Wondering how many of the Reds fans are wishing they had attended today .

being honest our die hard hardcore nucleus of home fans is prob 3200,att 2800 today with say getting on for 800 from bratfud so there was at least 1200 who made the wrong choice,bet they was gutted switching channels and seeing us ripping the bulls apart while manchinis millionaires spoilt there day!

salfords average of 5000 is good enough in their old ground and a team devoid of any real success

ive little doubt the new ground will turn the club around with crowds reaching 10k, revenues growing and the club being able to field a strong side on the park

in addition theyll improve junior development in the area

the RFLs faith in sallford is most certainly justified

despite numerous setbacks the new stadium will soon be a reality

Wow what's happened to the VT these days? I fully expected a 9 page thread by now demanding that not only Salford be banished from Super League forthwith but additionally the public beheading of every citizen of Salford for not attending the match. Instead I find a few grumbles mixed in with some sympathy about the horrific scheduling for the match, come on VT'ers you're better than this!

In all honesty I think all Salford fans feared the worst for the attendance yesterday as soon as the dates of the respective FA Cup semi's were announced. On the back of 2 abject performances & the continuing off-field shenanigans of the last few weeks it was only going to get worse. Also I dread to think what the following to Huddersfield will be like next Tuesday given ANOTHER clash with a Man Utd semi-final.

Salford won't get 10,000 on a regular basis. That's just fantasy talk. They'll hovver around the 5,000 mark which is OK for a nice little club like them. Looks like it's going to be a nice tidy stadium too with Sale being the principle tenants at some point in the near future.

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He's spot on there , if you think their attendances will suddenly shoot up because of Barton , you are sadly mistaken , it would need a massive marketing spend in the millions over 4/5 years to get anywhere near 10,000

Depends which way you look at it. You can be negative but if you look at the crowds Hull and Warrington were getting before they moved ground-around a 6k average, to what they average in their new stadiums they get around 11k and 13k. I hope Salford can emulate this and push the 10k mark.

Jonny it's not that we don't ' hope ' just like everybody else , and we aren't being ' negative ' , just realistic , in fact a bit more realism in RL would be very welcome IMO

Where's the proof that they won't get increased attendances? Both Super League clubs that have moved into new grounds have had massive increases so why won't Salford?

Proof?There is no proof Jonny,it's just an opinion,a realistic one that I also share.It's going to be almost insurmountable for Salford to pull a 10000 average in such a soccer hot bed.I think gates will increase at first due to the novelty factor,maybe around 7000 ish, but will probably level off back to the 4500/5000 mark.Just because Hull and Warrington have attracted extra thousands it doesn't automatically follow for every club in a new stadium.

When you are starting at such a low base level it would need a very dramatic incease for them to be respectable. HAs anyone increased 125%?