Sadly for Salford, the league only helped us out as much as they could becuse we were part way through the season, and because we have a crazy system of playing some teams more than others, it would have really messed up the league table.

they were not concerned with Bradford as a club, simply with ensuring we fulfilled all our fixtures for the season.

They way they have with held the funding just backs that up! The league are paying the other clubs to cover for the fact that they favoured us more than they had in the past with other clubs in admin (wakey etc...) so that thier crazy fixture system didnt de rail the whole competition.

Lets hope Salford get to round one, then they might hav a chance of some help from the RFL!

If credence can be given to recent comments by Salford Mayor, Ian Stuart that the Reds have already received loans from Salford Council of £1.5M, and that the Council are rejecting an ask of a further loan of £750,000 then the Reds are in dire straights in the amount of loan they need to stay alive.
He says that the Reds have a cash flow problem and have failed to pay their rent on the stadium and that fans are part of the solution.

"Fans are part of the solution", sounds like there is no-one with serious cash waiting in the wings, but they are leaving it a bit late to sort anything out for this season and it's fair to say that £750K would be a hell of a lot to ask the fans for.

Sadly I can't see a way forward for Salford. At least here at Bradford we have a potential fan base exceeding 10k which gives us some hope of future sustainability. The 3/4k Salford support is simply not enough. Perhaps if they changed their name to Manchester Reds they might be able to garner a bit more support but from what i've read the supporters would rather see the club die than see that scenario!

From the T&A today...

Contrary to reports, meanwhile, Bulls coach Francis Cummins has not tried to recruit Salford assistant coach Sean Long onto his coaching staff.

It is understood the former St Helens scrum half contacted Cummins about potential vacancies in the light of the uncertainty surrounding Salford's future.