There are many things the club can improve on which don't cost any money. For example, the travel info on the official website still has directions to the Galpharm even though the game is at Man city FC. It's not all about needing a 'fairy godfather' to come in. There are plenty of basics which can also be improved on with little or no cost to the club.

Agree with that Karlos but these will be small savings when comparing with the massive debt we have.

Well its taken 30yrs to get us where we are now,if that does`nt deserve criticism i don`t know what does.You stated that there is 30 benefits of the dark side moving in and yet when asked what are they you have`nt come up with one.Absolutely typical.Oh and as for supporting the club i`m at every home game,most away games,pay into the lottery,and have done for many many years.So yeah i will protest,that is my right and the likes of you will not stop me. It is not our club anymore,its for the corporate dollar on a friday night,when was the last time you felt you where part of the club.The true fans of this club have been pushed away into cow sheds and forgotten about,given little or no information what the club is actually doing.Its a mess,and if you think its all ok because the dark side have moved in well more fool you.

Well put MM

I see Early Bath is still trying to accumulate 30 benefits. He and his croney JW could hide behind the same corkscrew.

What concerns me is where are the future Salford fans going to come from,its a disgrace how this club is in the its in.

No,you're wrong,it's not a disgrace.
It's an absolute miracle that we are still seeing Super League rugby with the lack of support that exists.
You forget all the clubs that have fallen by the wayside whist we've been in your so called disgraceful state!

No i`m not.The lack of support ,well its been said on here that the people of Salford don`t care about the rugby club.I put it to you ,its the other way round.Has for other clubs falling by the wayside,well perhaps they did`nt have the benefit of their tax payers giving them loans and contributing a massive amount of money to build a stadium for them.

Sorry to bring this back to the top BUT - in the hope that we defeat Castleford next Sunday - and then Wakefield get the go-ahead for a new stadium some days later - that will leave Bradford and Castleford without a shiny new stadia for the immediate future and not the best on-field results for either club in recent years despite Bradford being allowed to live beyond their means,regarding player purchase,which the Licensing was meant to prevent.

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If it wasn't for 4 clubs entering Championship 1 for 2013 and the return to promotion and relegation into/from the Championship it may have been possible that both Yorkshire clubs had their licence revoked at the end of the year and the possibility of players wanting to come to Salford.I cannot see it happening but the assistance given to Bradford with the purchase of Odsal and the leasing back does appear unfair.
It would also seem that the forward planning and fiscal prudence is better than at some other clubs.

Looking at Salford can't see anyone wanting to by the club and the franchise system which would not appeal as there is no fairness in game the big clubs with money challenge for honours while we as smaller clubs stick and don't progress and no relegation or nothing to play for why would any invester look to invest where there is a unfair competition. The franchise is already destroying game as clubs are starting to go bust. Where is the attraction to want to get involved in super league. Also look at tv rights it all goes to big clubs that are always on tv even that will put investors off. Are game is sowing since franchise fans ain't stupid why would they pay to go support any team as they know who will challenge league every season so there is know way any one will invest in are game for these reasons.

Sorry but I just don't agree with that - whilst I'm not 100% behind the franchise system (I'd rather see promotion and relegation), I believe there have been some benefits - bringing the salary cap in has levelled the playing field (to some degree) and there is more competition than there was a few years back. What is clear though is that any club needs backing to be able to support a good coaching setup AND spend up to the max cap without bankrupting the club - if SCR could find an Ian Lenagan character it would be brilliant.

To say there is no fairness is completely wrong - we live in a free market world, the league is constituted up to an agreed set of rules so we operate within that - inevitably there will be winners and losers - isn't that what sport is all about?

It's the other way around, surely. Why would anyone want to invest in a Super League club when there is a chance that it could lose its place in Super League and, with it, a major part of its income at the end of the year?

And for a club that's 'not progressing', we have a new stadium and a team that is gaining the respect of fans of other clubs because of the style of rugby we're playing.

How is the competition 'unfair'? How would promotion and relegation lead to more clubs challenging for honours?



The franchise system is nothing to do with clubs going bust. Oldham, Workington, etc. all went bust under a system of promotion and relegation. Clubs go bust because they are badly run.



And aren't the TV rights shared equally between all Super League clubs?



Are attendances falling across the board in Super League?

Ken Davy and Simon Moran invested in clubs that hadn't won anything for years.

To be honest if I was an investor with a few bob looking to come into rugby league, then Salford would be the best bet, yes the Reds have been crap for ages but Salford has the best prospects as a city of any of these RL towns, I reckon if Salford had the relative success that Warrington or Huddersfield have had in recent seasons, you could get a good turn out in Salford and make it a bit of a happening place.