He could, he could have simply said that 8k is not the break even figure that the interviewer asked about, and rather than skipping around the houses saying that it will let us have a squad to compete with the top teams, simply say that it will let us spend to the salary cap.

Widnes need 7,000 to break even. Getting 8,000 against Wakefield did us the world of good. How do you guys think you'll get on attendance wise?

"What has happened to the money raised from selling your old ground"



long gone as the ground was sold years ago

Tarry is evasive at best , and his Rangers Quip , " it's not 49Million at least" probably was poorly timed. but he's not going to openly discuss in confidence HMRC business on local radio.

but if there still is cash flow issues mid move , ( 1 home game since sept 2011 , most of the season ticket business is not monthly not upfront , no merchandise sales as such in the lead up to to xmas ) it's no surprise .



the BBC reporter was loading the question "the 8,000 you need to survive to get through the home matches "

Tarry's reply was

"if we want to perform at the highest level then 8,000 is a minimum ... we can operate on less ... it's not a do or die threat. "



the difference in semantics between 8,000 ' to survive ' or 8,000 regular attendances to enable Salford to be a top 5 club are vast .



In truth he is not going to say they can settle for 5 or 6K averages when their 8 K target was in their franchise submission.



as people have pointed out , the rejected betting title sponsor would have given the SL clubs £50,000 each up front , we didn't, they got a poster of Stephen Wild on a hairy ar5e Truck.

Perhaps we could offer HMRC an advert on four Stobart trucks and then we could call it quits.

if i was DT id be organising a press conference sharpish to clear up any miss understandings about if getting 8000 people though the game will allow us to become the man city of rugby league or going bust.

Set the record straight and nobody has to worry

Been trying to read up on Salford's finances and does anyone know when Salford are due to repay the £350k loan to Salford council and what the money that the sale of the Willows has been spent on? Sorry if this is retreading over other threads but just interested in what seemed like such a decent situation for your club, but now struggling to find £50k to pay the taxman.

Not looking good if need 8000 to break even.Hopefully it is near 5000 as like Salford to succeed.

How many times? We don't!!!



We need 8k to spend the full salary cap and compete with the best teams. If we don't get 8k then we simply can't spend the full cap. Its nothing to do with breaking even!

Well that is good news then I just read somewhere need 8000.

beats me why the club is even discussing its finances in public in such detail anyway.

Some folk here seem to believe their season ticket should grant them boardroom access and a hand-delivered copy of the balance sheets each month.