I didn't say Sky is not an important factor in broadcast sport - clearly that would be ludicrous - What I said was Boot n All is a program which preaches to the already converted and whilst it might give us all a warm feeling in the seat of our pants when our beloved Salford is mentioned, I just don't believe that anything said or done on that show has any wider effect in marketing Salford!

That's not to say that the club (business for that is what it is!) doesn't need a tremendous effort, and a much improved one from past performance, to get where we all want to be - All I am saying is that you need to concentrate your efforts where you will get most return and Boots n All is NOT it!!

Hands up who actually watch "boots n' all" it is a very poor sports programme with very limited information about Rugby League, only a few clubs get any real mentions with others just glazed over, even the name is a joke, look at other sports covered by Sky, football programmes are not called "Shin pads and kisses" the Yawnian sports programme is not called "ra ra grunt and groan" so why is ours not called something serious?
As for the MEN its main Rugby League writer is now gearing up for the football season, the Bolton Evening News has more in it about rugby league mainly Wigan, but its there.
We don't do press releases Sale do a daily one thats why it is in the MEN daily, Journos like not having to do much, do the work for them and it gets coverage, ask them to do it and nothing happens.

How can anyone defend the fuc*ing club on this, we moan about not getting any coverage and when we get the chance we balls it up. A simple we cant give a statement as we don't own the stadium but will ask the council/peel if they would like to comment wouldn't be rocket science would it?

If it was a one of then i wouldn't be to bothered but surely people must see the club is run by a set of armatures, take for example the other month they posted on the website about a "stadium party" but then back tracked in what they wrote on the website and changed it, whilst the Stadium getting built is great news surely people must see this is poor admin work by the people who are meant to run the club. Not to mention my mate who ordered a baby Salford top for his nephew which hadn't turned up 4 yes 4 months later, despite the club saying every week it would do. I can go on & on but im starting to depress myself!

Don't get me wrong Salford RL is my passion, my love & my life, but we cannot go on with the MCNUGGET brothers trying to run it, all they do is patrol the back of the shed like there some sort of forced to be reckoned with. Its like having the chuckle brothers running the club!

Im also pis*ed of with people on here thinking they are bigger and better fans than others, well guess what your not people pay there money just like you, i am more than happy to have reasonable debates with people and am also happy to accept that not everyone will agree on everything that's a fact of life, but the sheer number of people who think they are above other fans on here is diabolical. You all stand there in your little groups and do nothing but slag fans of if they say a bad word about the club looking down your noses.

MCNUGGETS OUT!

Im sorry for dooming and glooming here but some people need a wake up call.

"but surely people must see the club is run by a set of armatures"

interesting prospect

Armature pun alert:

Does that mean they are setting up the framework for a very successful club?














I'll get my coat

I'll go out on a limb and get myself involved in this foolery.

They were always going to be aramaturish as it blatently costs and arm and leg to be anything else LOL.

Out of all that people point out one spelling mistake, i wonder if that's because you know i have a very valid point or are you still going to stick up for the club yet again.

If you want me to go on i will, didn't the club say they were going to show a DVD before a game (think it was this season?) and then when people turned out to watch it there was nothing of the sort. I actually remember people on here moaning about it. There is just another example of how our club is run.

But if people are happy with it then fine......

If you drop a quid do you struggle to bend over and pick it up with that rod jammed up your ar$e - jeezuz it's called humour.

And for what's worth some of what you say I agree with but then fail to see your point on others.

That sounds far-fetched. I can't take another word seriously.

For what its worth I heard from a source at the club that the council/peel have insisted that only they as the developer can make official statements about the progress of the new stadium. Apparently the club tried contacting the relevent people but they were on holiday. However, this does not excuse the person responsible at the club for not phoning Sky back to explain the situation. I am in no doubt that the Chairman will be bouncing off the ceiling when he returns from holiday this weekend.

There has been much critisism about lack of information by many fans and I think this explains the lack of PR about the new stadium from the club. The problem I see is that the council/peel don't understand or aren't interested in the business/marketing needs for the club to keep its supporters and the media updated.

I'm not defending the member of staff at the club because this person obviously f*ck*d up by not phoning sky back. I do think though that sometimes a few of us including myself at times are quick to over criticise the club at every possible opportunity.

It's very obvious everything is progressing, I drove past the site on Tuesday and there must have been about a dozen big diggers and numerous earth moving trucks!

True indeed. I went past this morning & after being hacked off for the last 2 days by the 'Boots n'all' fiasco it was refreshing to see the amont of activity on the site. When I told my boss what was going on there he remarked that there seemed to be a sense of urgency with the amount of plant on there. I neglected to tell him that it had taken us nearly 4 years to get from the NWDA clearence to get to this point.

Are the "mcnugget bros" in charge of p.r at the club??
if not,whoever is, really does need to PICK UP THERE P.45 ASAP!!
No excuses on this cock up end of!

I did mention this a few weeks ago but have now had it confirmed that a healthy bonus is payable if the work is finished before the scheduled date, think all that can stop that now is a typical monsoon summer, let's hope that we get the driest on record.

Does anyone know if the current work is finished ahead of time if the actually building work will start earlier than planned? for me the more work done on site by the time the application for the next franchise is deliveredthe better it looks for us.

No because there will already be a Development Schedule with confirmed dates for submitting tenders, choosing the main contractor, awarding the contract and starting the work. There is always a time period between being awarded the contract and starting the work. This allows the contractor to have the manpower, equipment and any initial materials needed in place.

We don't know if the remediation contractor is ahead of schedule or not? but if they are it may be because they have another contract to move on to after this one.

Been past today on my way to Irlam and the site looked very busy. While not as angry as some posters i am surprised we missed this opportunity to state the progress made. For years Salford has been constantly criticised by Fans from all clubs including our own fans, openly deriding our efforts to get a stadium built. So many false starts had us all believing nothing would ever happen. But now it has and whatever we may think of Boots and All, it is watched by fans from other clubs. This seemed an opportunity to show RL doubters that we have finally got under way. If other chances to bang our drum come along we must take them. I cant believe no-one at the club had the authority to speak to Sky while Mr Chairman is away but if that is the case then next time lets appoint a spokesman who can keep all media outlets up to date.