I was in eccles today and was speaking to a few people they seem to think that john wilkinson is ready to walk away from the club as anyone else heard anything on this. It would not suprise me if he did he as given everything to this club and had no real reward for what he as done. anyone clarify on this. As it will jepordise the clubs future in its self.

He has always said he would make way for a youger man with financial clout but there isnt a queue of them sadly.

Yes talking to him at the meeting i got the impression he wont be here much longer, he said he is 65 and that he will not be around forever and he wants to enjoy his life now he also said he has done evreything he wanted to do with salford apart from the stadium which i feel is the only reason for him still being at the club now.

What with the crowds,performances on the pitch,constant let downs on the stadium plans I would not blame him for walking away.
It is looking very bleak at present for SRRLFC.

John Wilkinson cant just "walk away" from Salford.Hes the one holding the "hot potato" and unless he can sell it to somebody else,he is stuck with it!

Of course he can - however if he did then the company just goes into receivership!

He stated a few years back that if a buyer came along he'd sell - and if I remember correctly would sell for virtually nothing, but the buyer would have to take on the debts and therein lies the problem

No matter how much money he has put in what has he achieved with the club. Wehaven't won a single thing of any worth. 25 years of broken promises and shattered dreams.

Snape put his own money in and delivered the championship a Wembley appearance and a team full of internationals who went to australia and WON the Ashes.

As mesiahs go JW is very much an amateur!!!!!

Seeing as you've posted near enough the same thing twice, so will I. Please tell us all what he could have done differently?

Not a case of what he could have done differently , but which other clubs have ' won ' anything in the last 25 years ?

Only Saints , Leeds , W1g4n and Bradford with 1 CC win for Hull in recent years

John Wilkinson has kept your club alive , and given the state overall of RL in the last few years that is a massive achievement

If people keep putting the same old Sh*te on here then i'll keep writing the same answers until you all realise that you are ebing brain washed.

JW quote " Big things are gonna happen at this club. MARK MY WORDS"

Every year for the last 25. Almost as boring as last nights match.

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in the last ten years name me a club outside of leeds, saints bradford and hull, possibly wigan? that have won any trophy of any worth

You are right about that! So why the hell does anybody else bother turning up to watch. Pardon me for pointing out the failings of us and other clubs but as I said in another thread Brian Snape took this club from obscurity to the very top. Why can't that happen again. The fact remains for all his endeavours JW has failed to do so. How many coaches has he sacked for the same failing.

Time for the book to stop!

Fair enough , I'm sure you are willing to sell your house , wife and kids to help him finance a better squad or chip in to help build the stadium

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He could of actually spent some money and bought some good players? how about that one?

You seriously think that he hasn't ' spent ' any of his own money keeping your club alive

Barmy

Yes he has but nowhere near enough to compete? And don't give me that old chestnut about how he’s a nice man and we should be glad that we have a chairman like him, yes he’s a nice man but that’s about as far as it goes.
Since joining Salford he’s never spent any real money 50.000 for Broadbent massive WOW! All he’s done is made sure Salford were kept in the black and yes that’s all well and good, but Rugby league is a sport watched by fans who want to see there team win trophies and since he’s been here he’s never put Salford in that position ever.
I was talking to a female supporter last night who's been watching for 50+ years and she came out with a old saying which got me thinking yes your absolutely right, and that saying was YOU HAVE TO SPECULATE TO ACCUMILATE and she said since John has never done that since he's been here all he’s ever done is balanced the books? What’s that done for us apart from plenty of relegations?.
We need someone who is willing to go all out and stop taking the cheap option all the time because believe me this club wont have a chance in 2011 for the franchise if something isn’t done in the next two years? i personally thinks john will get us this stadium and go and TBH that’s the best thing he can do for the club.

What do you want the man to do, bankrupt himself to help the club compete?

And, as I keep saying, it's all well and good saying we should spend more money, but if players aren't willing to come and play for us then it's not going to do much good, is it, now?

Thats not our problem though is it?

Oh, well, that's okay then. F*ck it, if it's not our problem then you're right, John Wilkinson should sell his other business interests, home, wife, kids, grandchildren and anything else he might get some money for in order to help Salford RLFC compete in SL and stop being so bloody selfish.

For f*ck's sake.

I agree.

1) It's the coach/Steve Simms who are in charge of signing players.

2) What if these 'good players' just didn't want to play for Salford?


Jesus, how often do people have to repeat themselves on here before a modicum of sense takes hold?!

May sound a bit harsh but the club needs an overhaul if we are ever going to reach the heights[u STARTING AT BOARD LEVEL[/u

Well find someone who's willing to come in, take over, spend a fortune and has Salford RLFC's best interests at heart. Because JW and the rest of the board have been looking for years.


What happened to the nugget suggesting Fred Done was coming in to invest? That's all gone a bit quiet.

isn't it JW who employs Simms and the coach? The book has to stop somewhere and enough coaches have made way for failing to deliver.