Uncertainty remains over the Red Devils stadium future

[The Future is League]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/15232822/uncertainty-continues-over-salfords-stadium-future-amid-talk-of-a-sale/

[Rupert Prince]

18 minutes ago, The Future is League said:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/15232822/uncertainty-continues-over-salfords-stadium-future-amid-talk-of-a-sale/

The story adds nothing to what we know... which is bad enough.  It's just repeating what we know.

[Hela Wigmen]

I’d be amazed if Salford City FC sold their stadium that the owners have poured significant amounts of money into to move into a stadium as tenants, them buying it would make more sense, though £15m+ for an extra 7,000 seats may not be the most economical idea, though I imagine the corporate bits is where they’d make their money. 

Is there any indication then that should the not Sale Sharks or Salford City buy this stadium that they’d not want a tenant in Salford Red Devils? I suppose the issue would be the cost of rent, which may be different to what they pay now to the council. 

[Henson Park Old Firm]

Real shame, if true.....

[moorside roughyed]

It'd be a kick in the knackers for Salford and the game if they did end up homeless. 

[paul hicks]

slow news day even for a paper that's give given a negative value in its parent companies accounts.

seems they have got rid of many of the rubbish journalist's but in this case they seem to have missed one if they cant add anything to the original story from last month

 

[Josef K]

Bloody Kendal he’ll be involved in all of this i imagine. He hates the likes of Salford. 

[jroyales]

So sad to hear of the plight of Salford. Two great seasons. Grand Final and last year at Wembley are what dreams are made of.

Like Oldham and Swinton and Salford, once you've lost your "home". Watersheddings, Station Road and the Willows our clubs were on a downward spiral - some a lot faster than others. Do you remember when sooperdooperleague was first mooted that our three great clubs should merge to become Manchester - it makes you think "what if?2

All the best Salford hang onto the memories.

[Angelic Cynic]

47 minutes ago, paul hicks said:

slow news day even for a paper that's give given a negative value in its parent companies accounts.

seems they have got rid of many of the rubbish journalist's but in this case they seem to have missed one if they cant add anything to the original story from last month

 

That seems grossly unfair to me.

The news came out and some supporters gathered to voice their concern.

Here is a journalist,recently seriously injured,making a definite effort to elicit some facts and asking questions which supporters of the club would presumably want to be asked.

If only there were more journalists who actually attempted journalism and seeked the truth.

No further forward perhaps in gaining the full facts but at least the main protagonists are now aware that there is a great deal of interest in any developments and the supporters may not be the last to know.

Many journalists seem to sit around waiting for snippets- this guy went to the effort of compiling relevant questions for the relevant individual.

[paul hicks]

2 minutes ago, Angelic Cynic said:

That seems grossly unfair to me.

The news came out and some supporters gathered to voice their concern.

Here is a journalist,recently seriously injured,making a definite effort to elicit some facts and asking questions which supporters of the club would presumably want to be asked.

If only there were more journalists who actually attempted journalism and seeked the truth.

No further forward perhaps in gaining the full facts but at least the main protagonists are now aware that there is a great deal of interest in any developments and the supporters may not be the last to know.

Many journalists seem to sit around waiting for snippets- this guy went to the effort of compiling relevant questions for the relevant individual.

all he has done is publish the same story that was around 6 weeks ago not a new fact in the story . now if he had a new angle with something new I would have called it out as good journalism  but just what is new in that news story. 

[Wanderer]

So are Sale Sharks any closer to acquiring the ground from Salford City Council then?

Maybe something is happening in the background to this story

[Leyther_Matt]

11 hours ago, Hela Wigmen said:

I’d be amazed if Salford City FC sold their stadium that the owners have poured significant amounts of money into to move into a stadium as tenants

Owner in the singular, in the form of Peter Lim, I’d have said. And the pocket money he’s thrown at the temporary stands at Moor Lane would be a fraction of how much the land would be worth for housing, I’m sure. 

[yipyee]

13 hours ago, Hela Wigmen said:

I’d be amazed if Salford City FC sold their stadium that the owners have poured significant amounts of money into to move into a stadium as tenants, them buying it would make more sense, though £15m+ for an extra 7,000 seats may not be the most economical idea, though I imagine the corporate bits is where they’d make their money. 

Is there any indication then that should the not Sale Sharks or Salford City buy this stadium that they’d not want a tenant in Salford Red Devils? I suppose the issue would be the cost of rent, which may be different to what they pay now to the council. 

Is Salford City all seating, their current stadium would not be premier league acceptable and as you mention the corporate side and media etc is in place

[Leyther_Matt]

11 hours ago, yipyee said:

Is Salford City all seating, their current stadium would not be premier league acceptable and as you mention the corporate side and media etc is in place

Moor Lane isn’t all seated, but there again neither is the AJ Bell. They can’t even get out of League Two at the minute (praise be) so any idea of the Premier League or even Championship is rather fanciful. 

[yipyee]

10 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Moor Lane isn’t all seated, but there again neither is the AJ Bell. They can’t even get out of League Two at the minute (praise be) so any idea of the Premier League or even Championship is rather fanciful. 

That is their aim though and they have the money to keep going like city did

[Davo5]

8 hours ago, yipyee said:

That is their aim though and they have the money to keep going like city did

They really don’t have that level of funding.

[yipyee]

2 hours ago, Davo5 said:

They really don’t have that level of funding.

They do though, one of the investors is peter Lim, the others are all multi millionaires, Beckham has the miami franchise so theres already a mechanism in place to develop cheap american talent plus loanees each way aka new york with city.

For now they are living within their means but for every division they are in they are signing players from the division above so will always be at the top end.

Additionally the clubs at the top and bottom of the prem are far apart on capital, turnover, wages etc.. 

Wigan only had a small turnover as did Blackpool in comparison to Utd and city

[Hela Wigmen]

11 minutes ago, yipyee said:

They do though, one of the investors is peter Lim, the others are all multi millionaires, Beckham has the miami franchise so theres already a mechanism in place to develop cheap american talent plus loanees each way aka new york with city.

For now they are living within their means but for every division they are in they are signing players from the division above so will always be at the top end.

Additionally the clubs at the top and bottom of the prem are far apart on capital, turnover, wages etc.. 

Wigan only had a small turnover as did Blackpool in comparison to Utd and city

Living within their means is a dubious claim. 

[Davo5]

1 hour ago, yipyee said:

They do though, one of the investors is peter Lim, the others are all multi millionaires, Beckham has the miami franchise so theres already a mechanism in place to develop cheap american talent plus loanees each way aka new york with city.

For now they are living within their means but for every division they are in they are signing players from the division above so will always be at the top end.

Additionally the clubs at the top and bottom of the prem are far apart on capital, turnover, wages etc.. 

Wigan only had a small turnover as did Blackpool in comparison to Utd and city

If they had City’s level of funding,they wouldn’t be bothering “living within their means”

[Oxford]

If this thread is still about SRD, I don't think any of us will need to worry too much longer.

[Dallas Mead]

Why not?

[Dallas Mead]

3 minutes ago, Oxford said:

If this thread is still about SRD, I don't think any of us will need to worry too much longer.

Why not?

[Oxford]

2 minutes ago, Dallas Mead said:

Why not?

Oh come on!

[Eddie]

33 minutes ago, Oxford said:

If this thread is still about SRD, I don't think any of us will need to worry too much longer.

Are they folding then?

[RigbyLuger]

Speaking of "living within your means" I find Koukash, and those who still hold him up as some kind of Messiah, chipping in on Salford's plight to be more that ironic with the mess he left.