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Re: Prep To Win
DIR By: Nickster
Date: April 29, 2022, 3:32 am
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I really enjoyed it. Thought it was a good insight into the
background of a rugby pre season. Some of the players come
across really well too - think it really highlighted the team
spirit. As a Quins fan its brilliant viewing.
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Re: Prep To Win
DIR By: championes
Date: April 29, 2022, 5:41 am
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--- Quote from: Nickster link ---
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> I really enjoyed it. Thought it was a good insight into the
background of a rugby pre season. Some of the players come
across really well too - think it really highlighted the team
spirit. As a Quins fan its brilliant viewing.
>
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Don't get me wrong, as a Quins fan who likes hearing from the
players it's a good watch.
But if you dont know Quins, the personalities or anything about
rugby - you're going to struggle.
If you love all those things, it's a fun watch!
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Re: Prep To Win
DIR By: T-Bone
Date: April 29, 2022, 5:55 am
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Agree with the comments above. Have only watched the first one,
but initial impressions are that it is a good watch for a Quins
fan but probably of little interest to a wider rugby audience
and hard to see what interest it would be to anyone with no
prior interest in rugby.
I've not watched the F1 programme so can't make comparisons.
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Re: Prep To Win
DIR By: Monte
Date: April 29, 2022, 7:47 am
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--- Quote from: T-Bone link ---
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> Agree with the comments above. Have only watched the first
one, but initial impressions are that it is a good watch for a
Quins fan but probably of little interest to a wider rugby
audience and hard to see what interest it would be to anyone
with no prior interest in rugby.
>
> I've not watched the F1 programme so can't make comparisons.
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> I think I’ll hold off spending £8 until there are other things
I want to watch on Amazon.
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Re: Prep To Win
DIR By: Yareet
Date: April 29, 2022, 8:04 am
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Lots of chat about what a non-Quins fans would think. As one of
the few on here, I’d say it was alright. I’d recommend it to any
rugby fan but less so to somebody new to the game.
Not sure I’d’ve got much more out of any further episodes but it
was engaging enough for 90 minutes or so.
I agree that a theme to each episode would probably have worked
better - there was a hint of that with the second episode
seemingly focusing on injury and head knocks.
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Re: Prep To Win
DIR By: Rigoletto
Date: May 1, 2022, 6:14 am
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I thought the three episodes were all pretty good but if I was
anything other than a Quins fan I might only have watched one. I
can’t see a non rugby fan stopping by really. The good parts for
me were how the players were quite comfortable opening up to a
fellow rugby player and also Flats’ amusing contributions which
were used to frame different pieces. I thought the choice of
players to focus on was a bit odd, particularly CSW who has
barely featured in competitive matches, although as it was
pre-season the makers obviously wouldn’t know that. If I didn’t
already have Prime I don’t think I’d bother getting it just for
this.
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Re: Prep To Win
DIR By: Comet
Date: May 1, 2022, 1:22 pm
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I thoroughly enjoyed it and it was a nice chance to hear from
the boys, who all seemed to open up and speak quite candidly.
Rugby players generally are very grounded and very friendly. The
interviews added to that sense of decency and humanity. I liked
Marcus and his family. Chis was also excellent value.
I think it is a shame it didn't come out in September, straight
after pre-season (I know editing quickly would be tough and Beno
was working on his own pre-season with Bath.......) I think that
would have made it a bit more relevant from a timing point of
view.
Anyway, really good fun and a great watch for Quins fans. I
think other rugby fans would find it interesting, if they are
able to engage with other clubs. Finding our what makes the
champions tick is always going to be of interest, no matter what
the sport or who the champs are.
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Re: Prep To Win
DIR By: Quinston Churchill
Date: May 1, 2022, 3:36 pm
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--- Quote from: Rigoletto link ---
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> I thought the three episodes were all pretty good but if I was
anything other than a Quins fan I might only have watched one. I
can’t see a non rugby fan stopping by really. The good parts for
me were how the players were quite comfortable opening up to a
fellow rugby player and also Flats’ amusing contributions which
were used to frame different pieces. I thought the choice of
players to focus on was a bit odd, particularly CSW who has
barely featured in competitive matches, although as it was
pre-season the makers obviously wouldn’t know that. If I didn’t
already have Prime I don’t think I’d bother getting it just for
this.
>
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I’m assuming Marler didn’t want to be involved. There’s no way
you’d limit his involvement to such indirect cameos otherwise.
With the possible exceptions of Wallace and Morris (don’t get me
wrong - I like them both, but I wouldn’t necessarily given them
both as big an involvement as they have in it), I thought it was
a good group. Lennox probably got a bit more air time than you’d
expect for an academy player yet to make a serious breakthrough,
but the angle with mental health was important and shows the
less glamorous side of trying to make it as a professional.
CSW was in there for the story. It made sense and as I’ve said
on other threads, I still think it’s too early to dismiss him
when he could still become a real asset for us. He did say he
didn’t get his surgery until he arrived back in the UK which
probably explains why we’ve seen so little of him.
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Re: Prep To Win
DIR By: QuincyJones
Date: May 4, 2022, 4:21 am
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Agree with all of the above. As a quins fan I enjoyed it but it
offered nothing to pull in passive viewers.
In my opinion they need to follow one team throughout the season
with behind the scenes, changing room footage, team talks,
win/loss reaction, DoR/boardroom chats. All the ugly stuff as
well as the glory stuff...the same as the Amazon documentaries
they did for a few football teams, spurs etc...
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