get it. its a naff old rugby union name with a daft kit. What do you like so much about it?

Pointed out several times on this and other threads why I think the Harlequins brand should be the one to drive us forward. The Penguin has stated several different, but equally as applicable reasons. All of which you cannot counter, instead supporting this idealistic crap about some sort of "return to the good old days".

There seem to be 2 clear groups of people on here - those who can see the need for stability, continuity and a long term plan, utilising the most powerful brand in world Rugby instead of fighting against it. Then there are those who think that yet ANOTHER name change is the way forward, ANOTHER vision, ANOTHER plan, even though every single one of us would point towards the fact that our club has always struggled because it changes every 5-10 years. And this isn't even a new plan - but a return to a failed era of the club.

Marvelous.

I bet the flat cappers are pissing themselves, and rightly so. Our club is becoming a laughing stock, an utter embarrassment.

Re: Story in Guardian today : Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:05 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

He might have earned it but he is quickly losing it by the way he is ruining our club.

He may be ruining it but it's his to ruin!

Bring on the Broncos