" Stefan Ratchford was reportedly made a good offer, has that money disappeared?" To focus on this:

the directors who can pay for the signings are making a decision that it is worth dipping into their reserves to keep such a good player. Once he is not there as a purchase, that money disappears for other - non Salford - uses.

Basic business procedure by share holders.

MR is right to an extent -that I fear - but I began supporting way back in the 60's so "false dawns" are my make up.

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Hopefully our new coach will bring about an improvement in some of our underpeformers such as Sidlow.

That's as positive as it gets until we replace Cashmere with someone who'll takeover his workload.

Bingo.....

The reason we haven't announced any new signings is because we won't be making any.... The salary cap is 1.6 million!....this year we came in at just under a million. Next year we are going to be reducing that by just over 200k.

Sad news I know but with that news is to come some more shocking news. News the fans I feel will be shocked and disappointed at. More than a shake up. More like a wipe out....

Some people have hit the nail on the head about using a pigs ear. ETC ETC. But what's not yet known is that it will be done using a cows hole. and all because MP has been told to slash the squad and reduce the deficit by 200k for next year.

Saying that rather than starting a new thread ( "he's going" ) I'd be interested to see who people think will get the boot and why on this thread. Or who won't and why etc.
Forgot the new signings....grab an autograph of your favourite Salford player while you can...

Well...that's not very positive.

where have you got this from?

Just cant see how its true? Surely with pattern...DJ, Feka, Cashmere, straight away....thats prob 400k on salary cap......I suspect its more like 1.2 million we spend

Why would they be reducing it? surely Wilko wouldnt do this as we move into stadium it would be suicide

Also, why would Parrish even take the job if he knew he had nowt to work with

...think you may need to back this one up with a credible source

It is true. And time will prove it is true.

I Will not name my sources but trust me they are accurate sources.

As I said expect a few shocks over the coming weeks and months in terms of our squad.

I am sorry to leave you in limbo but this is what's going on behind closed doors

Genie

surely we wouldnt employ long then if we needed to cut bills by 200k?

Also, why is it happening....do directors not want to put any more money in? just cant believe they would do this when moving to new staidum!!??

If any of this turns out to be true then your cap next year will match Wakeys of this year making it difficult to compete.

Pure speculation on my part but could the image rights thing with HMRC be coming to a head with RL clubs. Wakey having gone into admin are not affected some clubs its rumoured will have huge bills. Leeds are fighting it through a legal challenge.

Have to say I'm completely ignorant about this image right stuff - but how can a group of sportsman who are barely known in their local area have much of a knock on effect with image rights?

For heavens sake,trust the directors.
They will do the right thing

I heard a few Superleague clubs were hit with the image rights problem but I heard Salford aren't one of them. If there is any truth in the club reducing the wage bill next year I can only assume it's due to the poor crowds this year. The economic climate and all the turmoil surrounding the coaching won't have helped after pushing the boat out in the final year at the Willows.

I seriously think the club should consider changing to Sundays next year due to the problem of away fans not wanting to travel during rush hour on Fridays.

We definitely should not be playing Yorkshire teams on a Friday night. Anyone who has travelled across will know that it is almost a car park at that time of day on the M62. I only travel at that time of day for work commitments. No leisure reason would encourage me to do that trip.

Due to our mediocre crowds the Club makes more money off the corporate side of things on a Friday night than on a Sunday. I'm presuming that the slight increase in crowd numbers, boosted by extra away support if we played on Sundays, is less viable financially than the corporate £ on Fridays. Sad state of affairs all round. I don't know whether to be depressed that the Club turns it's back on its fan base or depressed that RL Clubs have to actually make that decision due to the modern climate.

I suppose if our crowds increased and became an option financially then you would see us move back to Sundays. This Friday vs Sunday debate has gone on forever anyway, but imo we should move back to Sundays when we move to Barton. More chance of dragging in disgruntled Dads who don't want to be dragged around the Trafford Centre all day. More chance for Families to make a day of it with all the best facilities at the Trafford Centre on hand. Plus, no rush hour traffic to contend with. If we want to attract new fans then Sundays will afford a better chance than a Friday night imo.

Having listened to the Baz and Tez weekly podcast, Terry O'Connor seems to think there could be some wholesale changes at Matt Parish's request. I would suggest MP wants rid of players like Anderson and Feka, the, suppoedly, experienced players who aren't giving the Reds the best of that ability.

We all know Salford have never been flush with cash, but are the club's directors really going to leave the playing squad in such a bad shape, in what's the most important season the club have had in a decades?

This £200,000 that needs cutting from the playing budget, could be the money Matt Parish needs to bring in the players he wants. Cashmere, Anderson, Feka and Ratchford probably make up +£200,000 of our budget.

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