https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/super-league-emergency-meeting-crisis-30415509 Like I’ve explained before, not sure on here though, Salford are out with the begging bowl. The club are owned now by supporters and last year begged them to buy shares, which they did and cleaned out their fans, then they got the council to give them money to pay bills, then they got the council to buy the ground and will let them play for peanuts there. Now they need an advancement on RFL monies to continue to pay staff including players. They should be made to sort their own mess, sell players or whatever is needed. Or sport doesn’t have enough in reserves to do this and if they do it for one, they must do it for all.

I am broadly in agreement with you @RaoulDuke if they’re not capable of self-managing the season (again) then they’re not fit for SL I am afraid. That should be a minimum requirement. Our own club, and others have suffered on the field for financial issues and had to operate within parameters. As should Salford.

Surely that should knock the grade IMG gave to the club as they’re not financially stable and as such Toulouse would probably be promoted? Becoming a yearly thing where Salford are the ones always asking for advances on cash. At some point you have to wonder if they’re viable.

Matt Last year we cut out cloth to suit our needs and ensure our survival under IMG,we made a conscious decision to run with a weaker squad for what proved to be the greater good. Salford seemed neither able or more importantly willing to compromise on field performances for financial security and now for the umpteenth time they’re suffering the consequences. You only have to look at their retentions and signings for next season to see they’re not learning from their mistakes and will be relying on hand outs once again to survive. As a club using this model they are unsustainable,

RaoulDuke Its almost like they are following the old Wakefield business plan isnt it

mdean we’ve suffered on the field as we’ve had stadium requirements to hit. The frightening thing now is that when we do our rebuild, we’ll lose points and may lose our place in the league. So I guess, don’t do the work and stay in but thats not the aim of the IMG rules. Between a rock and hard place. I’m expecting the rules to change and less impetus on being the first call on use of your ground but better facilities.

pirate true. As long as we follow the rules we should be OK.

RaoulDuke Attendances will be vital for our score again,there are still a few tweaks we can use to gain points such as the LED advertising boards and I thought MJ had held back on some investment so we wouldn’t drop what we gained this year,could be wrong on that one. With regard to Salford be interesting to see what’s announced Monday,can’t believe they’re doing this after the signings they announced,mind if they have to have a fire sale 😉

Hepworth Watkins & Bullock please!

Salford have played a blinder, waiting for the fixtures to be announced so they cant be punished correctly without causing serious disruptions. In my opinion they should be booted and the next high grade team promoted CTID

Salford have put out a statement moaning about the release of their begging. The other clubs are going to make a decision Monday. They blame the slow local council for not allowing them to play quicker at their virtual rent free stadium and earn sponsorship whilst their council are closing services to do it.

Salford again

RaoulDuke

They’ve been saved. Someone has paid off all their bills and their future is apparently looking rosey again.

I now expect the council to make these new owners buy the stadium and not rely on its taxpayers to fund it. And give them money from free use of a billboard.

FlatCapper

Due diligence done and dusted and off they go, building yet more debt but hey ho, at least their deal is done.

Can’t wait for our ‘takeover’ to be confirmed, if I live that long…

Maturecasfan

FlatCapper

I was thinking the same.
How come Salford is done and dusted within a few weeks.
Ours, we have to wait firstly 3 months, now another 3 months.
Seems certain clubs are blue eyed boys with the RFL.

RaoulDuke

FlatCapper I can’t see a reason why ours won’t go through, only a matter of time.

It stuns me why someone unrelated decides to lose money for their investment other than local pride ie a local who’s done good wanting to put something back and they can afford it.

Caddick at leeds has built the cricket and rugby league ground and he’s getting payment from the cricket side that pays his side, making this is a money earner.

Salford is pure loss but there’s no Ken Davy angle here. A man willing to spaff his money on his local team.

The devil will be on the detail. What does this new group get?

Hepworth

RaoulDuke Investment bankers specialising in property development now with a foothold on the edge of one of our major cities,alongside an almost bankrupt council who need funds to improve their infrastructure. Could be a match made in heaven.

Hepworth

So confirmed that Salford will have to field reserves against Saints at the weekend,ain’t that a way to maintain the integrity of the game.

TamworthTiger

Hepworth
shocking!

mdean

Makes an embarrassment of the sport if I am honest, it just asks too many questions - for example Saints are top on points difference.

Whole thing is grubby. Not least I backed all the underdog teams to cover the handicap and only one let me down!

Hepworth

mdean A few teams be rightly miffed if come the end of the season that 80 point head start on the points makes a difference to the play off places. Mind you’d have got decent odds on us being above Leeds,Wigan,Salford,Catalan and either Wire or the Giants after Week 1.

orrsome

The RFL and Salford have brought the game into disrepute

RaoulDuke

Salford could have named the same squad as the cup side the week before but course not to which is odd.

They are waiting for ratification, like us with Mr Jepson, but could have tried. I don’t see why an investment company would want Salford, so it must be to do with the land nearby. If they are getting the stadium costs at nearly free rent, what else do they get? If I was a rate payer I’d be asking why they can’t afford full rent.

Hepworth

RaoulDuke Plans are already in the offing for the area around the stadium to have a new sports and leisure complex,with expanded walking and cycling routes all served by a dedicated Metrolink Station joining the Salford gateway to Barton Lock,throw in some retail space and food outlets and it’s a nice little project for a property developer who just happens to be throwing a couple of mill Salfords way.

RaoulDuke

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/salford-could-face-penalty-weakened-191246662.html

yorky

kick em out of super league, they have been cheating the system for ages

RaoulDuke

https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/2147294-salford-red-devils-takeover-twist-as-tongan-rap-star-emerges-as-prime-mover

Now it’s getting interesting. The new owner only just set up the company and is late filing accounts, that’s never good.

Or is the owner a tongan rap singer?

No wonder it’s taking a time for the rfl to confirm what’s going on.

mdean

I am trying to be balanced how I would feel if our club was scrabbling about trying to survive, but there is just a mess of uncertainty, unfairness and injustice really.

When you think Rugby League can’t look any more tin-pot, it really does exceed your expectations.

yorky

mdean
also bear in mind this is not something new, salford have been overspending for years & the rfl have let them get away with it, both parties are a disgrace & to think we have been living under the threat of relegation for some time especially under the IMG regime

Matt

The RFL and Salford made a mockery of the sport. First match of the new season, shown live on national TV and viewers get to see 82 unanswered points.

St Helens were handed one of the easiest wins they’ll ever get and a very healthy points difference which could make the difference further down the line.

All of this happened under the new IMG grading scheme and none of it has been handled correctly. This wasn’t something that has just happened overnight, Salford have been struggling since they moved to that awful stadium and now the league is left in a position where one of the clubs can’t even field a full strength team.

Meanwhile we had to fight over half a point here and there to keep our SL place.

TheFirm

Must admit i love my club but Rugby League as whole is a tough sport to like a lot of the time.

FlatCapper

Whether we like it or not, the current situation seems to be the least of all evils - there may well be a practical ending.
Having said that, it does add fuel to the farce that the RFL/SL/Salford have managed to create.

Whatever our feelings are about the way Salford has operated for the last few years, spending money we all know they didn’t have, kicking them out of the SL, with no adequate replacement, would be just as farcical. We’d end up with odd teams and blank weekends.

I do find it incredulous that the IMG system didn’t foresee this issue and react accordingly.

One thing that has also struck me, the Salford team selection against Saints appeared to be based on a squad salary cap of £1.2m. Does this mean the likes of Sneyd & co are not currently being paid, to prevent their salaries counting towards the cap?

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