Things not looking rosy... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/20029722

Things not looking rosy... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/20029722

no

can't really blame the council, they have to make huge savings this year if they are like most other councils and 750k, though in theory a loan, would be too risky, as they may not have been paid back in full or at all

feel sorry for the salford fans but this has been on the cards since the support didnt increase much with the new stadium, and they need an 8000 average according to this rlreportrl

A move like Salford did needed a massive marketing campaign to get the required results ( an extra 4,000 ) they didnt, so it didnt, the days of fans turning up in amazement at cantilever stands has long gone

A company building a stadium that Salford have no claim on progress? For me they've gone backwards.

No - they will step down to NL 1 and not be replaced. 13 teams next year and a total revision of the fixture list.

What will they do with the new stadium if they go bust it will be a white elephant

Nothing to worry about - after recent events, I'm sure that the Big Nige will ride in on his white low loader to save the day.

I would say Sale are still there but they are at the bottom of the table i think so could be in the Championship next season.

Sale Sharks and the possibility of a reserve footy team maybe ?

To be frank, the idea that Salford would remotely get the crowds the wanted in season one were laughable - maybe if they had won the cup or charged to the top of the league, neither of which were going to happen either.

Someone at Salford got their business plan very wrong, simple as that.

Which is what a lot of Salford fans had been saying for years whist watching the club pursue a "build it and they will come" business plan. The club would point out the visibility of the stadium from the motorway, the fans would point out how Walsall FC are hardly giants in their game from a similar prominent position, and the reply would be "well, that's different".

the new stadium was needed but was forced upon by the RFL and not owning the stadium we had only attendance and corporate as are only income, wheres the willows we had a far more healthy income. with the added investment in players in the final season which was a complete failure with plenty of them on very good money.

this whole franchise is killing are game with rules that you need to be in a nice stadium forcing clubs like wakey,cas,hull kr, to improve or move stadiums, saints own there stadium and appear to have done a decent job in there first year

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I don't think franchising is killing the game at all. I think the initial franchise rules were wrong and it should have been about building a solid business foundation and youth development rather than making sure your stadium looks nice on TV.

Personally I think franchising is the way forward and we need to give it a lot more time. As I have previously said on other threads, its all or nothing.

If we were to go with franchising then it should be a closed shop unless certain rules are broken or a team pulls out. There should be none of this re-apply every 3 years nonsense. All clubs below SL either stay as they are or become feeder clubs for SL teams like they do in Australia.

If we don't want a closed shop then we need to bring back P&R and get rid of the criteria for being an SL team. I believe that if we choose the P&R route then the game will completely fall apart and most teams will go back to being semi-pro within the next 10-15 years.

That's probably true

Salford didnt need a new ground because of Franchising. They needed a new ground because the Willows was a hovel.