[Salford fan shares and financial issues.]

Just a couple of points to address the (perfectly reasonable) cynics in the room:

• The Community Share Offering has been in the works  by the club for a couple of years now, this has not been a sudden reaction to an immediate cashflow issue (which there may or may not be, but which no one on here knows the details);
• This is not a rejection of a traditional ownership model. The club is, as we speak, approaching Salford businessmen/businesses as potential benefactors (the £10,000+ share option is a not so subtle reflection of this); 
• The club will benefit financially from the new stadium deal whereby F&B and non-matchday revenues will, for the first time, be retained.

 SRD are in the same position that every other professional rugby league club (save for, I would guess, Leeds and Catalans) in the Northern Hemisphere would be in without a benefactor to underwrite the losses. Super League, and its clubs, do not generate sufficient revenues to sustain successful and ambitious sport.

The club is, quite wisely, exploring as many different opportunities as possible to overcome this problem. 

It may ultimately fail, but it is not a last-ditch attempt to meet the day-to-day running costs of the club.

There is far more cause for (pragmatic) optimism than there has been for many years at the club.

 

 

[Brits in the NRL]

Was largely impressed by Young, especially in yardage. Fix up on the high balls and improve his defensive reads/support play and he really could be anything.

I do think he's in contention for the world cup but the improvements needed above currently leave him behind Tom Davies for me.

[Brits in the NRL]

43 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

Luke Thompson NOT! been involved in the bulldogs pre season training camps recently !

Given the COVID rates in NSW recently it could be that. I'd be surprised if anything happened for the 2022 season.

[Cornwall RLFC (Merged Threads)]

1 minute ago, gingerjon said:

I'm not asking you to. And, based on past experience, Perez won't ever do one either.

Precisely my worry.

[Cornwall RLFC (Merged Threads)]

4 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

They should be asked if there's an agreement in place for them to play at a fictitious stadium?

It is name checked in the press releases. Obviously it has not been built yet and still appears to be seeking the required funding.

That is the whole point of asking these questions. It is Eric Perez and the RFL's job to do the due diligence/business plan, not mine. 

[Cornwall RLFC (Merged Threads)]

Transparency is going to be key if this is to get the buy in from fellow League 1 clubs/ the wider rugby league community.

 

Is an agreement in place for the club to move into Stadium for Cornwall upon its completion?

What is the club's plans for grassroots and junior rugby league in the region?

What discussions have taken place with key regional stakeholders (Cornish Pirates, Cornwall Council, Exeter Uni etc)? 

What is the strategy for player recruitment? Local union players, existing League 1 players, mixture of both? 

 

I'd love this to work but, for it to, the RFL must have done their due diligence and be able to present a business case to more sceptical members.