Re: V St Helens : Thu Feb 11, 2016 9:17 am  

Anyone know how many tickets have been sold for tonight's game??

Re: V St Helens : Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:26 am  

If tonights gate is over 4, I'll be shocked. I have seen literally no promotion or advertisement about the build up to the new season, maybe I'm looking in the wrong places.

The deal they offered a few seasons ago, 3 tickets for £50, that should stay for the opening 3 games of every season. It at least gains a small amount of interest and if we win 2 out the opening 3 at home, people maybe inclined to stick with us for a few extra games.

Hope having saints at home for 3rd year in a row and on Sky, doesn't do much for the Salford public. Didn't we get nilled 2 year ago and got a try at the death last year? Don't know why sky keep putting this fixture in television, is against Widnes if a few weeks would of been a better watch for neutrals.

Re: V St Helens : Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:37 am  

Yeah the advertising side of things doesn't seem to be getting much better I personally have not seen many offers for the game either.

I think sky hate Salford and like seeing us get a battering ha, les hope saints underestimate us and we can give them a good game.

Re: V St Helens : Thu Feb 11, 2016 11:01 am  

There was a few posters in the university of Manchester.

Re: V St Helens : Thu Feb 11, 2016 11:26 am  

I must admit I haven't seen much marketing myself either. It seemed better when Vickers was here, at least he came from a marketing background.

We don't even do the simple things, sending out posters to local schools, local pubs, local teams, local coffee shops, local bars, local community centres. How difficult is it to print a couple of A4 posters off, get a database of local business and send them out on a fortnightly basis.

Re: V St Helens : Thu Feb 11, 2016 1:13 pm  

I personally think giving local kids free tickets or £10 season tickets is the way forward that's how I got into RL , when I was at school Salford give u16s a season ticket for £1 and then you paid normal prices after that but by then you was hooked and mithered you're parents to get it the following season and back then it was pretty cheap still.

Re: V St Helens : Thu Feb 11, 2016 1:36 pm  

I'm just looking for an improvement on last week's performance; something to give us a bit of optimism heading in to our next couple of fixtures.

I don't think anyone expects us to win tonight, but if we can be competitive and play with a bit of spirit it will be an encouraging sign.

Re: V St Helens : Thu Feb 11, 2016 1:43 pm  

To be fair I'll settle for the backs to look as good as Saints and for the forwards not to get monstered.

Re: V St Helens : Thu Feb 11, 2016 2:07 pm  

What did people think of Lui last Friday? I may of had a few shandies, but it seemed he never took the line on? Only Sau and BMM came out the game with any credit for me.

Re: V St Helens : Thu Feb 11, 2016 2:16 pm  

LucaUtd1 wrote:

I personally think giving local kids free tickets or £10 season tickets is the way forward that's how I got into RL , when I was at school Salford give u16s a season ticket for £1 and then you paid normal prices after that but by then you was hooked and mithered you're parents to get it the following season and back then it was pretty cheap still.

I have said this for years and years that free kids season tickets issued to every school kid up until say 12 and then a couple of quid for 13-16 would make such a massive difference. I came in late 80's / early 90's this way and i am still here 20 years later. We were as bad back then as we are now but still hooked on them no matter what. Kids will mither mum and dad and in turn brings them in.

I have also called for the Junior Devils to be set-up again. Another insensitive that in the day worked so well at a Semi-pro club. These days of "professionalism" (I use that term loosely with Salford) it would work even better I think.