We're in the bottom echelons because of money. Plain and simple.

We don't have enough to throw at everything. Not enough for effective marketing. Not enough to attract big name signings. Not enough to employ the right people in the right roles. The spiral continues downward because the knock-on effects are poorer performances which equal poorer crowds which in turn means less bums on seats. Less bums on seats means a lower cap and lower income which brings us full circle to the fact that we don't have enough money.

Blaming one particular area out of many areas that need improving is just being blinkered. I'm not for or against JW as I'm not stupid enough to presume the ins and outs of running large businesses, however, without his cash the Club would have folded years ago because of the financial catch-22 we're in.

Marketing would be a tad easier if fans get treated royally on the pitch. So, Salford open new stadium with a loss to a club who are financially broke.

Way to go.

Get together and organise an Effort to commission a statue of Gus Risman and erect it out side the stadium.Sale cannot match Salford for history and tradition

It was like watching Brazil play Fax town reserves

We had a bare 17 fit players to choose from, they had players all genuine 1 st teamers starting the game

If they play like that against you ,you'll put 50 on them, the pies 100

Then add a stadium with no roof on the toilets and concourses

I really do fear for Salford now

Very possibly Starbug, as Salford's last "reason" for not kicking on to being a competitive SL team has now been removed i.e. the Willows.

They have less than 3 years to sort themselves out now.

Is it the same Steve Diamond who defected from rugby union to play for Wakefield Trinity at the end of the seventies and early eighties, and even played in our 1979 Wembley final against Widnes alongside other union defectors like Keith Smith and Mike Lampkowski? The point I'm making is that rugby league served him well when it suited him, financially, and with a Wembley final under his belt, arguably provided him with his career highlight.

TB
You can't keep blaming catch 22 financial hazards as to what are holding the club back. Surely the chairman has to take the responsibility of how pathetic the club is run, or to come up with some positive strategy to run his business correctly to avoid these hazards. It's fiasco after fiasco after fiasco every day at this club. I too don't know the ins and outs of running a business, but he does in abundance. His appointments and marketing structures have been nothing short of appaulling. Nothing to do with restraints. There's no excuse. I'm sick of hearing the club would of folded without his hard earned, but the jury's out i'm afraid regarding his judgement. Blinkered my look his track record. I really couldn't give a toss whether he pull's the plug because we'll be known as Manchester in 3 years time with or without JW. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

No. The Steve Diamond who turned out for Trinity, and a few other clubs, was Welsh. The Steve Diamond at Sale is a former England rugby union hooker.

Salford need to be battering manchester, with offers, promo's, flyers giveaways, just to let the people know who Salford City Reds actually are.
You seem to just be an invisible blob, which is just going to be pushed aside by Sale from reports, seeing them put Blue seats into your stadium is a bad enough indication. Manchester is the 3rd biggest city in England, yet Salford were averaging something pathetic last season!
If you get the crowds in for the new stadium, it'll be great, but the biggest achievement would be getting them to stay, and thats what you have to do, if you can reach 7-8k average this season you can builld on it, and finally show the potential.

good luck for the new season, and hopefully on my next trip to Manchester i see some flyers regarding the new season!

Manchester may be the third biggest city but it has the highest supported football teams in the land, which reflects on what Salford can do, but a mate of mine who lives in Weaste picked us up after the match yeasterday, he was coming back from Tesco's he had no idea that Salford were playing.

That's good to hear. My fond memory of him remains intact.

Havn't had time to read throught the thread, but a mate at work who is close to people inside Stockport County told me that Sale Sharks will become 'North West Sharks' in an attempt to become a bigger brand. They will base themselves in Salford and play games around the region.

Hope they fall flat on their faces.

They already present themselves as the peak of a pyramid of "rugby" in the north-west. So very probably. I'll keep my ears open as I work spitting distance from Stockport's ground.

I thought Leeds,Sheffield,Bradford and Liverpool had a greater population than Manchester.

Population wise, Manchester is the 9th biggest city in the UK