[iThe title of this thread isWill Matt be here at the end of next season

I was talking with our new coach on Saturday night and he tells me he's happy at the Reds and is looking forward to the future.

And after speaking with the man I am really confident Matt is the right man for the job, he's full of confidence and he certainly knows what he wants and also he's fully aware of whats needed.

He also said he was amazed by our fans and that was clear to see last Friday night after the game against Huddersfield Giants.

ROLL ON BARTON..[/i

he said much the same at the Forever Reds meeting at the end of July.

Surprised no-one has mention the lenght that MP was in the club for after the game the other night. I for one didn't speak to him personally but from what I saw he was deep in conversation with fans while also holding a fine of carlsberg's finest... if carlsberg did coaches..... On a serious note I think it was refreshing that he took time out to come an interact with the fans although it may have only been for 45 minutes or what ever it was it's small touches like that, that keep fans happy and to hear his opinions from the horses mouth and not from the press twisting his words! Must stop now to prevent it sounding like a MP love fest

Dont know who your on about.....

Not quite, I just think the genuine concerns on here get lost in the deluge of supportive abuse, because we're not winning.

I understand the club offer fans an open forum in which to raise questions and ideas (and cash) directly. I've never been along, probably never will, but surely that's a better environment to affect/discuss change with people who may be able to explain why things are done in a certain way? The greatest reward you'll achieve on here for a raising a poignant issue is 2/3 people telling you who's fault it all is and how quickly they need to be sacked.



I've never tried to appoint myself as any kind of loyalist to the club. I just say it like I see it - a bunch of hard-working people doing their best in a blatantly difficult environment. I don't claim to know much about the running of a pro sports club, but I'm confident 99% of the club's detractors are equally clueless.


I think it's misleading to suggest this forum represents 3 or 4 thousand people. It's clear that a handful of posters here have an agenda or two against certain individuals at the club. There's also a few hilariously fickle members who'll happily get caught up in whatever gets said the loudest, be it good or bad vibes.
I've always had a habit of swimming against the tide or playing Devil's advocate, so you can write-off my retorts as 'arguing for argument sake' if you like (I'm also a t!t, apparently). I'd imagine you're not left with many sincere, genuine contributors. Sadly.

That was a long time ago, I went to one and only two of us turned up (the other vanished to Australia a long time ago) they don't have them any more because of that reason I believe. Not that I agree as even if one person turns up with a concern / query then that's as good as 1000 in my mind. However it'd be nice to get the decision makers down to a Forever Reds meeting at some point soon to discuss things, I'm sure it'd be better attended, and by that I mean all of them, from the Chairman, directors, Chief Exec and everyone one involved, that way if anyone has a direct question / complaint it can be discussed in the open rather than the cloak and dagger sniping stuff by both the fans and the club.

In which case, I agree a presense at the FR meetings (which I've confused with the fans forum) could be a far more valuable hub of discussion than an unnofficial internet forum.

Perhaps. The problem with physical fans forums (i.e. those that exist in the real world) is that people need to turn up in person. Few do. 20... 30... 50 people if you're lucky. Whereas this forum has 30x that reach. And of those, you're getting club staff, players and even directors reading it regularly — as encouraging or harrowing as that may seem.

Forever Reds and ourselves have spoke with the club in the past about the possibility of setting up an account or another type of conduit to engage supporters who contribute to, or at least read, this forum. Maybe it's an idea worth revisiting.

Accepted, but a physical forum would help bypass the anonymous, hateful, lazy drivel that this forum's discussions often descend into.


An e-forum where users are accountable for their contributions [ishould[/i be enough to house sensible debate.

Not necessarily. I've been to fan forums and FR meetings that have encompassed all of the above. That said, very few are willing to step out of their online personas; their comfort zone. So it is a different kettle of fish when one is actually faced with backing up what you say on the Turkey.

The great thing about physical forums is spontaneity and the absence of edit. You can review a post on here, even get somebody to proof read it for you. But once somebody blurts something out in public, it's out there. There have been numerous forums & FR meetings where things have been said and not posted here, on request.



The problem is with more accountability you lose visitors and clout. Although the quality of debate is improved, or destroyed depending on your viewpoint, with more stringent moderation, it probably would be counter-productive as far as creating a conduit between the forum and the club is concerned.

Whilst I'm sure that fat c**t is used to eating things, not just for breakfast, I'm pretty certain he'd be utterly useless in a scrap.



Really? One, I wasn't aware there was any firms at Salford. Secondly, there's never many people out early and back late. On the occasions I've been on those trains I certainly can't remember anyone who fits your description.

Obviously ever seen me then

And for your info theres always a few on the earliest and latest train every week..

Everyone knows GT runs the firm from the jeb end, keeping them nasty away fans from invading the shed, he is like Danny Dyer but with red hair he wont have anything "naughty" going on on the rattler that is for sure

When GT gives you a good hiding in eccles on the Sunday of the Catalan game u will wish u never said that