Is the number of ticket sales generated for Sunday. Are we an embarrassment of a professional sports club? What is going wrong? After the preseason build up and the following we took to Warrington, was a real buzz around Salford, everyone wanted a ticket for Wire. Has the Saint Helens result done more damage that is imaginable? Honestly dumbfounded at those ticket sales. What is so wrong?

I'm afraid to say we've not got a big fan base! Simple as that.
Maybe more wins might bring a few more in but it's a football area plain and simple!

I still believe there is a buzz at the club, especially after the last 2 games.

i don't know what else we can do, we are streets ahead of Cas and Huddersfield after watching last nights games.

i personally have a great feeling about the next few games.

COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would imagine the reasons are; defeat at Warrington despite great support, hammering off Saints in front of the TV cameras (cries of same old Salford), the bad press following Gareth Hocks ban and subsequent release from the club, the bad press following the clubs acceptance for Scotland RU to discuss terms with Kevin Locke and then this week a further story about some dancing. All I ever seem to be asked is, what's going on at Salford?

You just don’t hear about any of this stuff coming from other clubs. It’s been a very disruptive start and even following the internet hit of Rangi’s try and the great result last weekend we still managed to churn out a negative story.

I know it’s also mothers day, but will this shut the “bring back Sunday afternoon games” brigade up?

Hopefully be a few walk-ups on the day. Not everyone pre-orders.

Saying that, it's pretty much the same old story for the locals. I know everyone says the same old mantra of 'When we string a good run together they'll come back.' Myself included. The trouble is, I'm not sure I actually believe it anymore. Short of being top of the league and winning every game, I just don't think this hope of returnees is actually going to happen. One sniff of a poor game and they stay at home.

The only thing we can do is be stronger at home. It's the only way we can get some of the fickler fans to trickle back.

I'm beginning to think that the City of Salford don't really deserve the Club. They simply don't give a toss, which is a shame for the die-hard and passionate Salford born supporters. I just hope MK doesn't see it the way I do at the moment.

Interestingly, I saw Marwan tweet a reply to someone the other day that included something along the lines of "I won't be here forever". The comment's since been deleted though and I can't remember the rest of it to put it into context.

This.

Maybe the club should go on the road in 2016.

I’d imagine pre sales for home tickets are pretty similar for most games just it has never been disclosed before. Most non season ticket holders will pick their tickets up on the day of the game, the number of pre sales doesn’t surprise me in the slightest. The attendance will be no higher than 3.2k, no matter what the Sunday brigade say. Going off the Friday/Sunday poll on twitter and the way people go on about Sunday rugby on here we should be getting 6k easy to every home Sunday home game. Friday or Sunday it makes no difference whatsoever, that my friends is fact. If anything I’d imagine we get less corporates on Sunday!!

This isn't true, several times last season Vickers mentioned decent pre-match ticket sales.

Found the Doc's not-deleted tweetMarwan Koukash @drmarwanK
@salfordred @mart_vickers @NeilBarker14 you are 100% spot on mate and I hope 5k like you do turn up on Sunday. I won't be here for ever'"

Last seasons home game against Wakefield attracted 7,200 fans. The interest is there, the problem is they're just not very interested at the moment and who can blame them? If I was a 'floating fan' I would much rather stay at home, watch United and then go out for dinner with my Mum.

How many RL clubs sell thousands of tickets in advance for standard league games? Apart from the big clubs, the majority of the crowd figure for any game will be ST holders plus walk up fans on the day. There is no real requirement to pre order tickets in RL for most games. A £2 pre order discount makes little or no difference really.

Sadly the predictable 'Salford public are not interested' line is being trotted out already at the first opportunity. I look forward to a list of 30 positives of on the road games being drawn up over the course of the season.

Could more be done to enhance the entire match day experience? Live music in and outside the stadium? Emerging local bands that need the exposure?

Cheaper or subsidised beer? Sponsorship - free samples, gifts or services?

Or why not create a large marquee area outside the stadium for local companies to exhibit and advertise. For instance to attract more women why not ask local salons to consider free pre match hair do's, nail polishing or makeover etc. Or local food shops to offer free samples? Car Manufacturers - free test drive around a small area of the carpark? The possibilities are endless. Perhaps have a system where you have to show your match ticket to qualify? Give these local firms a free pitch or stand and an advert in the match programme in return.

This is the kind of thing they seem to do very well at sports events in America. You have to think outside the box sometimes. It's all well and good officials at the club whining about numbers, but what are the club actually doing effectively to improve it?

Hello TS - Hope you are fit & well.

I am - at this minute - drawing up a list of venues for 2016 which I will give to MK at the end of the season unless ............................thousands start turning up.

Salford - on paper - have never had a more attractive team on view since the Snape Days or maybe 2 generations.

Vickers is coming across as massive bell end on Twitter if he thinks the way to attract fans is by being sarcastic and slagging potential fans off he’s sadly mistaken, if he seriously thinks that because we have won 6 out of 8 homes games then thousands will come flocking in he is in dream land, is he forgetting the massive losing streak we also went on last season? We all know Salford isn’t a big RL area and the sad fact is we will not attract any more than the hard core until we start winning games and actually living up to all the hype, if we did become successful whilst not attracting mass amounts in my opinion we could average around 6.5k. The simple reason for the poor attendances are years of and false dawns.

2007 –14th on 13 and were relegated.
2009 – 13th
2010 – 12th
2011 – 11th
2012 – 11th
2013 – 14th
2014 – 10th

2015 – we start with a loss and another hammering, things look to be picking up but it’s going to take time.

Sunday rugby doesn’t make a difference in fact I bet we have averaged more on Fridays than we have on Sundays over the years (?). And for me this is why I don’t like Sunday’s because they clash with football.

I do get where he is coming from in the sense that people do make up some ridiculous excuses not to attend the games but at the moment we are giving them reason to make those excuses, if we get the product right on the field and we are still in the same position then it’s time to worry.

I really don’t see the benefits in Vickers taking to social media the slag the Salford public off, he beginning to get on my fu*king tits.