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[dboy]

2 minutes ago, Monkeymagic22 said:

they’ve done so many good things, with some superb recruitment. Alas, there probably wouldn’t have been and issue if they could have stayed at the Willows. Hopefully something can be sorted out for them, to survive and keep their rightful place in SL.

Of course they had some superb recruitment - THEY DON'T PAY THEIR RENT!

They are a sham club, with an unsustainable business model.

The fan ownership ploy was simply to try and see the season out and hope the council would save them YET AGAIN!

They have no right to be in SL.

[Monkeymagic22]

Just now, dboy said:

Of course they had some superb recruitment - THEY DON'T PAY THEIR RENT!

They are a sham club, with an unsustainable business model.

The fan ownership ploy was simply to try and see the season out and hope the council would save them YET AGAIN!

They have no right to be in SL.

Bit harsh mate. 

[Eddie]

I hope the local community rally round and make the council aware of how much the club means to the city. 

[Eddie]

3 minutes ago, dboy said:

Of course they had some superb recruitment - THEY DON'T PAY THEIR RENT!

They are a sham club, with an unsustainable business model.

The fan ownership ploy was simply to try and see the season out and hope the council would save them YET AGAIN!

They have no right to be in SL.

Not a fan then? 

[dboy]

1 minute ago, Monkeymagic22 said:

Bit harsh mate. 

No, not at all.

I feel for the fans. Just like the Bulls fans previously, they have been taken for mugs.

The club knew exactly what they were doing.

[dboy]

1 minute ago, Eddie said:

I hope the local community rally round and make the council aware of how much the club means to the city. 

What, have a whip round maybe?

Or attend games in their tens of thousands?

[dboy]

1 minute ago, Eddie said:

Not a fan then? 

Not a fan of any club with this business model.

It only ever ends in tears.

It's unsustainable.

The folly of the fan ownership fundraiser was highlighted at the time - it's one-off banked and spent.

 

[dboy]

FWIW, this press release is just an attempt to blackmail the council into paying more aid.

Will it work?

 

[Josef K]

What a blow such sad news. 

[sam4731]

1 hour ago, Nate90 said:

I blame Sale Sharks they are like vultures. Look at what they did to Stockport County 20 years ago.

Sharks like vultures? What's next, Harlequins like Broncos? Centurions like Leopards?

[Josef K]

1 hour ago, Nate90 said:

I blame Sale Sharks they are like vultures. Look at what they did to Stockport County 20 years ago.

Aye they are not very popular with some County fans. 

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

1 hour ago, Welshleaguelover said:

Should have stayed at the willows.

Wasn't an option was it?  Having to sell up back then to pay outstanding debts was where it all started to go pear shaped.

Wasn't much different to Wakey (I'll not name the guy) selling off Belle Vue under similar circumstances.  At least two subsequent near bankruptcies for us until Carter came along.  Relegation in the end.

Edited November 9, 2023 by Wollo Wollo Wayoo

[Eddie]

24 minutes ago, dboy said:

Not a fan of any club with this business model.

It only ever ends in tears.

It's unsustainable.

The folly of the fan ownership fundraiser was highlighted at the time - it's one-off banked and spent.

 

They’ve been unsustainable for 50 years tbf, but have managed to sustain themselves. 

[dboy]

They haven't run this business model for 50 years.

It's gone this way since they took on a stadium deal they couldn't afford.

[sweaty craiq]

He mentions 8% ticket price - that is dirt cheap for stadium  rental and profit on secondary sales is low

[dboy]

2 minutes ago, sweaty craiq said:

He mentions 8% ticket price - that is dirt cheap for stadium  rental and profit on secondary sales is low

Don't they write as taking an EXTRA 8%?

Anyway, I've worked it out. It's just a ruse to get visits to their website.

[dboy]

This bit cracks me up - "there has been a developing narrative that the Club is not paying its way, when in reality the unfavourable terms of the current tenancy agreement is extracting from the Club’s key income sources, on top of rent."

 

YOU HAVE NEVER PAID YOUR FULL RENT!

[Eddie]

48 minutes ago, dboy said:

FWIW, this press release is just an attempt to blackmail the council into paying more aid.

Will it work?

 

Hopefully. 

[dboy]

5 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Hopefully. 

And then what?

And what of the Salford tax payers?

And what of the increasing rent-debt (also underwritten by Salford Council)?

And what of their ongoing mega-signings?

Edited November 9, 2023 by dboy

[Chrispmartha]

Did someone from Salford run over Dboys dog or something?

[dboy]

Just now, Chrispmartha said:

Did someone from Salford run over Dboys dog or something?

Yes they did.

And I'm still waiting for them to pay the vet's bill.

In truth, I'm ###### off that the "game" has looked the other way whilst watching another Bulls-style implosion!

[idrewthehaggis]

1 hour ago, dboy said:

More like memories of Bulls = squad they can't afford, not meeting their bills...fleecing fans in a desperate ploy to keep going...

That's not a dig at Bulls - that's history. 

Salford learned nothing from theBull's demise.

Obsessed.

[Chrispmartha]

13 minutes ago, dboy said:

Yes they did.

And I'm still waiting for them to pay the vet's bill.

In truth, I'm ###### off that the "game" has looked the other way whilst watching another Bulls-style implosion!

What would you have wanted ‘the game’ to do about Salfords stadium situation?

[daz39]

I'm sure there fans will blame Ian Watson somehow!

[Eddie]

2 hours ago, Nate90 said:

I blame Sale Sharks they are like vultures. Look at what they did to Stockport County 20 years ago.

What did Sale do to Stockport County? Serious question btw I don’t know.