I tried to split all the mascot chat from the stadium thread, but the start of the thread went missing.

Basically, the chat in brief to this point was that some dislike ignito and others don't.

Iain






Your jesting surely??

It isn't a mascot in any way shape or form?

In my eyes a mascot is a marketing tool to get children interested in thier formative years, create a bond to the club with thier love of the big lovable cuddly creature. Not a sterile quasi power ranger who would be more popular as the soap boy up in the village.

Sorry but for me the creation of Ignito has been a marketing cock up from the get go and we now have a good oppertunity with the new ground to let him gracefully go to the great gay bathhouse in the sky and start afresh.

err... how do you know he is "gay"?

OK let's settle for camp looking, odd how plenty of people stood near me in the shed agree that he looks gay.

Dare Devil Duck!

I had to wear Dare Devil Duck when on my work ex at Solly many moons ago. Couldn't see a bloody thing, did some promo at Sainsbury's on Regent Road i think it was and ended up knocking over a load of them basket promotions they have!

Was not a great experience although it will come in handy if I ever have to join Fathers for Justice!

He is a step up from daredevil duck not the finished article could be seen in photos in the community a bit more and on sky when we play, Ronnie the rhino is the kind of mascot personally we need to aim for or Wolfe from wire.

Can you have "gay aliens" ? Seems masculine to me lots of fist punching and encourageing of the crowd could do with having a trick like a summersalt or funky dancing when we score but surpose he would have to learn to do that

I have a mate who starts work in the stadium as a sparky, said he should be there till Xmas so looks like they are starting doing the insides now

My kids love ignito

Mine too and, as far as I'm concerned, their views matter more on this point than the views of grown men who should probably be more interested in the rugby being played than how "gay" the mascot looks?!

Here here, well said Fatboys Limb.

Having 2 son who are obsessed with wrestling and Power Rangers, they were in owe on Friday night of Ignito and my youngest could not get enough of him. As optomist has stated, if the right marketing was done with him, he could be a great mascot. My youngest wanted Ignito toys and was a little upset that there wasn't more than the soft toy on offer.

I just wish the club used him correctly like yesterday was he there? I didn't see him would have been ideal opportunity for a appearence for the kids, doing the activities ect.

New stadium we shud be using ignito more imo to get kids on board, I surpose it depends how "available" ignito is perhaps he needs a bit of help to share his workload.

The ideal solution would have a match day ignito and a non-matchday ignito share the workload so ignito would appear in photos/videos promoting the club.

Ignito. Encouraging Pyromaniacs in Salford since 2006.

my little boy (2) loves ignito or nighto as he calls him, he sleeps with the soft toy as he thinks it looks after him at night in his own room

I'd love to see a devil in the new stadium with match day activities i can remember the Junior devils awards nights

I personally preferred the previous version of Ignito who led the team out with the smoking flare. Seemed a lot more more mobile and 'super-hero' like as opposed to the present lifeless lump. Maybe it's just me being nostalgic for the good old days when I used to avidly read DC Comics characters such as the Flash, the Atom, Adam Strange and a whole host of others.

Ignito's greatest moment in a red shirt has to be when he won the obstacle course against a rival mascot ( I forget who) and kicked a goal from about 30 yards out @ an angle without checking his run that was pure amazing imo a star was born that day

I hope the club read this and are beginning to organise a bigger profile for ignito going into the new ground its obvious to me by the recent posts that kids look upto this character and with a little effort and a bit of time invested he could entice a few kids in just like the junior devils did for a few of us all them years ago

I thought Ignito was a bit stupid until recently.
I had a look around at the mascots of other teams, and he's far from the worst (just look at South Wales Scorpions Sting). Infact I came to the conclusion he's probably one of the better ones. Something a bit different than the big furry animal in rugby kit model. The kids certainly seem to like him, and he's only really there for them.