We still have a reality hanging over our heads, we not out of the woods yet.

Uncle Rico, like it or not is right. If the issue does not get addressed we don't have a long term future.

I am however optmisitic that the doctor will fix everything for us.

Would you care to elucidate?

Exactly what "reality" is hanging over our heads?

What "issue" is to be addressed or we "don't have a long term future"?

Assumedly we are still paying a high rent on a stadium that generates no income other than ticket sales.

We must have a target attendance that is required to break even.

Otherwise we are running at a loss.

Sale Shark's accounts show them running at a loss we get a much smaller gate than them and don't have the same level of finance union brings in from tv money.

With a typical gate of 2000 we must be running at a loss. If we are still on the same rent as last year we would require a significant attendance to make money.

If you take Koukash out of the equation we are back in the red again.

How as I have said before I optimistic the Doctor will sort out the problems.

Worst case senario Brian Kennedy buys the stadium and we are really screwed.

I am sure someone wants to tell I am wrong, but I can only go off news reports I have read. I don't mean the Salford Star.

Koukash will take a hit for so long, but I am sure even he has a limit to his generosity.

OK - yes I agree, I thought you were implying some hangover from the old Salford company.

Ultimately it needs a sound AND achievable business plan, we can only keep the faith that we have a much better chance of that being in place under Dr K than it ever was previously.

I'm not sure I'd see Kennedy as a threat at present, why would the council & Peel sell to one buyer rather than another? I suppose the real question is whether the stadium IS actually up for sale at present or whether the current owners would prefer to sit on their hands for a few years whilst the economy improves and the value of commercial premises rises, at which point they could realise a lot more.

The real question has to be how long Koukash.is prepared to bankroll your club. Apart from his credit rating little can have changed financially if anything worsening on the back of falling gates seen generally throughout Rugby League.
The hopes may well be pinned on a winning team being assembled next season the problem is what happens if the public don't respond.