There would be obvious marketing potential in the Reds name if Russians did in any way get involved with Salford.

On Friday night, as I leave my desk in Stockport, I will pass large numbers of Sale fans arriving (many by train) for their game v Saracens. Many arrive early to populate the local ale houses: I may call into one for research. The fans who go to the Old Vic seeem a decent lot. Purely research, of course.

It is interesting that the ones I have talked to in the past refer to travelling by tram and are unaware of the mile (or so) walk they need to make in winter to and from the ground. Or are unaware until I tell them.

I like most fans I have met. I do not trust the club.

That's a fair point, hadn't thought of that. Would bring a whole new meaning to the "Red Army" chant!

From a Salford perspective sunday afternoons look to be a dead cert from this debacle

Ace. The dramatic upturn in crowd numbers will cheer everyone up.

I think it would be the right choice for fans home and away. Although, it seems, the Club hold the corporate £ higher than the fans. I think the Club should remember that a stipulation with our awarding of a license was to see increase in crowds. I think this will only happen on Sundays. The Club is pushing Family tickets atm but Families with kids don't want to be getting home close to midnight due to car parking shenanigans etc. Not sure what the Club are thinking sometimes.

I honestly don't think it will have a dramatic impact. If we move to Friday's we may gain a handful of families that don't already go and we would lose certain fans because they prefer to have Sunday as a family day.

So Friday, Saturdays or Sundays, without the product on or off the field it doesn't matter 1 iota.

Its got to start at the top,and the people up there don`t seem to care about us the true supporters,without the likes of all of us who support this club,yeah i know we don`t agree with each other and the likes of me and dantes inferno are hated of most who post on here,the point is we love our club and i for one only want the best for Salford,the club is nothing without you lot.Fridays you rush in the ground and rush out again,i just don`t get that feeling of belonging anymore,Sundays at least you could take a bit of time in the shop,get some things organised outside for the kids etc,have a few on the way home,you know what i mean,thats why its Sundays for me,and lets try and show them unionites that try as they might rugby league is here to stay,we have been in our own ground for over 100yrs and survived,and we will still be here in another bleeding hundred to.

I agree that with better on-field results and off-field savvy it wouldn't matter. Personally, I think it would have an impact on numbers, not drastically, but would definately increase due to the revenue lost from away fans not travelling (especially Yorkshire teams) on Fridays. As for home support, it probably wouldn't make much difference either way in the short term. For a team like us where every penny counts the extra dosh from away support, even if it didn't add up to a massive amount is better than nothing.

So does anyone have any concrete news about anything? all we seem to have at the minuite is a rebutal from AH and a report in the MEN that has dramatically changed overnight.

It's difficult to see how the club could change course mid-season - contracts for the boxes, corporate hospitality etc have presumably been signed, and indeed the fixtures all agreed with the RFL and the other clubs. If I were a corporate sponsor and had agreed a deal I'd be a tad miffed to be told that I now had to bring my customers on Sunday afternoon having set everyone up for Saturday.
Personally I prefer Friday night, though overall I agree with AveIt - we need results on the pitch first and foremost.
I still find the silence from the board over the Sale motormouth's comments rather puzzling - the only rebuttal from the youth team coach (rugby genius though he undoubtedly is) does leave me wondering just what is going on?

There's comment on the reds website not from the board however but from academy coach Alan Hunte about that dick Steve Diamond

[url=http://www.reds.co.uk/rugby-news/reds-youngsters-in-demand-but-no-sale-deal-in-placeHere[/url

Dave Tarry has just said on Radio Manchester that if Sale move in it won't have a direct financial benefit for Salford. The wording used would be that it wouldn't change the size of crowd we'd need to be able to spend what we want to spend (i.e the oft misquoted 8k) - so that doesn't sound to me as though we'll get a big reduction in our rental costs. He [ihopes[/i that it would indirectly lead to more money through bigger crowds from the venue being higher profile.

As far as I can make out, the confirmed, definite, concrete things we confirmedly, definitely, concretely know are:

1) The club don't own the stadium.
2) Errr......

And then there's a load of speculation, partly based on a 'news' report written by that well known fountain of facts Neil Barker.

Why not wait and see what happens before filling our nappies in panic?

Well at least we play in the right colour,for when the Russians come,I was at the ground today,and Tarry came past
in a big fur hat.

"Hope" isnt the a word thats filling me with confidence there, i want our chief execturve to use much more positve / stronger words when promoting our club in that situation.
The interesting bit in the manchester evening news is the meeting with John and howard clegg and the independant consultancy firm and the "restructing of the clubs management team" in my opinion if done correctly it could be the point our club is turned round for potentinal investors to invest in the future.

Sorry derail this slightly but just a little on the Russian, they've been playing RL for nearly 20 years, ok they may only have 6 domestic teams (which to be fair is more than most) and one of which is in the Ukraine, you just never know, they may buy Sale and then realise that they've bought into the wrong code....well we can pray





My thoughts on Sale are being prepared but just a quick one for now, 100% League 0% Union.

On this point Leeds isn't really a good comparison. They are two clubs under the same ultimate ownership but the RL side owns the ground - and one party is clearly dominant. The RU club [url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/exclusive_union_in_crisis_as_leeds_sink_2m_into_the_red_1_3327817isn't financially viable[/url but is propped up by the owner/cash from the Rhinos. The only negative that anyone ever really comments on is the pitch although if Leeds RLFC hadn't been winning things in recent years there would probably have been more interest in our fanbase amongst how much we financially support the RU club. As it is, no one cares.

Salford vs Sale OTOH would feel like two aspiring clubs going after the same markets of potential new fans/aiming to poach the other side's fans and with two sets of management no doubt very wary of, if not hostile to, each other.

Barker clearly has got it wrong: with the World Cup announcement, it's not Sale: www.amnrl.com/teams/bucks-county-sharks

Barker clearly has got it wrong: with the World Cup announcement, it's not Sale: www.amnrl.com/teams/bucks-county-sharks

as an aside...anyone wanting one of those famous 100% League, 0% Union car stickers let me know. £2 each - can PM me and I will hand over at a game. bought a few to flog to Bury Broncos lads and some left over I think

Just going back to the debate earlier this week, I was criticised for not accepting the doom & gloom that descended based on, the gospel according to saint Kennedy of Sale Sharks, who was to take over Salford city reds with almost immediate effect.
I said with the money invested by Salford council they would have something to say!
In the Advertiser this weeks " Bosses are tackled over stadium use" It says Salford borrowed £20million & own 40 acres of the site compared to Peel holdings 30 acres! That to me sounds like the council have a big stake & are right behind Salford rugby club.
If we want answers lets put pressure on our council there stake is by far the highest, mind you it not the doom & gloom some want so might not raise an eyebrow.

Sale beaten 45-9 at home on Friday to Sarries. No wonder Diamond says the players all want to stay at Sale as they wouldnt get a job anywhere else!

Whilst I have no interest is Sale or anything Rugger and hate the idea of them playing at the ground the City of Salford council had built for us, I struggle to see why you are mocking them getting a good tonking as we hardly covered ourselves in glory on our last outing when Leeds tore us a new one.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/17498934 It would appear that they are not happy with the way things are going, seems Salford and Sale have more in common that we first thought.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/17498934 It would appear that they are not happy with the way things are going, seems Salford and Sale have more in common that we first thought.

9,500+ there and the away support would have been within the margin error. In comparison we're probably touching 4,000 home fans each match with aload of freebies chucked in.