So guys what was the crowd there today to me it seemed about 2000? Anyone else know the exact attendance?

1851.

Approximately how many of those were Swinton fans?

Not sure cos they weren't all sat together. Maybe 100.

Was it really so low? The stand holds 4500 and it felt / looked at least half full during the game.

1811 according to the club on facebook.

Any news on the game itself (for those not in attendance)?

Who were the halfbacks?
Who played at fullback?

Did Gleeson play / did he play well?

How was the pack?
Are Dixon and Ashurst looking like a good pairing?

Any offerings would be gratefully received........

Well done to everyone who made the effort to attend. It's a shame the attendance was so low. I thought the young lad at full back (No7) looked decent and liked the number 28 when he came on. We looked really sharp 1st 20 mins but it got a bit scrappy after that. Theo Fages was impressive and him and Sneyd look ok together. Bit light in the pack again. Backs look decent and we've got good options at hooker with Wagga Goodwin and Howarth.

Double post.

Evalds was the fullback (despite wearing 7). Class chip and chase try assist. Was replaced by Jack Holmes in the 2nd half who I think was the number 28. Fages and Sneyd were the half backs.

Frustrating today trying to watch without knowing the teams. How hard can it be to release the team list?

Agree with most of that, especially the 'light in the pack' bit. I don't think the backs covered themselves in glory, though, as they let too many Swinton kick-offs bounce in field. Wigan will punish every one of those errors. Still, it was a decent enough run-out and there were some real positives.

Thought the halves were pretty sharp, that the kid @ full back looked good, we had options from the PTB.
Was pleased to see Gleeson play and you could see from time to time he was a mile ahead of everyone else with his thinking and I do think with game time he will be an asset to a team that it seems with have more youngsters in it than we would have hoped for.

A negative from the very first KO we fielded was the huge gap in the of the park which to their credit Swinton spotted and tried to exploit a few times, worrying was that on field it wasn't spotted nor by people in the dugout or up in the stands.

so less than 2000 at a game that could be the very lastin salfords existance

and you wonder why the rfl are not backing you like they did bradford does not look to good for you lot why should anyone put money into your club when even your own fans can not be botherd

I agree, they would be much better giving it you to help you understand the use of full stops and such like.

A poor attendance,seems people in Salford are not interested in R.L.The stadium and pitch was excellent,why did the teams not play in their traditional colours.Salfords left winger was a class apart,Swinton had many new players this is going to hinder their progress as it will take a long time for them gell.Good luck for the future

Hahahaha.... Less than 2000 ? Rubbish.... As mentioned earlier, that stand holds 4,500 people, and there weren't too many empty seats in it.

not acording to this


or is it another way to dodge the tax man

Hmmmmmmm

I spell a returning cock albeit under a new name.

MRed are you spelling or smelling?

An educated misprunt me thinksicon_wink.gif

Just don't feed the troll, I came to the game today as I don't live far from salford so I thought I might aswell made the trip to support a club.

Despite some of the attempted tuitions at spelling and grammar, the issue is very serious.

This afternoon, Leigh and Wigan attracted 2883 punters: over a thousand more than Salford and Swinton, even though Wigan fielded a team significantly weaker than the one they put up against Salford's U20s last season and that team was well publicised in advance.

I genuinely believed that Salford wanted to retain a rugby league team in Super League, but the apathy of the Salford fans today, appears to have demonstrated otherwise.

For all the efforts of the likes of Shirley, Louise and others, sadly, they appear to be in a very small minority in the city of Salford.

I hope that the club can sort it's problems out but I really wonder if that many people in Salford really care??

any photos of the game

Apathy was definitely a feature of today. But, given the gravity of the situation, did the club do enough to push this game?