Re: Quins Game : Sat Apr 16, 2011 10:13 pm  

Harlequins RLFC U-20's 44 - 20 Castleford U-20's

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Re: Quins Game : Sat Apr 16, 2011 11:18 pm  

tigerman10 wrote:

So you were not a neutral then ?, anyway I dont really want to get into a debate about this but RL will never be well supported in London the people there are just not interested and you can have no comback about this, there were 5000 free tickets on offer for last nights game and you still could not atract a crowd of 4500 and that was with around 500 coming from Cas. I dont like to knock people for trying but when will people accept that London is a failed expeiriment ?, I await all the comments of I dont know what I am talking about and this is only sour grapes but I am sorry this is a fact.

No. It's an opinion.

Re: Quins Game : Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:32 am  

Got to say the Stoop is a smashing ground, i've been at least half a dozen games now and always enjoy the place. Good natured banter and good facilities. Not the best place to get to on a friday night if you don't know the area or have a good sat nav. As for the game must say a point lost and nearly two but certainly gave the quins fans a good night.
Was surprised there was only 4100 and summat, given there were 5000 free tickets available. But if that was there best crowd this year then it's an improvement.
Must say when that last Quins try went in under the posts i felt pretty sick, but hey ho thats entertainment the usual Cas style.

Re: Quins Game : Sun Apr 17, 2011 10:10 am  

Of the 500/600 Cas fans who made the trip down to london, maybe half of those watched the Curtain raiser.

Thanks for those that did come to support the game.

IMO a better game than the Main feature :/

Re: Quins Game : Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:39 pm  

Graham Richards wrote:

All the usual northern bias rolled into a few short paragraphs. I suppose its only in London that there are road works. Certainly never been caught on the M62 around Castleford in the past. Beer prices in London is such a boring comment now a days. If you know where to go its not that expensive and really is something that you should cost into your trip from the end of your garden path.

To attach a tag of 'Northern Bias' to complaining about traffic and beer prices in London is to completely ignore the views of every work colleague I've ever spoken to. Yes, I'm from Castleford, but I live in High Wycombe and work in Croydon alongside an office full of southerners who, like me, would be only too happy to moan about a) traffic and b) the price of beer.

On Friday I came off the M40, down to Brentford and across Kew Bridge. I can assure you, the North and South Circulars were utter sh*te. Hardly surprising though, when the local Super League team decided to put on a fixture at such a time as to leave fans wading through the Friday evening rush to try and get there.

Please, reel your neck in and don't be so quick to jump on the 'all you northern mungos hate us' bandwagon. The OP wasn't having a pop at Quins for the hell of it. Rather, he seemed to me to be pointing out some pretty relevant facts about what might be adversely affecting attendances at (location and kick off times aside) what is a very welcoming Twickenham Stoop.

Re: Quins Game : Sun Apr 17, 2011 2:26 pm  

tigerman10 wrote:

...............I dont like to knock people for trying but when will people accept that London is a failed expeiriment ?, I await all the comments of I dont know what I am talking about and this is only sour grapes but I am sorry this is a fact.

May I suggest that you read the latest issue of RLW in the ever excellent "Mythbusters" Column, a rather fine article by Michael O'Hare entitled "LONDON: The Impossible Dream?" seeking to explode the flat earth society's much popular myth that RL has failed in London.

It will explain why RL needs a London presence and how the RFL in particular and the game in general should approach the expansion of the game in the CAPITAL CITY. and the overall benefit's the game could gain.

But like News International why should you let the truth get in the way of a good tale?

Sykyer wrote:

IMO a better game than the Main feature

It was an okay game of grassroots RL nothing more, nothing less with the best team winning. And notwithstanding that the Cas full back who IMHO was your best player seemed intent on provoking a fight with anyone in a black shirt at every opportunity and your no 16 appeared to want to forearm smash the opposition in every tackle he made.

Re: Quins Game : Sun Apr 17, 2011 3:59 pm  

Disco wrote:

To attach a tag of 'Northern Bias' to complaining about traffic and beer prices in London is to completely ignore the views of every work colleague I've ever spoken to. Yes, I'm from Castleford, but I live in High Wycombe and work in Croydon alongside an office full of southerners who, like me, would be only too happy to moan about a) traffic and b) the price of beer.

On Friday I came off the M40, down to Brentford and across Kew Bridge. I can assure you, the North and South Circulars were utter sh*te. Hardly surprising though, when the local Super League team decided to put on a fixture at such a time as to leave fans wading through the Friday evening rush to try and get there.

Please, reel your neck in and don't be so quick to jump on the 'all you northern mungos hate us' bandwagon. The OP wasn't having a pop at Quins for the hell of it. Rather, he seemed to me to be pointing out some pretty relevant facts about what might be adversely affecting attendances at (location and kick off times aside) what is a very welcoming Twickenham Stoop.

The problem is the people accusing us of "Northern Bias" just can't see their own prejudice due to the big chip on their shoulders.

Re: Quins Game : Sun Apr 17, 2011 4:04 pm  

Georgie Best on a Bloomer wrote:

The problem is the people accusing us of "Northern Bias" just can't see their own prejudice due to the big chip on their shoulders.

I wouldn't mind, but you can even get decent chips down south

Re: Quins Game : Sun Apr 17, 2011 4:16 pm  

who needs flankers? wrote:

I wouldn't mind, but you can even get decent chips down south

Re: Quins Game : Sun Apr 17, 2011 4:46 pm  

Scabbycat wrote:

we are probably in a false position. we have to play saints twice, warrington twice, wigan twice, leeds twice. The fixture list has been kind to us, but we have a lot of hard games to come. I hope we dont hit a slump now.

Yeah i would agree with that mate when you take in to account 3 of the teams you have played have suffered multiple sending offs in all 3 games cas in the early parts have had the penalty count heavily in there favour the were really lucky against London and now the hard part of castelfords season is about to begin mattison had the easy rides now lets see how he goes in the hard part of the season.