Not wishing to bash Salford, BUT...the owner must be secretely getting fed up now with the realisation that the support is never going to pick-up. 3000+ for a Super League game is shocking. Didn't he have visions of 10,000+ attendances when he took over? I still genuinely believe that it's largely geography that's the problem; in that area you simply have too much competition for support. I haven't looked at domestic RU attendances lately, but I'd wager that Sale draw three times as many people as were there last night.
He is clearly passionate about our sport, but ATEOTD he is first and foremost a businessman, and such people do not acquire their fortunes by throwing it away for extended periods of time.
I still fear for Salford that he might realise he was mistaken about their potential and pull the plug at any time.

Marwan wont walk :-

a) He signed up to a long term CVA (10 yrs +) to repay old creditors
b) He wont walk away from his personal £5 mill + input
c) He loves Rugby League


Sale - Their attendances vary between 3,000 & 8,000 depending on away followng.

The new road will help ease of access and with luck attract new fans.

Sadly, the area is a football-orientated region. Two of the "top 5 clubs" play very close and many RL clubs would kill for the support other football teams get ... even lowly Stockport.
I would hate to compare to Sale's figures as they are more successful at marketing/media and (more importantly) the way they are counted differs from how Salford counts their crowd.

Yes, it's a concern.

Nothing has changed since Marwan took over. We had a brief spell of major marketing after signing the likes of Chase, Puletua, Meli, Hock, Morley, Hansen etc and I remember the crowd for that first game of the season vs Wakefield was 6,500. Since the disasters which were the two seasons that's followed our marketing had died a death and as a result crowds have gone back to what I would consider the "core" support.

This is the best Salford team (granted not on paper) that we've had for many years, they play some very entertaining stuff and deserve a bigger effort from the club from a marketing perspective. We don't even do the basics ie posters in and around Salford etc.

Just checked: in "Division One" (the new-speak version of the 3rd Division), Wigan Latics averaged 9467, Oldham Latics 4361, Bury 3751, and Rochdale 3098. This division is not seen as an attractive place to attract fans. But even Stockport County average 3082 and FC United of Manchester average 3394 and they are/were not in a national division.
If we go up to the Championship, we go into the 10000+ area for the Three Bs.
Then there is the TV audience: I have friends who watch 3-4 matches a weekend.

RL is a very junior relative.

Salford played very well and were clinical with ball in hand.
It looked a game too far for Wakefield and the short turnaround didn't help (plus the poor discipline).
Salford could be a dark horse in the 8's, especially if they get some points back.