Gaz Carvell meeting : Sat Feb 20, 2016 6:04 pm  

Gaz has instigated a meeting for fans to attend to look at supporting the Salford academy. It is on Wednesday 24th February at 7-30pm, it will be held at Salford stadium (AJ Bell) on 1st floor in the players lounge. He wants to explain why they need some fundraising & hopes fans will be interested.
He has asked coaches from the 16'& 19's to attend & bring a couple of the players with them, Tim Sheens, Watto & Russ McFarlane will attend & also Robert Lui, Dan Vidot & Ben M.M will also be there.
They have started making pathways into the 1st team squad now, & hopefully with support from fans they can introduce more from the academy in the future.
The meeting is open for anybody to attend & if anyone has any fundraising ideas they will be happy to listen to them

Re: Gaz Carvell meeting : Sat Feb 20, 2016 7:04 pm  

Why won't koukash pay for it. After all said and done if any break into the first team its to his benefit. I thought these days had gone having a billionaire owner. I'm not saying i won't contribute but why can't Koukash contribute or fund it. just saying

Re: Gaz Carvell meeting : Sat Feb 20, 2016 9:39 pm  

Why won't koukash pay for it. After all said and done if any break into the first team its to his benefit. I thought these days had gone having a billionaire owner. I'm not saying i won't contribute but why can't Koukash contribute or fund it. just saying



Lots of clubs with rich owners have fundraising with the fans, Warrington are a prime example,they have Simon Moran a multi millionaire, but the fans support the academy.
Hull fc also have a fans group with input.
With Salford academy set up being downgraded they lost a large amount of funding, which Gaz will explain better than me on Wednesday evening.
If you can make it along on Wednesday it might be very interesting, also I'm sure Tim will have his say on it with him deciding to attend.

[Bullseye]

Re: Gaz Carvell meeting : Mon Feb 22, 2016 9:34 am  

On the one hand your owner wants to be able to spend more than the salary cap on big signings then on the other he allows a situation where the club need to go to supporters to raise money for young player development.

I'm struggling to understand the logic of this.

Re: Gaz Carvell meeting : Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:01 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

On the one hand your owner wants to be able to spend more than the salary cap on big signings then on the other he allows a situation where the club need to go to supporters to raise money for young player development.

I'm struggling to understand the logic of this.

I wonder if there's going to be some kind of meeting where someone attached to the club explains the reasoning behind it in greater detail.

Re: Gaz Carvell meeting : Mon Feb 22, 2016 1:45 pm  

Does anybody know why he now wants us,when he first arrived it seemed he wanted nothing to do with Forever Reds.

Re: Gaz Carvell meeting : Mon Feb 22, 2016 1:53 pm  

In all fairness to Marwan, he said a lot when he first arrived. He's now three years into his ownership and is much more experienced in the game and sport of RL than he was back in 2013. I think he has publically acknowledged mistakes he has made and fair play to the bloke for admitting them and working on putting them right. He could have continued like a lot of wealthy arrogant sports club owners, but it seems he has seen sense.

Any additional help that Forever Reds and the supporters can make to assisting the future generation of our club gets a thumbs up from me.

Re: Gaz Carvell meeting : Tue Feb 23, 2016 7:21 pm  

The Fans and it's supporters groups have traditionally contributed to the reserve sides - academy or youth set up , whether it was the Turkey sponsoring players or kit & more recently the Forever reds society contributing to local area rugby .
It's not about whether Marwan has money .
I think it's as much about re-establishing link's between the club , it's fans & making them feel more part of the club .and it's future .
This is a natural part of the NRL club set up.

Re: Gaz Carvell meeting : Tue Feb 23, 2016 9:52 pm  

Why should Marwan bankroll everything. It's good to get fans involved in the academy and keep a good bond with the local amateur teams.

[Bullseye]

Re: Gaz Carvell meeting : Thu Feb 25, 2016 1:46 pm  

Over at Bradford the Supporters Trust funds the things over and above what the club can provide for the 16s and 19s. It’s easier to justify why fans should pay when the club isn’t able to afford it all. It’s a similar set up elsewhere.

When the owner is rich enough to fund it all (like yours) I think it’s harder to justify but not impossible. Perhaps stick to funding non-core equipment and activities or come up with something unique that no other youth set up has? Having a good close relationship with the head of youth development is key.

If you can get something up and running it is very rewarding for all concerned.