Quote Andy Gilder="Andy Gilder"Harsh truth, but there isn't the appetite to support a Super League club in Salford. There just isn't.
Won't matter how much money Koukash throws at it or who they sign, they won't pull more than 4-5k home fans for every game tops. Entirely reliant on away fans to pull a decent crowd.
Even in their heyday of the 1970s, they weren't one of the best supported sides in the competition. That area is economically deprived and football mad, and you aren't going to draw fans away from the Manchester clubs to come and watch rugby league with their small amount of disposable income. They're a project destined to spend eternity in the middle 8 in a 75% empty stadium.'"
great win today in absolutely appalling conditions,but it's another 2 points on the ladder
i thought that it was a very poor turnout from the home sides fans today and i would guess that their were as many rhinos fans in the stadium as their were home fans,
what do the salford fans want?
imo koukash should have bought the bradford bulls rather than salford as at least they can pull in the fans when given a decent side to support
i'll bet that the bulls could have got the Doc his desired support on the terraces to back his undoubted ambition if his large financial investment into salford was given to them instead?
sadly i just can't see salford attracting many more fans whatever the side does on the field as it is in strong football heartlands and not a community that knows much at all about rugby league,it's a loss leader sadly
more importantly how long will koukash be willing to put his money into a bottomless pit without a return on his investment?