Re: Quota and cap exemptions : Thu Jan 16, 2025 7:16 pm  

charlie wrote:

Did I read correctly that Salford were banking on a grant from their council, and used that money to book a warm weather training camp in Portugal? Are they insane?

Partially correct
The grant was £500K and was supposed to be to support community links using RL and the stadium, they spent that money on a number of things not just the Portugal trip

Re: Quota and cap exemptions : Thu Jan 16, 2025 9:11 pm  

I remember when we were in that situation, we had to sell players, let back room staff go and we cancelled warm weather camps in favour of army camps in Wales and North Yorkshire.

Salford seem to be in some form of denial

Re: Quota and cap exemptions : Thu Jan 16, 2025 9:20 pm  

The Avenger wrote:

I remember when we were in that situation, we had to sell players, let back room staff go and we cancelled warm weather camps in favour of army camps in Wales and North Yorkshire.

Salford seem to be in some form of denial

Looks that way, just seems a reckless, irresponsible way to run a club, but they seem to have got away with it - seems the bubble has burst now.

Re: Quota and cap exemptions : Thu Jan 16, 2025 9:36 pm  

1315trinity wrote:

Looks that way, just seems a reckless, irresponsible way to run a club, but they seem to have got away with it - seems the bubble has burst now.

I guess with the council paying out for the stadium means that fall back isn't an option anymore.

Re: Quota and cap exemptions : Thu Jan 16, 2025 9:48 pm  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

I guess with the council paying out for the stadium means that fall back isn't an option anymore.

Think they've been on borrowed time for a while

Re: Quota and cap exemptions : Thu Jan 16, 2025 10:21 pm  

1315trinity wrote:

Think they've been on borrowed time for a while

I know, and I've said as much in the past. It was clear as day this reckoning would come around at some point. It just happens that this year the bail outs have run dry.

Re: Quota and cap exemptions : Fri Jan 17, 2025 8:22 am  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

I know, and I've said as much in the past. It was clear as day this reckoning would come around at some point. It just happens that this year the bail outs have run dry.

Should have kept London in and put Salford into the championship, I bet the RFL new this was happenning so it was announced at the start of the season so Salford kept their place.

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Re: Quota and cap exemptions : Fri Jan 17, 2025 8:35 am  

I don't agree. There are rules for eligibility and Salford were better than London, by a long way.
If Salford drop out it still shouldn't be London.

Re: Quota and cap exemptions : Fri Jan 17, 2025 8:45 am  

Definitely. I don’t know precisely how badly it’ll affect Salford’s score for 2026 - you’d assume it’ll affect their finance element, and likely their attendances will drop a bit. If they lose Sneyd, Macdonald, Lafai, Cross, Ormondroyd, Hill et al it would be incredible if they maintain their performance score. So if Toulouse can improve their score a bit it’s not hard to see them replacing Salford. Only other scenario is York have a dream year and Toulouse drop off.

Re: Quota and cap exemptions : Fri Jan 17, 2025 8:54 am  

Big lads mate wrote:

Should have kept London in and put Salford into the championship, I bet the RFL new this was happenning so it was announced at the start of the season so Salford kept their place.

To be fair London are hardly a shining example of a well run club. Hughes financially backed them but did little else and in fact has left a much worse club than when he took over through his negligence.