Re: Fans Forum / Financial plight : Thu Dec 05, 2013 4:48 pm  

Adeybull wrote:

Far from it.

Facing more headwinds now, though.

And your reasoning presupposes that those running a club know what they are doing and are realistic in their financial assumptions.

I hope you are right. But our ability to attract good quality sponsors must be at an all time low. I wouldn't want to tie my business in with whats going on at Odsal right now.

Re: Fans Forum / Financial plight : Thu Dec 05, 2013 4:49 pm  

Really annoyed with how the club has been run over the past eight years and the constant bad news we get coming from Odsal, we have gone from a Super League winning club to sh*t in the space of eight years, for me the only way we will ever get back to where we are is if we have a Paul Caddick, Simon Moran or a Marwan Koukash on board.

Re: Fans Forum / Financial plight : Thu Dec 05, 2013 4:50 pm  

jsb1990 wrote:

Really annoyed with how the club has been run over the past eight years and the constant bad news we get coming from Odsal, we have gone from Super League winning club to sh*t in the space of eight years, for me the only way we will ever get back to where we are is if we have a Paul Caddick, Simon Moran or a Marwan Koukash on board.

Unfortunately it may take something of that gravity to ward off the constant negative publicity and re-energize the fans that are staying away.

Re: Fans Forum 4th Dec : Thu Dec 05, 2013 4:51 pm  

HamsterChops wrote:

You called it spot on. You "told everyone so".

That's the ONLY thing that matters, after all. What the club and fans are going through is irrelevant. You were right, that's what matters.

Absolutely.

But, then again, I know sod all according to many on here. I guess this just turns the screw that wee bit more though eh?

Re: Fans Forum / Financial plight : Thu Dec 05, 2013 4:52 pm  

jsb1990 wrote:

Really annoyed with how the club has been run over the past eight years and the constant bad news we get coming from Odsal, we have gone from a Super League winning club to sh*t in the space of eight years, for me the only way we will ever get back to where we are is if we have a Paul Caddick, Simon Moran or a Marwan Koukash on board.

Koukash will not be seen for dust once he realises that he cannot polish a turd.

[Bulliac]

Re: Fans Forum / Financial plight : Thu Dec 05, 2013 5:06 pm  

Father Ted wrote:

Odsal's playing area is nowhere near 100 mtrs long.
I thought last time you went to VP 5000 fans were lost and that was the reason you returned to Odsal.
That's of far more importance surely than the length of the field of play.

The Odsal playing area is approximately 96 metres long to be fair, which by my reckonnig isn't that far off.

The VP experience did cost a lot of fans, that's true but that was then and we're now into different times, with different circumstances and maybe fans won't be quite so fussy today. Personally, I don't feel VP is right for rugby, due to the same reasons that were nearly very costly at Old Trafford. A bit more room between the goal line and the brick wall and it would be much better.

Re: Fans Forum 4th Dec : Thu Dec 05, 2013 6:06 pm  

mystic eddie wrote:

But, then again, I know sod all according to many on here.

It's one of the problems with being a bellend. Even if you're right people will fight over who gets to disagree with you the most.

Re: Fans Forum / Financial plight : Thu Dec 05, 2013 7:09 pm  

jsb1990 wrote:

the only way we will ever get back to where we are is if we have a Paul Caddick, Simon Moran or a Marwan Koukash on board.

The board we have now are akin to Caddick in that he runs Leeds on a strict financial basis. Suspect that the other two largely underpin their clubs. It would be interesting to know which other SL clubs could survive without their Sky money.

Re: Fans Forum / Financial plight : Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:07 pm  

mystic eddie wrote:

Koukash will not be seen for dust once he realises that he cannot polish a turd.

I came on here to add my support to your current plight but seeing this post from Mystic Eddie I'm not so sure.
Seriously, as a Salford fan for 40 years I've seen us go through a lot of lean times culminating in a similar position this time last year to yourselves. Last year I attended 2 meetings similar to your meeting the other night and it was an awful feeling. We felt as though part of us was about to be ripped out.
I'm hoping as a Rugby League fan that you manage to come through this and still have a Rugby League side at the end of it.
We were extremely lucky that Marwan Koukash came to our aid because without him Salford RLFC wouldn't exist any more. Hopefully you can come through this as a stronger club and with the genuine fans sticking together to support one of the true Rugby League clubs.

All the best in your fight from the other side of the hills

Re: Fans Forum / Financial plight : Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:12 pm  

rugbyreddog wrote:

The board we have now are akin to Caddick in that he runs Leeds on a strict financial basis. Suspect that the other two largely underpin their clubs. It would be interesting to know which other SL clubs could survive without their Sky money.

You can find out.
SL clubs had to file their accounts for the year to 30/11/2012 before last week ( Bradford were given extra time)
So they're all in Companies House at just £1 per set.