Attendances more than doubled when we moved to the KC. Even given the general rise in SL crowds over the last few seasons should we still be at The Boulevard we'd be getting crowds of around 7-8,000.

Without the move to the KC we would have struggled to reach three finals and would have got a "C" grade licence at best. At worst we may have gone into administration.

Who wants the type of fan that supports a club on the basis that their ground is new and pretty? We'll keep the real rugby league fans wherever we play!

and like it or not we'll go back to 5,000 crowds and not challenge for silverware for the forseeable future.

Are you for real?

Now, there is a well balanced arguement.

Man Utd do not train on Old Trafford at all

Not sure about Arsenal.

Its not about me being happy or not about the state of the balance sheet. Its been poor for a while, but its a lot better than it used to be.

I see no one has mentioned the 190k of profit made (this in a season we DIDN'T make a major final, year to 31 October 2007). Of course not, that would actually be giving some credit to those in charge.

Back on topic, the council should do the honourable thing and put the Boulevard out of its lingering misery once and for all and flatten the place.

It's a shame people disagree with you, as they tend to forget the salary cap max is only £1.8 million so it doesn't matter jack if our income is £10 million or £4 Mill.
A rebuilt Boulevard would command the same crowds as we have now, if not more (Rovers aside), due to the simple fact we would not HAVE to charge £24 a ticket to watch.

Defo?

100%?

Never?

Funny, all those videos of the greats over the years must have taken place on the cobbles of Coronation Street with a computer generated backdrop of the Stretford end

So anything over the cap we just way or claim never existed rather than investing in say, coaches, gym stuff, paying off debts, paying off the increased debt incurred by rebuilding the Boulevard, maintaining the boulevard, if your looney tunes idea ever comes to fruition etc?

er... yes it does

Boulevard in the History books which is where it will stay !

Let's say we built a 'Keepmoat' - who on earth is paying for that ?? 30 million wasn't it ?

Thousands were drawn to the KC - they won't put up with a shabby stadium with standing instead of seats.

It is a shame SMC benefit so heavily from our crowds but didn't Kath & co. have a hand in that deal - completely misjudging fans reaction ??

That's the music the players will run out to at the new ground.