When did something similar it was was flawed.

We mainly did it in the winter meaning it was bitterly cold (I remember it was open for the first game at the stadium again Cas), we did it on the unpaved bit of the parking area and it was uneven and then the last time we did it the band that were playing I'm sure had borrowed the PA system from Spinal Tap it was that loud.

Proper bars, a bit of chow on sale and music loud enough that people can have a chat rather than shout at each other would be a good yard stick.

Interesting thread:

1. The marquee, with proper bar and ale, tv's, heated (shark tank) is a stadium thing not Sale, which will be there for their whole season ( which surely leads to why they don't do similar for the Reds)
2. Why compare crowds? Sale opening crowd of 4500, in middle of RWC where people have paid £000's probably looks good compared to our crowd.
3. As someone else mentioned Sale owner has sold EP so they won't return there. The reason they moved was because they were being fined 6 figure numbers a year as it didn't meet min standards.(RL supposedly had those years ago, hence our move while Cas, Wakey just ignored them and they have now been dropped)
4. Rather than running Sale down, why do we not look at what they do well and copy it?
Eg. They charge extra for stadium car park and use the money to run FREE shuttle buses to the Trafford Centre.

Their average crowd last year was nearly 7k so rather than hating maybe we should look at what they do and copy the good bits?

Just a thought

Ok wasn't aware that Edley park had been sold, just leaves them with a big training complex at Carrington then.

From speaking to Sale fans i still think they've embraced the move alot more than we have, obviously the main gripe has been access to / from but this is to be eased pretty soon.

Apart from that they seem to enjoy their stadium experience, what's the difference?

They've been nomads for years, so a modern, settled venue seems more appealing to them. We've just had the loss of a spiritual home, and Salford fans have had trouble adjusting. They make the most out of what's available, we mope around about what we've not got.

Think you've possibly hit the nail there Butcher

Many Salford fans are moaning b'stards?

I never see that much of a difference when you leave the Pie Dome after a game and shlep to the train station to get an impossibly early last bus towards civilisation.

We have a cracking modern stadium, next to a motorway junction, onsite bespoke training facilities for the players, a huge new pub on the doorstep, a link road directly taking you to the Chav window shopping mecca of Manchester 6 months from completion and the pies they sell at half time deserve a thread of their own

We could have gold taps, vibrating lazy boy seats, Angelina Jolie/Brad Pit as personal fluffers and our own on site brewery and some would complain.