Salford, poor crowds and poor performances, London poor crowds, poor team no home in all likelihood so both those are in the wrong section Yes Salfords new owner is minted but wont solve poor crowds and short term wont solve poor performances (my opinion) and long term wont solve their money worries (again my belief)

Money talks - Salford will buy a new team and will spend to the cap next year . Noble is a proven coach and I suspect they will alot further up the table. The RFL are dumb but not dumb enough to kick Dr Kashcow's money out of SL. London is a failure but has been for years , maybe like has been suggeted the RFL have had enough, maybe not.

Proven some years ago, again just an opinion but im just not convinced at all, and who is going to roll up to watch them, Nobles brand of rugby is not wonderful viewing and at best they will be mid table. So how long will the new money stay around? as i say maybe he will ignite super league i just cant see it

So, now that stadia criteria is completely ditched, we can plough 50K+ per year into a mortgage for a stand we really didn't have to build. Meanwhile our competitors down the M62 at Wakey & Cas can live in their Victorian facilities and plough the same 50K+ into their teams.

That seems fair...

Doesn't seem to have done either club a great deal of good, although they are 'selling' to their fans & corporate clients Championship rugby. You'll be showcasing top flight RL, which will make a massive difference. The increase in the corporate capacity with the new stand should see that £50k recouped comfortably I'd have thought.

Away support is surely going to increase too vs having the Southstand to offer.

Away support might increase a bit (other than for The Derby) but fans don't travel in huge nimbers to The KC despite it being arguably the best ground in the league.

I do think that the north stand development can be nothing but good in the long term though.

I do think the new stand is great & improves our ground no end, BUT I realy struggle to see how it helps the club or the game? our team played well when the ground was poor our crowds have not improved much (we do have the capacity to I supose) the real nagging thought I had on sunday as I walked round to the East stand was all this development & money for (even if we finish top of the weekly rounds & have a good cup run with home draws) 20 matches at the best, How dose that pay the bills? I like a lot of others love the game & would happily watch any place it was played. In fact my two most favorite grounds to watch are Whitehaven & Keighley. I just think that our game is struggling to cope with full time professionalism which is as new to League as it is to Union & we dont have a marketable international game as they have.

You'll be amazed on how many fans want somewhere to sit, good view, under cover.

Is that then counteracted by the amount of fans who won't pay the money to attend an all-seater stadium?

Why, are you building one?

i believe edith means your super stadium that other than rovers is regularly overlooked by away supporters

So? I'm talking about hkr fans who can't/don't want to stand and can't get a season ticket for the RM stand without a slightly blocked view.

Aye, there are always people you'll upset. Excuse makers. It could be a shiny new stadium with half seats/half stands and people would say they don't like to stand facing west, and would never sit down to watch rugby. Do you build a new stadium to accommodate these for them to then say they don't want to watch rugby in summer?