gutterfax wrote:
Great News about the 2 competition winners.....but in reality, Saldfords attendances are not the responsibility of the RFL and I doubt there'll be a massive increase on Friday night.
With the exception of the French v London, no other "supporter" on Sunday would have had a journey of more than 50 minutes (Leeds-Manchester).......yet 33k in a 48k stadium is what we got.
Leeds Bradford attracts 20k.........Wigan Saints the same....Hudds v Salford 7k,................yet 14k LESS roll up to a game on their front door
The point of Magic was to spread the word......what we got was a weekend crowd 6% up from Wales 2011, played less than 1 hr away from the home grounds of 10 of the 14 teams taking part...
The general aparthy of RL fans is sometimes quite staggering.......
What people don't realise is how big the Manchester rugby league scene could be! The only thing holding it back is how average/poor Salford have been over the years, no matter how you look at it Salford are manchesters only RL team, Wigan are not Manchester before someone mentions them, the people of Manchester are not going to travel 30 mile every week to watch a team that has no assosiation with Manchester so therefore Salford are the club that has the Manchester RL scene on its shoulders, the fact is Manchester don't do rugby not because of football it's because the local rugby team don't succeed, fans are glory seekers unfortunately and won't watch teams lose every week. I think until we have a strong competitive Salford side there's no other way the word of RL will spread through the twin cities!
I am not saying its the RFL's duty to help Salford like they have London/Catalans but i'am just stating a fact, if the RFL want to conquer Manchester their next door neighbours are the key!
