Bring back the Red Hot Flames please!

Whatever happened to the Red Hot Flames?

I can only congratulate Dr Koukash on the timing of this.
Just as we reach the nadir with 2 consecutive heavy defeats we now have the coaching staff installed,new branding, and the optimism of new signings to strengthen the squad.
Not only that,he has made the very important addition of making it known how he valued the top class support the players were given from the magnificent followers on Sunday.
This must have given a huge lift to everyone as we now aim for 2 consecutive wins for the first time in 2013.


On another forum someone has hinted that this 'Red Devils' branding may alienate any potential new soccer supporters on the blue side from giving rugby league a go.Any thoughts ?

Master stroke by the Dr, you can buy a club, you can buy a team, but you can not buy heritage. He has recognised this and moved quickly to remind us of our halcyon days, get the marketing machine behind it now and push it for all it is worth. Has won the fans hearts with this in my opinion.

Well I'm a season ticket holder at Salford and Manchester City and it has no bearing on me whatsoever. There might be perhaps 5% of people who are stupid enough to avoid supporting a local RL team based on their name, but if thats the case then so be it.

Easily solved if that's the case. Just drop the "red". Nowt wrong with Salford Devils.

Absolutely not!

Read the history - Les Diables Rouge

LeagueFreak has just bought the domain if you're interested...

I'm well aware of our history. Small price to pay if it distances us from football and gets bums on seats.

I can't make my mind up on Koukash. He's obviously got alot of passion to make the club as big/good as possible, which is great. I do worry though, when clubs start speculating on "lining up major players". You dont know how much of this lining up is agents simply bumping prices up for their clients at their respective clubs or home markets, and before you know it, the deal is dead in the water.
Simms did it for years to little effect, though in saying that I appreciate Koukash has the finances to back himself up.

Salford Red Devils.. meh.. not a fan of nicknames myself especially Warrington's but I suppose it may attract more youngsters who may associate the club with MUFC. I'm not sure what use 3000 free tickets to see a club getting battered does at this stage. It may do more harm than good.

I do hope it all comes off though, and that Salford start getting regular high attendances and start being competitive in the league and cup.

I agree with you with regards to nicknames, but this nickname is part of heritage not just some name picked out of a hat like Bulls, Wolves, Tigers etc. The Red Devils nickname has a massive affinity to Salford RLFC and we need to market it as much as possible. Great Move Dr.

Why not go the whole hog and introduce some gimmicky stunts like fire blazing high out from the top of the goalposts when we score? It is all about entertainment after all.

I can honestly see the Stadium being rebranded 'The Devil's Lair' or something to that effect. It's incredibly cheesy but if it puts bums on seats I'm not going to disregard it straight away as an option.

We just need a new name for the South Stand now any ideas?

I very much doubt re-branding to Salford Red Devils will attract new support, but it might help stay away fans reconnect the club, and it will go down well with the longer serving fans. Good move by the Doc in my opinion, and I agree with ave'it.