Strange that on paper salford have better players and if you had the pick of both teams you'd definitely take more of theirs than rovers but there is definitely something missing over theirs. I still think that you'll win quite comfortably on saturday and can see their heads going down if you score early on

That doesn't really tell the whole story though does it?



Salford's average attendance before the 6 point deduction was higher then the figure you stated. Who's to say that if we didn't get the deduction that our crowds wouldn't of maintained if not increased as we'd be in the top 8.



Leigh's highest attendance was a game where it was free admission! This will obviously boost their average as that crowd was probably nearly 3 times bigger then normal. What was their average before this game?

Leigh's average will have been inflated. Don't know the average before the Batley game, but the minimum against teams like Workington, Haven etc... (no disrespect, but the teams who didn't bring many fans and an easy victory was expected) was between 3-3,500. Then 5k against Bradford and nearly 6k against huddersfield, with 4k against the likes of Fax, Fev and London. Would expect a core of 4k home fans next year, and hopefully that can continue to grow as it has done for the last few years. (Could get a pint far quicker a few years ago!)



As for Salford, I find it strange that people stopped going after the points deduction. You go to watch the team, not the administrators.

If you are talking attendances, according to Koukash around 2000 Salford fans are making their way over on Saturday. So taking a line from one of the arguments put forward by Salford fans not attending home games, HKR is easier to get to than Salfords own stadium.



Just as a side note I see you have a Leigh based referee and a Leigh based touch judge for the game. So I guess one set of fans is really going to hate Leigh (if they don't already) by the end of the day seeing as you both lost to Leigh as well.

The way the Salford fans talk it's easier to get to base camp on Everest than it is to get to there ground the funny thing is Sale RU fans don't seem to have the same problem

Well, the rah rahs are all chauffeur driven obviously...

Not to mention the reserve ref, J Cobb.

Great! Every time a club puts on free buses it means loads of pi$$ed up nobheads coming for a day on the lash causing bother, can't wait.

You won't have to worry mutch longer as not many Championship Clubs lay free buses on for their fans.

Don't make me laugh. Koukash in the past has spent millions on star signings to bring the crowds in, broke the salary cap to have these star names, rebranded the club back to it's original name, spent a fortune bringing Sheens over, tried reducing ticket prices. Have any of these brought any of the 200 odd thousand people in Salford District alone, never mind surrounding areas, to the AJ Bell? No. With the exception of Leeds, you have the biggest potential catchment for fans in the whole of Super League, yet the worst crowds. Make all of the excuses you like about stadium location etc.., but the glaringly obvious thing to fans of all other clubs is that the people of Salford/Manchester don't care much for Rugby League. It's sad to say, I'd like to see every city in the country be able to fill a stadium every week with Rugby League supporters, it would be fantastic for the sport, but it isn't going to happen any time soon unfortunately. This isn't anything to do with a like or dislike of any particular club, its an observation of something that's staring us all in the face. Salford/City of Manchester is predominantly football, Leigh is a Rugby League town.

And they'd still lose, again.

Can't see anything other than a Salford win and relegation Saturday.



We're the worst team in the league and our back row is non existen



I've posted this before but Eugene was a terrible appointment.



Best hope is they are a broken group and not interested but I think they'll be keen tomorrow.