About time Tarry has gone useless waste of space.

Seems we really are up street money wise.

1) Tax bill and banning of signing players

2) PV quoted as saying 'we're scouring the world for value players' which in essence means “Crap players that nobody else wants”

3) The rent having to be lowered.

4) Then phrases like today in the Sun last week “Doubts arose over the Reds’ viability for 2013.

And now making people redundant, it isn't looking good.

You've got to put that in perspective. Are we likely to sell 20,000 player posters, and how much business are the sponsors going to get from being advertised on the bedroom of an 8 year old? I doubt sponsors get player exclusivity, so maybe do something similar, with smaller numbers, but seek sponsorship from things like Chill Factor/Play Factor, that crazy golf thing near the TC, and other family type attractions.

If the cost of an extra two pages is that great, I'm sure there's aspects of the programme that could be dropped in favour of creating space for a poster. View from the Pew, for example.

It's not just about the profit you make from selling this it's more about raising the profile of the club and raising awareness of Salford Reds. It doesn't have to be just a poster for kids, adults may put up the poster in their workplace or a landlord in a pub. Perhaps it could include fixtures? A different player each month between February and September with home and away fixtures for the particular month. The club would only have to find 8 player sponsors willing to pay for it out of of say 24? Run it like a magazine where say the March edition is available for distribution in February.

On the pre season player shirt presentation evening when the player sits on the table with his sponsors get the players to ask the company if they'll sponsor the poster? I'm sure after a few drinks it would be an easy sell.

If you look in a match programme you will see that each squad player is sponsorsed by a company. I don't think its asking too much of a sponsor to pay for a few posters in return for some extra advertising.

Every season get say 500 team posters printed and get them signed to sell and I bet they'd go, do the say with Neville and say a paw/hoof print and the kids would go for that too. We don't need to look at mass numbers as with modern printers and inks it's reasonably easy to make some decent onces at a relatively low price.

As an aside maybe now with DT gone and from the looks of it someone in his place (for how long we don't know) who takes a bit more notice of the fans it might be nice if someone from the club could get feedback and suggestions on here, OK I know there are the dimble brains who'll try and derail it but surely they'll get some decent ideas.

I spoke to a player sponsor a few months back and he was doing it because he knew the player personally, as for rugby league he didn't care much for it and was a yawnian fan.