Quote ="Aboveusonlypie"They were already at Barton when he was persuaded to take over the club. You have to feel a bit sorry for him. They can't get more than 4,500 crowds in to the place and it's never more than half full. Despite investing heavily in the team, nothing seems to have worked. They can't win and the fans aren't interested in attending. I must admit I preferred the Willows, which always had a decent atmosphere.
Without him Salford would have died as a club. So I think the Rugby League community should be grateful instead of knocking him.
I suspect he would have been better off investing in the Bulls. There is way more potential in Bradford.'"
Agree about the Bulls point. This seems to have been dragging for an eternity & as a bear with very little brain, I get confused with timings sometimes (although I've just found an article on the BBC website from December 2000:
Quote This deal involves ensuring the city has a 21st century stadium with professional sport played at the highest level and brings major employment for local people."
Reds chief executive, David Tarry said: "It's a big decision to move but our fans, the council and ourselves want to see a successful Salford challenging for honours in a marvellous new stadium.
"We will be staying in Salford and the stadium will rival any in Super League. We are often called the sleeping giants. The rest of Super League had better be warned, we have had our early-morning call." '"
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Don't know about feeling sorry for MK though, it's the fans who I think have been conned. I wonder whether it was just the bright-lights of the Trafford Centre that bamboozled them into thinking it was a good idea 15 years ago. With the thought that the glitz & cash would somehow skate over the sewerage-works & under the bridge.
The doctor's keeping the headline writers busy, but the Oz press have poured cold water on his latest & I can't find anyone who thinks it's a goer. The Knights deal appears to have fallen through so he's now casting round with one daft idea after another - who's advising him? Where is this all coming from?
