After Friday night's DISMAL attendance of 2672 for their home game, Salford are to change their name to Salford HAMLET Reds.

2672 for a team in a CITY, kids still at school, so no holidays, great weather, not an attractve sounding game in the football world cup, Salford actually starting to win games in the last couple of months, United/City's season's finished. It would be laughable, if not so worrying.

Widnes, Leigh, Halifax must be seething at this.

just out of interest, what are halifax leigh and widnes average crowds at the moment,or say against toulouse.

I opened this thread hoping for the thirteen years overdue announcement that we had changed our name to Warrington RLFC.

Disappointing.

Salford really do need replacing, they have probably got one of the biggest target audiences to attract and cant seem to do it.

Bring back Leigh / Widnes.

We could make the exact same point and criticism against Harlequins.

Harlequins average home attendance is 3,358 with Salford's as 4,200.

True, but we need to get away from the "its an m62 sport" scenario. At least with Harlequins we get the southern coverage and in time hopefully it will take off.

Whereas with Salford, theyre a club who were founded in 1873 rather than 1980 and should have a lot more to offer, but sadly dont. Yes theyre getting a new stadium, but come 2018 it will probably be reposessed due to lack of £ coming in!

if they do get there new stadium it will mean they will probabely go into debt if we get a team like widnes/leigh who allready have grounds and if they are playing at home teams like warrington (us) the pies and saints they are bound to get fans going to watch them!!

And if we had P&R none of the three teams above would be in Super League unlike Salford.

For them I dont think Friday night rugby works. Get back to Sunday's its a bit more appealing than the streets of run down salford on a Friday night.

I think that the new stadium will be a massive boost for Salford. Due to it's location it is a great big advertising hoarding. The average gate will increase and will put them in a better position to spend towered the upper limit of the cap. Maybe then they can actually make some of the sort of signings that they have promised. They will just need a decent coach.

To be fair to Bomber he has achieved a fair bit in northern hemisphere RL.

- Coach of the Year award in 1996.
- Challenge Cup in 1996 and in 1997.
- Super League in 1996.
- Triple of National League, Northern Rail Cup, League Leaders Trophy in 2008.

He compares favourably to other 'decent coaches' much vaunted on here, Paul Cullen for one.

Or decent players and a fanbase.

Salfords new ground is been built next a farm. It will smell lovely in the summer.

Used to work in Trafford Park and you're right, it will. Dispite that, it may be the only thing that provides the Reds with a SL ticket come next year. Widnes have to be in but wouldn't like to say who will make way for them.