let's face it.......not many quins fans are from TW2..........so what would be the hardship of testing an audience that exists but is just apparently too lazy to walk for 10 minutes from a train station?

Well you've just answered your own question there.

Not really......

Just a thought, but what would people think of the idea of taking 2 games "on the road' once the wndyball season is over? Say, QPR and west ham...with there ST Holders invited to attend for free?

If the anzacs aren't interested, the union fans don't care and Twickenham residents don't want to come, then why not concentrate on the soccer fans?

Not saying it's the final solution, but surely we have to get creative and playing a game at Upton Park with the hammers fans invited to attend FOC would at least get some media coverage? I wonder what Zola would make of it

The last thing I want is us going back to a soccer ground.

No bar.

Arsey stewards.

No profits from the food etc.

Eight weeks of the season without a home game.



The Stoop is a rugby ground, do not under estimate the importance of that.

Seems to me the idea of taking a couple of games "on the road" is stretching thin resources even thinner. Plus most football fans attention is going to switch to the World Cup once the season is over.

Stoopid idea

Have to agree PP

me too

This is all very interesting as it coincides with an absurd related comment made in the programme for our postponed clash at Crusaders. I'd pre-ordered the programme and so still received it despite the game being off. Inside the programme, on p25 is a feature written by Phil Bennett of "League Weekly"



He states that we should become "a club for the whole of the south of England. Couldn't Harlequins follow (the Crusaders) by playing home games in Cambridge, Oxford, Luton, Reading, Milton Keynes - or wherever they feel they can whip up a bit of interest? With all due respect, it's not as if there's a huge band of Quins supporters around Twickenham that would suddenly feel abandoned."

No thanks

Yeah, cos look how successful Lancashire Lynx were as a concept.

Or our "on the road" games (i.e. p*ss off we want to seed the pitch).

Jesus.

the problem we have as a club is the fan base is pretty wide spread over the catchment area so u could happily take the games on the road and would still get the faithfull turn up wherever, good god i have trogged over to charlton often enough

But cant see it dragging any new punters in just by taking it to oxford or wherever you would just annoy those of us who are settling in to the stoop again, never mind the away fans

The combination of a decent team and The Stoop have produced good crowds in the past so that is what we should focus on.

The Stoop is a great place to watch RL. Even greater when we get the West stand back. All we need is it to be matched by performances on the pitch on a regular basis.

The dolt obviously doesn't realise we already are!



And before the Celtic Crusaders started up we had supporters from South Wales too.

paddock You are far and away to polite. Now me Fcuk rightoffski

its as stoopid as getting rid of brian mc

OK....it was just a thought.

I think you think too much - obviously not a lot to do in Kiwi land

Loads to do.....but still worrying about TW2 and the whole crowd issue...

One of my new clients here in Wellington has the same problem with crowds........they play at the westpac stadium and kick the ball a lot....oh and the wendyballers are my clients as well





At least I will get a chance to try out some of my Quins ideas on real customers.....and not lose sleep if they don't work

What about Craven Cottage or The Valley ?

Sorry GF ...It sounds a non starter to me......and I,m a QPR fan .....If we can stay at the Stoop its the ideal venue as far as I,m concerned......

I wasn't saying we move there....just play 1 game there during the summer.

Not only is Loftus Road an awful ground for watching (seats crammed in too tight), also it's not as convenient for those of us who drive to games. The Stoop is a very good stadium for Rugby League and it's generally convenient for fans who drive (especially away fans given motorway links), the issues around public transport are the ones you get anywhere in London i.e. unless you're very lucky it takes a long time to get from one side of London to another.