Walshovski wrote:
And you would accept building the club's future on the back of away supporters is a ridiculous idea?
Whichever way you dress it up there has been less than 4,000 Salford supporters at the first two home games and the 'build it and they will come' myth perpetuated by Tarry, Simms and Wilkinson has been shattered. If we get our act together our best hope of progression is the Huddersfield model of steady but slow crowd growth over a period of years. This will take a huge improvement from the club.
Surely you can't disagree with anything in this post?
On every occasion where I was listening to club officials discussing the new stadium I have never heard at any time "Build it and they will come" what has been pointed out is that-
(a)We will have to work hard to increase our home support which we may or may not have done over the last two home games.
(b)We will look to increase the number of away supporters that attend matches at Salford City Stadium compared with the last few years at the Willows,which we appear to have achieved on the last two home matches.
(3)We will have a better opportunity to increase the corporate side of the business, I am unsure how this side has gone.
I agree that the Huddersfield model of slow but steady growth,preferably during the next three years to start with and there is clearly many areas where the club can and should improve things on the advertising / marketing front.
Club officials have quoted Warrington, Hull FC and their increase in crowds as examples of what happens with new stadiums but as people have said previously they both started from a higher support base than we have.
