We want to re light the fire for next season and think about ways to attract new and old fans. I know the club will have big plans but I think during the Christmas shopping December and in January we should be targeting local areas such as Swinton, Salford Precinct, Walkden, Eccles, Prestwich, Middleton, Bolton, Trafford Centre you get the picture.
I would not mind giving up some of my time to get the new Red Devils out there. Some local amateur players in the new kit, bit of music, few give aways, sell merchandise for Christmas, etc.
Thoughts please...................

Promoting the club this way will do no harm but the best way of getting lapsed fans back and new support will be all about the size of investment and the quantity of quality signings for 2014. I also feel the new look team needs to hit the ground running and build some excitement and momentum. Start next year poorly and the more fickle support will either not return or they'll come back and go missing again.

The best advert for the club will be a winning team with some star entertainers and a larger more enthusiastic fan base spreading the gospel.

Don't agree............Get out there and take it to the people

Ur both right

Yes, I think it is a bit of both. We need fans turning up in numbers for the first few games and we need a good team, playing good rugby and winning games. Those fans will then keep coming back and hopefully bring more people with them. I'm sure Dr Koukash knows about all this and will have plans well in hand for both aspects of this.

A worry I have is that when you buy a team rather than like Warrington or Wigan do the odd additional player to compliment who you have it takes time for them to gel.

I can see the first home game of next season being very important as it will set the tone for the rest of the season, win and win well and there's a good chance of the feel good factor, lose and there's the very real chance of people thinking new players but same old same old.

The club needs to pull out every stop to try and get the highest attendance at Barton for this first game, make sure that they get the stadium management company working smoothly (I know but we live in hope) and make sure that local media/press are there to try and capture this feel good factor and report it.

I'm more worried as I still don't see any progression from the 'build it and they will come' BS spouted by Tarry.

Don't kid yourself that a winning team is all we need. The club was/is broken/not fit for purpose. Simply buying a team isn't going to fix that.

Putting the club's marketing activities aside hasn't the Manchester Evening News, Salford Advertiser, national media, local radio, television and Internet also been doing this for years? Are you under the illusion that people in the city don't know Salford Reds exist? Hasn't the club been promoting Salford City Reds in hundreds of schools for decades and run endless radio advertising campaigns over the years? How many new people has the club attracted to games with complimentary tickets in the past only to find many leave at half-time because the quality of product didn't float their boat?

It's going to take a lot more than canvassing at a few local shopping 's to get people to part with their cash on a regular basis. Success in professional team sports always revolves around money and being able to afford to attract or retain top quality players. I appreciate that a top quality winning team is no guarantee of attracting much bigger crowds but to do it with an inferior or mediocre team is more than extremely challenging as history proves.

What our club needs is a trip to Wembley next year to light the torch paper.

I would be more concerned about not finishing in the bottom 2 next season if I were you guys.