Yes, but since the Watkins/ Fielding inspired days of then, they have produced little.....Certainly from that era onwards, they have been a club on a downward spiral, certainly in the north west area, they have lagged a long way behind, Wire, Wigan, Saints & Widnes.

I applaud their desire to bring back the glory days and to attempt to stimulate an uninspired local public, but I had to correct Sally, who seems to believe that Wire have been in the doldrums since the Brian Bevan era.

didn't lee sign for another year this season?

Quote: back2back 09/10 "didn't lee sign for another year this season?'" Yes, he did. This article suggests that he is going nowhere: news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 019570.stm

Quote: back2back 09/10 "didn't lee sign for another year this season?'" Yes, he did. This article suggests that he is going nowhere: news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 019570.stm

Not sure what you mean, I was talking about the position we were in when we started looking at our new stadium. We were at a low point in our history and had had depressed crowds for a long time, even in the 1980s when we had some success, we had low average attendances with good gates against Wigan and Saints at home and very low crowds for the rest. When you are trying to attract fans, they are not going to care about the clubs history and what it did twenty or thirty years ago. Salford now are not in much of a different situation to where we were in 1998/99 and we had the same sceptics telling us it will never work. Not saying it will be easy but if they get a good stadium, and manage to bring some sponsorship on board, they will be able to bring better players in and become a more credible side to appeal to new supporters.

Personally, I'm pleased for Salford and can't wait to watch a game in their new ground. For whatever reason (there are worse grounds) I just cannot stand The Willows. It's up there with Belle Vue in my most hated ground stakes, but is no worse in reality than Cas or St Helens, or Hull KR.

20,000 sounds excessive capacity wise but I cannot understand the constant kicking of Salford in their attempts to increase support and general appearance of their club. Perhaps it's folk worrying that soon our stadium won't look so "Sexy" by comparison. People don't half have short memories. Wilderspool was a sess pit.

We should all be looking forward to the time when every ground we go to will be either new or vastly improved. (Hopefully) In 2/3 years time we might see the following

Wigan - 5* Stadia - 10k +
St Helens - 5* Stadia - 10k +
Warrington - 4* Stadia - 10k +-
Leeds - 4* Stadia - 10k+
Hull FC - 5* Stadia - 10k +
Huddersfield - 5* Stadia - 8k+
Hull KR - 2/3* Stadia - 7k+ (more with planned stadium improvements)
Crusaders - 3* Stadia - 5k+
Castleford - 4/5* Stadia - 8k+
Bradford - 2/3* Stadia - 8k+
Salford - 4/5* Stadia - 8k+
Widnes - 4* Stadia - 7k+
Quins - 4* Stadia - 4k+
Catalan D - 3* Stadia - 7k+

Average around 8k per game. Some of these might be wishful thinking but not out of the realms of possibility.

I saw Lee at the Eccles Morrisons last week if that is any clue. He bought a deep dish apple pie slice and some chicken bites and wedges from the warm food counter.

everyone knows you shop at netto.... stop pretending to be posh.

You have CLEARLY never been to Eccles Morrison's then.

one only passes through such places.

Best thing Morrisons have ever sold the chicken bites and wedges