He is nowadays completely associated with RU.
It's all going pear shaped folks, to the point of being laughable.
Why am I not surprised

With the greatest respect... (and I mean that as your post suggests you are clearly a loyal supporter) You clearly don't see the point why this is such a big issue.

As somebody rightly pointed out earlier... This is as much about how little say we have in this stadium. When ideas were first cast about moving to a new ground... this was going to be 'our' ground. Now... we don't seem to have any say at all in it. This could cause some serious problems in the future for us... and eventually push us down the pecking order in our new ground.

This stadium is our only option as a club... it has to work... in order for this to work for us... we have to have an amount of control in what goes on in this ground. Does this suggest we have that control ? Do you think if we did we would have a completely red stadium... I think we would... the fact that we don't suggests somebody is either not speaking up... or somebody isn't prepared to listen.

The council are pretty much refusing to recognise this as Salford City Reds new stadium... and continue to bang on about it belonging to them. We have to face it... we are just tenants here... with little or no say in the matter.

On the naming of stands topic we could have the following.

The Jesus stand referring to Christopher Eccleston in second coming or Robert Powell for Jesus of Nazareth (and he could double as the steward if there is 39 steps).
The Emmeline Pankhurst ladies lavs.
John Cooper Clarke as the official club scribe.
Ryan Giggs to stay at home and look after supporters wives when attending games.
Hazel Blears could run a scrambled egg consession.
Harold Riley could knock up some flyers with pretty pictures.
The Edd the Duck and Andy Crane childrens creche.
And maybe a super group of Russell Watson, Graham Nash, Elkie Brookes, Mark E Smith and that good looking bird from the Ting Tings to serenade us as we queue in the massively improved crowds to get in.

Good luck.

Unbelievable. His 'invention' of the game is totally untrue and was done by people within Rugby Union to reclaim it as an upper class game. Why would we want to name a stand, at a ground that was only ever built to play Rugby League at, after him?

We may as well name a stand after a famous Salfordian footballer in that case. They'd have a closer link to Salford Rugby League than William Webb Ellis. If this is true I certainly won't be sitting in that stand and I'd resent going to the ground itself.

Totally agree. Also quite revealing that Wilky used to openly state he wouldn't go near Kennedy in regards to any ground share or any other business deal. Now it would appear he has no choice.

You seem to expect other to risk bancrupcy to push the club forward. Surely you can do likewise?

How is running an organisation with a modicum of professionalism risking bankruptcy?

I can't be d trawling through the pages on this thread. But the way I see it is obviously Peel don't have the confidence that we'll be the number one team in there for too long and IMO they're right. I'll give us this 3 years before we're gone never to play super league again unless things on and off the field change dramatically. By putting the blue seats in they're just saving themselves a little less work in the long run when all of them will be blue. Lets just enjoy what time we have left!

Less professional than say... Leigh? Or Swinton? We have a Superleague franchise, don't we?

So we're setting the bar with those two clubs now? Is that how low we have sunk? You should have thrown in Chorley Borough and Huyton as well.

Others here mentioned those sides berfore I did.

We've sunk/climbed to a grade C superleague licence (I think). Or 10th/11th best in the country if league results are your barometer.

Sat at work on a black chair: the firm will not buy a red chair even tho' I am the only red in a team of blues. I want another seat, I find another job

The new stadium is the place of work for Salford RLFC. They negotiate with the owning company on certain matters but as this place, like so many in entertainment, has to fix its name, its colour scheme, its pricing, and when it will be available, we will be stuck with decisions the company makes. We can look for somewhere else if we do not like this. We can try to rent a different stadium but Old Trafford may be a bit ambitious and Leigh already booked.

FFS get a grip: "we don't seem to have any say at all in it": correct

"This stadium is our only option as a club... it has to work... in order for this to work for us... we have to have an amount of control in what goes on in this ground." Then the club buys it or buys into it as leading/major shareholder.

We'll have a St Paul's camp outside Peel Holding's HQ next!

