Dave Lister wrote:Its nothing to do with identity either. We have the best opportunity we have had for years playing as Harlequins but the people running the club aren't taking advantage. A move back to Charlton would do nothing whatsoever.

Wire_Yed_79 wrote:i live in barnet north london
it takes me 2hours to get to the stoop by car in west london

Working for Transport for london i have to say that west london is the worst part by far for traffic congestion and being so close to Heathrow doesn't help either.

part of the reason i think the crowds are low is it just doesn't seem to connect with Londoners and gets little or no exposure

Greater London is about 40 miles N/S
and 50 miles E/W
think how many pro teams in the north west there are in the same radius?

It has no identity, no ground and it's trading off a union name which in itself is detrimental.
Any one that might have been slightly interested in RL but supports say Saracens or London Irish isn't going to support what they now see as a rival team. When they were the broncos they had their own identity.

GIANT DAZ wrote:Obviously a big part of the problem now is there is a Pro Rugby League team playing in the sport's elite competition in London - they're called Harlequins and play at Twickenham!!! - now how many people in and around London would hear the Quins are playing at the Stoop and know it was a Rugby League game ?.

IMO they need to have London in their name somewhere - they need the people of London to feel like they have a club of their own to support rather than a gimmick part of a famous Rugbu Union club in the shadow of the Mecca of rah-rah.

NS wrote:You're having a laff - I live 40 miles north of you and it doesnt take me that long from here!! I'd get a better SatNav if I were you!!

tb wrote:I'd guess you round London rather than across it?

NS wrote:You're having a laff - I live 40 miles north of you and it doesnt take me that long from here!! I'd get a better SatNav if I were you!!

Starbug wrote:Because it wasn't a good formula

That is why it failed

The ' Quins ' formula was going to work

But it isn't

So what next ?