....or is our all singing all dancing official website the slowest loading, most un-user friendly website in the entire world?
I regularly visit then sack it off before the banal article I dont really want to read but give a go to anyway becomes legible.
We really are village aren't we?
I promote and defend our club in equal measure but I am beginning to lose the will, I really am.

I couldn't agree more and I've mentioned it before on here.

The original Reds site was voted the best site in RL a few years ago but the new version that was launched about a year ago is absolutely cr*p in my opinion. It's so slow and either the pages won't load or you have to wait forever for the pages to load.

A website should have super fast loading pages and be easy to get at the information you need but the current Reds site is the complete opposite.

Why can't the club bring back the old version which was much more functional? The site is that slow and frustrating I won't even go on it anymore.

No wonder the club can't attract any new support if they can't even get the website right. I'd imagine that any new potential fans would possibly go the website for more info or to learn more about the club and after one visit they would be left with the impression the club is totally amateurish.

I don't enjoy being negative about the club but somebody is not doing their job properly at Salford.

I agree. I alo never go on it anymore find it very frustrating and on the rare occasion I go on usually give up before the item I want to see has loaded.

crashes my laptop most of the time, and finding News is almost impossible, should be a sub-heading not amongst the pictures, thats if it ever loads.

I hate the web site, it is difficult to find what you want because it is always trying to laod slowly. I do much of my surfing at lunch time and I never go to the Reds site because of the slowness.

We need a user friendly site and a retail presence.

Agree with all of the above. Don't like moaning, but it is a bit frustrating.

It is really nice to read a thread where there are senisble posts, making sensible comments about the club which may be negative but manage to avoid the words unprofessional, disgrace, farce, embarrassment, etc.

You just did, you ruined the grown up thread, shame on you

Give me a f*cking break...

Not entirely sure you are being serious but . . .

The point I was trying to make was that the club employ several full-time people in marketing and administration roles as part of the Superleague criteria. Surely these employees are aware that the new site has never functioned properly since it's launch several months ago and you would think one of them would raise the issue and get it resolved?
Therefore if they can't identify and sort out a problem like this what hope is there for these people to take our club forward off the field?

To me the club website is a vital tool for promoting and selling the club. If potential new fans or sponsors visit the site for the first time and it's either really slow or not working properly it reflects badly on the club. (First Impressions)
For instance I've just been to the Reds site now to test how long it took to fully load the homepage and it took a staggering 1 minute and 30 seconds! (As a Comparison I went to the Widnes Vikings site and it loaded in less than 10 seconds and it had video highlights on the homepage)

Using Widnes as another example when Steve O'Conner bought the club one of the first things he invested in was a superb new website because as a successful businessman he knew the importance of a great site.

Have you still got the players list that you can't even scroll all the way down on?

(Was Salford on a RL manager forum game and was pain in the anus that!)