Deep down do you think this stadium will work?

I have to aplogise at this point people

But I am finding this thread particularily amusing











As has just been stated , You HAVE to make this stadium work for you , you dont have any other options

Welcome to our world

Short-term yes but the long-term is worrying:
-our crowd impresses no one (except in passion) and Super League demand better
-we depend a great deal on Mr Wilkinson's finances and he is not a spring chicken
-we also need to build on this season so we are attractive to the stadium company.

We know each other and know we are mad reds but, no, I am worried.

I was "involved" (Town Team) with Oldham when it went tits up and look what's happened since.

Sadly Star - is right.

Isn't it just great that the club didn't even know about the blue seats I'm telling you next thing you know it will be ''oh sorry Sale are actually playing in the parker pen rolls royce challenge trophy against Luctonian Old Boys you're gonna have to play another day, sorry'' Bloody hell doesn't feel as if we have a home anymore.

Aside from much else, it looks sh*t.

Your all so wrong.

Just had a ride down and looked at the heinous blue seats and there is infact two different shades of blue seats, give you all double to bitch about.



Were you one of the people who actually didn't/don't like playing on a Friday? As I said when I spoke to the club before for next season the only reason the club will change from Fridays will be if SKY wan to put us on the box.



If it doesn't it won't be because the seats are blue, we have to change playing days because of other tennants it will be because the club is poorly run and the fodder on the pitch is crap.

Can I just say, and it doesn't really link with the seat argument, that people keep saying that it isn't our stadium (and how much does it fell like that right now

) but can I just add that if it wasn't for Salford City Reds RLFC and it's need for a stadium that provides the standards that Super league and indeed the licence process requires, there wouldn't be a stadium at all. There is no way the Council and to a bigger extent Peel would have even thought about the concept let alone funded the building of it, if it hadn't been for Red City Developments initial idea which was to safeguard, secure and future fund the Rugby club then as I say there would be no stadium, it hasn't/isn't been built for Sale, Swinton, Man Utd or anyone else for that matter, it’s being built for Salford Rugby League and the wider Salford community, so is it our stadium? Just a thought.

How very dare you bring common sense and a non alarmist view to things, you should have your head firmly lodged up your ar$e and be bleeting on about being second class tennants.

With us at present being the only paying tenants then surely it is in Peel's and the Council's interest that we succeed? Especially as there will be debts on all sides to pay off.

Can I suggest this is the perfect tune for the players to run out too?




"Blue (Da Ba De)"

Yo listen up here's a story
About a little guy that lives in a blue world
And all day and all night and everything he sees
Is just blue like him inside and outside
Blue is his house with a blue little window
And a blue corvette
And everything is blue for him and hisself
And everybody around
Cos he ain't got nobody to listen to

I'm blue da ba dee da ba die...

I have a blue house with a blue window.
Blue is the colour of all that I wear.
Blue are the streets and all the trees are too.
I have a girlfriend and she is so blue.
Blue are the people here that walk around,
Blue like my corvette, it's standing outside.
Blue are the words I say and what I think.
Blue are the feelings that live inside me.

I'm blue da ba dee da ba die...

I have a blue house with a blue window.
Blue is the colour of all that I wear.
Blue are the streets and all the trees are too.
I have a girlfriend and she is so blue.
Blue are the people here that walk around,
Blue like my corvette, it's standing outside.
Blue are the words I say and what I think.
Blue are the feelings that live inside me.

I'm blue da ba dee da ba die...

Inside and outside blue his house
With the blue little window and a blue corvette
And everything is blue for him and hisself
And everybody around cause he aint got
Nobody to listen to

I'm blue da ba dee da ba die...

I'm blue (da ba dee da ba die)

Here is a point and its only a small miniscule one......who gives a natts a$$ about blue seats??? Be feckin grateful because without those blue seats we wouldnt have a stadium and without a stadium we have no SL licence......end of really

Thread of the year for nonsense.

Its out of our hands. If you are in the slightest bit upset then contact the Council please.

Can we move on?