Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Wed May 03, 2017 7:58 am  

I think they would probably be bright enough to work that out,
They would probably just move to Bradford and become Bradford Bulls,
all they would be after is the fan base, and maybe develop Odsal...

If we had Salfords squad in Superleague turning out their performances 10k+ crowds would be easily achievable.

It is not very nice on the loyal Salford fans at all but Koukash is a business man and I don't think you could make the figures stack up with 2k crowds?

A rebrand as Manchester red devils would be another big gamble and would he be willing to gamble more cash on a Football city with two of the Biggest clubs in the UK / World?

Again though the sceptic in me tells me that there is no Cavalry arriving or millionaire backer and we are doomed to where we are for the foreseeable.

Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Wed May 03, 2017 8:00 am  

HamsterChops wrote:

Relocating to Manchester wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing for them. They've done all they can in Salford and still no bugger turns up, so I wouldn't blame them for abandoning that "city" in search of a new audience. Whether it will work or not is up for debate, but I could see the reasoning.

If the idea was to move to another city entirely (which has a club), like moving them to become the "Bradford Red Devils" and replacing the existing club in that city, it wouldn't work. I'm a Bradford Bulls fan and another club moving to the city isn't the same. You'd just lose the Salford fans who wouldn't travel, and you wouldn't gain new fans as that city already has a team that fans are loyal to, even if that team was to disappear. I use that as an example, not to suggest that is the actual plan. Relocation can only work if it's to a city that doesn't already have a team.

Million percent bang on the money is that. I find it ludicrous it has even been spoke about, look at the messes of gateshead/hull sheff/hudds we arent franchised american sports teams. Once again for me shows a lack of thought of the fans of the clubs who think of moving, them fans will be completely lost to the game

Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Wed May 03, 2017 10:41 am  

thepimp007 wrote:

Million percent bang on the money is that. I find it ludicrous it has even been spoke about, look at the messes of gateshead/hull sheff/hudds we arent franchised american sports teams. Once again for me shows a lack of thought of the fans of the clubs who think of moving, them fans will be completely lost to the game

You are of course right regarding loss of fans. However from the RFL point of view are they better losing 3k fans from a poorly supported SL club and moving them to a venue that have a history of good support on the back of success, or slowly let a large potential fanbase dwindle away because a club has a lack of financial backing. There is a lot of talk in athletics at the moment of 'the greater good', this may be a case in point within our sport.

[Bullseye]

Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Wed May 03, 2017 10:58 am  

I remember shortly before Cha-Lo were announced there was a piece in Danny Lockwood’s column in League Weekly where he said he’s spoken to Chalmers who’d said it would take years to turn Bradford around and going part time was highly likely.

Since they took over we’ve had rumours of Koukash being seen regularly up at Odsal and Chalmers saying to people off the record that he expects us in SL within 2 years. The former Salford Operations Manager Russ McFarlane is now fully ensconced at Odsal and seems a decent chap.

So what’s going on?

Up until Easter week we’ve done very well. Since then we’ve gone backwards. The rumour mill has gone into overdrive. It’s funny how adversity and a communication vacuum can spawn all kinds of rumour, e.g. going dual reg with Widnes, going part time etc. Meanwhile the visas still haven’t arrived, Chisholm’s signing has been held up, our best loan players have all been recalled and our kids are getting battered. Nothing positive has come out.

It could well be that this season doesn’t matter as we’re staying up regardless or it could be the opposite because we’re planning a part time future. If it looks like we’ve given up then attendances will fall. That’s harmful to the owners whatever their plan is. We’ll see how serious they are by the efforts put into strengthening the team in the next few weeks. Time’s running out.

Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Wed May 03, 2017 12:03 pm  

paulwalker71 wrote:

Tweets from 'Show me the money'

Those sinister tweets were not aimed at Bradford.

It seems that there are a lot of scaremongers amongst the Bulls support base, who are believing everything they hear and getting swept away with it.

The letters the players recieve are the same letters that go out to all players at all clubs this week to state whether you will be keeping them or not.

Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Wed May 03, 2017 12:10 pm  

MicktheGled wrote:

Those sinister tweets were not aimed at Bradford.

It seems that there are a lot of scaremongers amongst the Bulls support base, who are believing everything they hear and getting swept away with it.

The letters the players recieve are the same letters that go out to all players at all clubs this week to state whether you will be keeping them or not.

Could very well be aimed at Hull KR if they don't go up.

Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Wed May 03, 2017 12:14 pm  

MicktheGled wrote:

Those sinister tweets were not aimed at Bradford.

It seems that there are a lot of scaremongers amongst the Bulls support base, who are believing everything they hear and getting swept away with it.

The letters the players recieve are the same letters that go out to all players at all clubs this week to state whether you will be keeping them or not.

Very very unprofessional of SMTM disgusting behaviour to try and publicly air a clubs business

[Bullseye]

Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Wed May 03, 2017 12:16 pm  

MicktheGled wrote:

It seems that there are a lot of scaremongers amongst the Bulls support base, who are believing everything they hear and getting swept away with it.

Do you understand why that is Mick?

Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Wed May 03, 2017 12:18 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

Do you understand why that is Mick?

Yes, hence the question I asked Jasbir re: supporter disconnect.

Re: Chalmers and Lowe the conspiracy : Wed May 03, 2017 12:36 pm  

MicktheGled wrote:

who are believing everything they hear and getting swept away with it.

The irony here is off the charts