About 20 minutes before the game someone working in the ticket office said over 9,000 tickets have been sold, that's clearly a lie and I don't get why they would need to lie about that. Just over 5k for the first ever Super League game at a new stadium, weather aside it was an awful turn out and the performance wasn't much better, don't see how we're going to survive for much longer.

12 of us went tonight,6 regulars,4 ex regulars and 2 new lads.The day was cracking,the rugby and the experience served up to us at the iconic stadium was well laughable.The 4 ex and the 2 new lads want to do it again without the rugby thrown in.Sums it up really.That lot behind the scenes have had months to plan this event,an they come up with that.What makes it worse in my eyes we were on telly,i don`t know what it looked from there but we the regulars were embarrassed.Has for the game,never looked like winning it,beaten in every department,won`t knock the effort i thought the lads had a go,but soundly beaten.

Yes, from a neutral's perspective, it looked pretty shabby.....You won't have won any new fans who were watching, with a mind to visit at a later date.

Your marketing department needs to go to work big time.

Pretty difficult marketing that load of rubbish especially when RL is a minority sport in this area! Until a mystery millionaire comes along and Salford actually put a team together who can compete and win trophies then those type of gates and less will continue!

Totally agree,but that tonight was pathetic,it was`nt snowing when the fixtures were set,it wasn`t freezing cold when we had 10000 at the willows for our last game their,i if i was`nt a Salford supporter would`nt know we had moved,let alone been playing tonight,and i live in the heart of Salford.How i feel its get the prawn sandwich brigade in for a jolly knees up and balls to the true fans,put them in the cow sheds.

there was a full pagr advert in this weeks Advertiser, but unfortunately half the city don't get it delivered anymore now it is edited in Stockport, perhaps we as fans take on the mantle and try and sell the club to others, because we live in a city with some of the lowest circulations for local press in the country so that may not be an option. We need to mobilise and print off posters and ask local shops to put them up because that is the only way people will get to know.

Bigpev, I watched the game on TV and in all honsety, no matter how much extra advertising you want to do, you won't get fans turning up to watch a team who despite getting there noses in front failed to push on or show any backbone for a fight to match the oposition.Salford still remain at best a good championship team in there present format.
That advert to which you refer was actually in the advertiser on two pages but that doesn't matter, nor does posting endless posters.At the end of the day that stadium was built there so millons of care drivers would see it day in and day out, which they clearly do and yes i appreciate unless you know what it's used for your not likely to come but that is where advertising should be concentraited.Any true Salford fan from the Willows era will go come what may.The club will have lost fans due to it's move that is inevatable, but your club has a ready made audience passing every day and the only way you will get close to hitting that 8k breakeven is to get a team on the pitch who wants to compete.

Wrong eh? 8300 sold eh? You telling me nearly 4000 bought tkts and did not turn up cos of a cm of snow?
Pathetic as I feared! The "new shed" was a joke and totally out sung by Cas fans! We don't deserve super league let alone a new stadium.......and as for the team!

Welcome to my world matey......

Pev,please mate,it won`t work,god i have tried over the years,what i find is word of mouth,yeah, telling lies about how great our team is,and what a fantsatic sport ours is,well maybe that isnt a lie after all,but our team is. We don`t get the local rag here either,tonight i took 2 neighbours to there first ever game of rugby league.

I feel for you Shedite, this has been going on for 30 years with these fiasco's and it isn't going to get any better until the right people are put in the right places regarding off the field matters.... How right was Matt Parish......

Enough said,now is the time to all stick together,and try for the sake of our beloved club,because if we don`t who will,to come together,this is our last chance lads.

And you watched on tv?

To be fair I thought the attendance was not that bad as an outsider. Given that as an outsider , most of what I've heard from Salford in the off season has been more about the coach leaving than the new stadia, then I imagine that is what most potential new fans have seen. So any new fans has to be an improvement given the offseason.

Salford held their own for most of the match, it was not a whitewash unlike the pitch, but Salford are always going to need a full side out to match other teams on the field. The loss of Godwin takes out a key player. Then there was the forced change with the fella who got knocked senseless by the ball in his face.

With the turmoil in the offseason I was actually expecting alot worse for Salford, maybe even challenging Widnes for the wooden spoon. Most expect Castleford to make the top 8 this year, if you can get your pack going a little better it may not be all doom and gloom. Smith had a few nice touches and swept the line well from some kicks. But he needs back up at half back and there are a fair few knocking about SL nowa days. Don't know about the salford academy, but I know some wigan fans have mentioned they have a young fella they hope to be a good prospect for the future. Maybe worth looking at who is out there on a loan deal if holdworth is not up to it.