Iain wrote:
If the club do not wish to a) look stupid, b) look lazy, or c) look like they are trying to cover something up, then they themselves need to either get the best information they can from Peel and the Council to give to Sky, or at least get some sort of statement to them - Not give the impression that they've done nothing.
Iain wrote:
Whilst it may well not be a stadium built and owned by Salford City Reds let's not pretend that it's absolutely noting to do with the club, without them nobody would be building a stadium and a plot of contaminated land in the city would continue to lie unused.
Ave It! wrote:
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but are the stadiums of Saints and Cas/Wakey their own ventures?
It appears that all the parties involved in Salford's new stadium either can't or are not willing to coalesce when it comes to public relations, doesn't it? It's frustrating and disappointing, but it isn't a new thing.
Ever since the project left the club's hands, updates from the Salford City Council-Peel collusion have been few and far between. In fact, much of it we've had to unearth ourselves from the bowels of the Council's website. This begs the question: if the joint venture cabal are unable or unwilling to speak about the new stadium, why not direct Sky Sports and any other media outlet to the information that is already in the public domain and therefore not sensitive? (i.e. the architect's drawings and the work that's currently taking place on the ground.)
You could argue that the
Boots 'n' All producers were lazy for not digging out this readily available information. A self-respecting journalist would portray this story equally on all sides, which would involve some research. Not much research either. Merely a couple of minutes on Salford City Council's website and a drive past the new stadium site with a camera. By the looks of it (I confess, I didn't watch the programme)
Boots 'n' All didn't portray this and therefore gave a biased view. Mind you, this is a News Corp. influenced company we're talking about.
BartonFlyer wrote:
The fact of our stadium being publicised or otherwise on such a show will make not one jot of difference to anything or anyone.
I think it matters to some of our club's supporters, the supporters of other clubs and onlookers, particularly RL journos and writers. Since the collapse of Red City Developments I think there is a distrust of what has been said about the new stadium. I've read comments by said journos in newspapers and blogs, and threads on forums by opposing fans that convey the feeling that our club leading people on or 'swinging the lead'.
However, should we be bothered about these people? They are certainly down the list of people to influence; the RFL are higher up and you'd sincerely hope they are well up to speed with the project's ongoing developments.
I am as disappointed as anyone here about the PR effort post-RCD's demise; the joint venture should have set up an outlet rather than being so guarded as they have been thus far. But it's a bit late to do something about that now, particularly if in 10-12 weeks time the build begins and convinces everyone that the project is truly up and running.
Very funny!
