Nice, very classy. Don't try and fight to keep an important cog in the wheel onboard, just flippantly see if they can be replaced. Lovely attitude that is.

Just a thought from way out in left field here, but did none of you book travel insurance? Is this covered in your travel insurance, I book mine privately and should anything like this happen, i'm covered!

are you sure. I think that most policies clearly state that sporting fixtures being cancelled are covered, but not postponed/moved.

just how much this club in it's various guises have got under the slin of some supporters and just how much they do to try to help the club.

Losing them over this issue without any discussion or apologies just indicates how low this club now percieve their own supporters. Yes the decision has been taken and yes, probably, there was sod all the club could do about it, but even the most hardened organisation these days should know how to communicate bad news well to those it supposedly relies upon.

Thats typical is that. Its mentioned fleetingly on the club website with not so much as a 'we apologise for the inconvinience'. Has anyone at the club got any idea how PR works?

Insurance does not cover this I have tried.

Seem to remember that HKR supporters were underwelmed with grief at PB's departure. I'm also not suprised at all at the treatmant of volunteers, having copped a bucket full in the Chiswick era. When the club left the only person to say 'Thank you' was Struddy, who'd only been there a year!

How about emailing Rammo tomorrow for the BBC London RL show, its mostly us lot that listen to him, but everyone should be informed of the way everyone is feeling. London.sport@bbc.co.uk is the email address for anyone who didn't know Could also email with other RL related stuff if you really wanted to as well

How about emailing Rammo tomorrow for the BBC London RL show, its mostly us lot that listen to him, but everyone should be informed of the way everyone is feeling. London.sport@bbc.co.uk is the email address for anyone who didn't know Could also email with other RL related stuff if you really wanted to as well

This whole thing stinks. What's the betting that this is a bleeding Sky jolly? Can't think of any reason why they would want to show this match in particular (what is it, 5th v 11th? Crucial fixture I'm sure).



So many things about this make me angry (not least that me and my friends are about £1000 out of pocket in respect of lost expenses for this and the HKR game ).

Sky only care about the armchair supporter (although a certain Sky presenter usually passes comment on the "small" amount of Quins away crew. Is it bluddy surprising?).

I'm so pi$$ed off that I'm now missing two of my favourite away games.

If it helps, I am building an email list of people who will appreciate loads of Via

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Seriously, I have put in a few hours work today and hope to email ALL the parties concerned, including the other 13 clubs with the results of the poll (90%) book straight away.......so therefore are fooked by moving a catalans home game at short notice.....

I don't dream it will make any difference, but just in case a national paper or 2 pick this up





I will keep you posted.

Good effort GF- hopefully someone will take notice

Yeah thanks Gutters. Well done for all your efforts.

I have been to Cats a couple of times but due to work commitments
not for a year or so. I would certainly have gone this year but for a long since booked family holiday.
Its a scandal that a Cats home game be moved in such circumstances.
Its bad enough when it happens over here as in the Hull KR game but
the RFL have to abide by what the paymasters tell them.Dont get me wrong I am no apologist for the RFL as anybody who knows me will testify.
But thats another story...........

Just been looking at the "fixtures" [

I have emailed Chris Irvine who writes the Times Blog and Rammo to see if he can do a feature on the show. Will also try and contact Real Radios RL show (I think Tomorrow) to bring it up.

It's terrible we have load of people who are shafted. Someone should let Superleague know that even though they give loads more time for the start times of fixtures than the NRL, they should publish their fixtures in the same way as the NRL ie. List the fixture as weekend of. That way atleast no-one would have booked stuff so far in advance like our poor buggers did.

go to the NRL website/ fixtures/ then look at Round 21 to see what I mean.

Has anyone had replies from the RFL, Sky or anyone else yet?

Have received a reply from The RFL....IT IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS WAS RECEIVED AND POSTED TO THE WEBSITE [url=http://www.league.quins.co.uk/news/9795.phpHERE[/url.

I have replied to the RFL that I am mailing every club, the RL press, Sky sports and a few others with the result of the poll on the VT in the hope that this never happens again.

Did that math on Wires support there last season. 2,000 fans, £250 each...£500k....I can just see Andy Gatcliffe taking that on the chin

Same as GF to which I have replied what a patheitc response for such a game.

At least the club have told us that they have raised concerns and are still working on it. Why they didn't say this at the outset and alleviate the (perhaps unjustified) perception that the club had left us out to dry is beyond me.

Because not a single one of them has a clue about PR.

If the club is paying anyone to deal with PR they should be sacked right now, they are not doing their job.

Think I will move to the same planet they live on - cloud cuckoo land, it seems a totally oblivious, happy place to be. I have been on an on about a statement being issued and then they come out with crass like 'we are sympathetic' 'we hope it doesn't stop your enjoyment' get real losing a vast amount of money stopped the enjoyment. Some people saved for weeks for this trip.

TOO LITTLE - TOO LATE - IT'S ALMOST A WEEK SINCE THE UPSET

We need to 'buttonhole' both the Chairman & the GM about this.

Think we do have a PR but he certainly needs to be more 'pro-active'. The least he should do is 'advise' his Chairman and GM that they have a problem
with Perpignan bound supporters.

However, should mention that my experience of dealing with 'internal' PR cum Press Officers - as a now retired partner in Corporate Communications firm - is that they are often 'clueless' about the need to be 'proactive' & sometimes even aggressive in advising internal management. Thus would feel that one really should not kick the young man to hard!!

Might add I've sent a follow up e-mail to the RFL asking he a reply to our e-mails if even only as a matter of politesse!!

Must take issue with 'Rooster, Roster' and all other's who have cited NRL games.

Please note the following:

1. The majority of fans are 'local' and it's not that difficult to get to games even on Friday and Monday night. So they do not 'howl' if dates/times are changed

2. Those that need to fly to 'away' games normally have at least two or three airlines to chose from and quite a number of flights to select.

No, am of the view that with Perpignan you have a special case as you are maily 'hog-tied' by the restrictifve 'polices' of =redRYAN AIR AND EASYJET Who might add are no longer 'cheap' to use.

Also Eurostar?TGV are also not that easy to 'rebook' because of the heavy local Holiday i.e. 'frog' traffic.

To be fair the longer terms loser's are going to be the Dragons, the local establishments in & around the town and the local Maries and regional authorities. Forecast there will be at least a 30/40 percentage drop in fan visits from next season.

=redEdit BG

To be fair, the club and the RFL have effectively no say on this matter - what Sky says, goes and if we don't like it we do without them and their money. The only people who can spike their guns over re-arranged fixtures are the police and local authorities.

Not the point. AND I AM GETTING TIRED OF THIS!
What is at stake here is the fact that in future, RL fans will be unable to book cheap trips due to this uncertainty....now that SKY have proved they can do it.

Catalan have NEVER had a home fixture moved.......Catalan have always played on their, their local police, their local council and the best day...Saturday.
I suspect, that SKY decided to move this because of logistics getting truck down there and the fact it was little old quins....
all i want is for the people I have contacted to shake SKY's cage and let them know that if they do it again to a Warrington or Leeds, they will not increase their popularity along the M62 corridor.