Re: Salford Reds Being forced out of their home? : Tue Oct 19, 2021 6:10 pm  

London moving to plough lane smacks of franchising being reconsidered.....because they rarely make bad decisions regarding moving grounds

Re: Salford Reds Being forced out of their home? : Tue Oct 19, 2021 8:03 pm  

afootingmiracle21-12 wrote:

...i think we can all agree that SL would be a lot stronger if you had Newcastle, York and Bradford in place of Salford, Wakefield and Huddersfield.

No, we can't all agree this.

The idea that Bradford, a club bust 4 times in a decade, have any claim on SL is unacceptable in the extreme.

The club that rattled buckets, sold medals and sold players shirts to "save the Bulls", only for the directors to pay their own loans back - no, no way.

The club helped out at every turn by the RFL, a move that cost every other club in the game money, money they will never get back - no, no way.

And forget the "it's a different club" and "it's not the fans fault" - Bulls should own their history.

Re: Salford Reds Being forced out of their home? : Tue Oct 19, 2021 8:13 pm  

I agree. As much as Salford have no place in SL neither do Bradford and their buckets

Re: Salford Reds Being forced out of their home? : Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:12 pm  

TheWarringtonWolve69 wrote:

I agree. As much as Salford have no place in SL neither do Bradford and their buckets

2 finals in the previous 3 seasons says otherwise. You are so controversial aren't you, shall I send you a 'virtual medal', if so just let me know.

Budgie
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Re: Salford Reds Being forced out of their home? : Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:09 pm  

RagingBull wrote:

i think we all agree Salford as a club aren't fit for Superleague.

Is that the "BUCKETSHAKING WE"?

[Wildthing]

Re: Salford Reds Being forced out of their home? : Wed Oct 20, 2021 6:35 am  

afootingmiracle21-12 wrote:

In terms of who to replace them, i think we can all agree that SL would be a lot stronger if you had Newcastle, York and Bradford in place of Salford, Wakefield and Huddersfield. York and Bradford already outstripping said SL clubs in terms of attendances at a lower level, and Newcastle with much greater potential.

Really?
As the 2021 season attendances weren't properly recorded I have looked at the 2019 average attendances for said clubs

York 2,129
Bradford 4,339
Salford 3,677
Wakefield 5,346
Huddersfield 5,132

While I am not saying the SL clubs average attendances are anything to shout about only Bradford have a higher average
than 1 of the clubs you quote.

Re: Salford Reds Being forced out of their home? : Wed Oct 20, 2021 8:54 am  

Budgiezilla wrote:

2 finals in the previous 3 seasons says otherwise. You are so controversial aren't you, shall I send you a 'virtual medal', if so just let me know.

Budgie
xx

And still can't generate enough business activity to pay their rent, or get more than 3000 locals to follow them!

Salford has no future as a top division club.

Re: Salford Reds Being forced out of their home? : Wed Oct 20, 2021 10:36 am  

dboy wrote:

And still can't generate enough business activity to pay their rent, or get more than 3000 locals to follow them!

Salford has no future as a top division club.

Re: Salford Reds Being forced out of their home? : Wed Oct 20, 2021 10:57 am  

SaleSlim wrote:

:SLEEPY:

Ah, the "Salford Board of Directors" emoji...

Re: Salford Reds Being forced out of their home? : Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:54 am  

Wildthing wrote:

Really?
As the 2021 season attendances weren't properly recorded I have looked at the 2019 average attendances for said clubs

York 2,129
Bradford 4,339
Salford 3,677
Wakefield 5,346
Huddersfield 5,132

While I am not saying the SL clubs average attendances are anything to shout about only Bradford have a higher average
than 1 of the clubs you quote.

There seems to be a fixation in RL with attendances. In reality personal attendances have been falling across the sport as a whole. For some clubs im sure they have found alternative ways to plug the financial gap in terms of sponsorship with the lure of sky exposure, lower running costs and corporate payments.