Quote The Devil's Advocate="The Devil's Advocate"Thank goodness it can now be put to bed & everyone can get on with it. In hindsight I bet Salford wished they had just paid Puletua off.'" Ha ha ha ha.. You're joking aren't you. www.loverugbyleague.com/news_226 ... ht-on.html

Quote The Devil's Advocate="The Devil's Advocate"Thank goodness it can now be put to bed & everyone can get on with it. In hindsight I bet Salford wished they had just paid Puletua off.'" Ha ha ha ha.. You're joking aren't you. www.loverugbyleague.com/news_226 ... ht-on.html

He has a mixed personality and so has everyone else.



What is very important to realise is no Dr K, no Salford RLFC. I cannot see any successor anywhere. So we die.

As for a new start: there is no appetite, outside fans, for thinking we could restart in the lower divisions/leagues. It's a football area. Salford fans are not wealthy.There are other issues. For instance, start with the query of where could we play as the AJ will be financially too expensive. I suppose we could absorb into Swinton's plans but, again, there would be opposition to that.



This is not asking for Salford to be treated as so special as it cannot be lost. Just that it is in existence because of him.

Hang on there Angelic Cynic, he's done some good things (Sheens, name change) but with the money he's got and the money he's already put in he should've made a far bigger impact. Sadly he wasted the momentum he had when he took over and now seems intent on just arguing with the RFL and trying to create a victimised status.



The CCJ's didn't stop immediately, there have been numerous issues with suppliers at Salford under Koukash, not to mention of course the issues with paying players.



He has the will and ability to lose a lot of money on Salford, far more so than any other club owner, but we need him to lose that money in the right way so that in the future he won't have to lose any. Because, at some point, he'll stop. And if at that point Salford still need him to lose lots of money then they're no better off than they were before.



He HAS to start spending PROPERLY on club infrastructure. Build up the off-field operation. It should be the biggest and best in the league that attracts all kinds of corporates etc to the stadium. Which then (on top of getting more income & sponsorship for Salford) allows Salford to negotiate a better deal/do more things with the stadium. Make it a proper home.

That money and off-field operation can also reach out to the local community and actually get them involved. Sadly most RL clubs think sending a couple of players out to an amateur club is enough, it's nowhere near, he can do something about that.



It's also a complete joke that he asked the fans to fund the academy. Salford's academy should be the best run, best coached, best resourced academy system in the country. Sadly IIRC it lost its academy status didn't it?



As a sport we have to do everything we can to try and get Koukash to do the right things. Because people like him are rare in our poor (in terms of wealth) sport.

If Koukash needs help on how to run a rugby league properly from fans, maybe he's in the wrong line of business.

I have some sympathy in that the level of points deduction seems harsh compared to some of the points deductions we've seen before/not seen before. But then the RFL has never operated with the same level of consistency that the Australian game has. I would say the RFL is somewhat arbitrary with these things, but that would suggest the inconsistencies are not deliberate when they probably are.



Having said all that I am deeply sceptical about the motivations of the good Dr.

Clubs can and do continue without substantial director financing. They have some degree of success as well, via astute and sensible business plans being put in place by the club's board. This isn't enough to establish a top SL team, but without the bedrock of teams in the other two divisions (such as Swinton, surviving quite well on crowds of around 500 or so) then RL itself will die.



My hope is to have the chance for my team to cross swords with the likes of Salford in the middle 8's. For those that berate the new format of competition, our season would now be over without it. As it stands, we have 3 ultra important games to go to the end of the season (Fax, Batley, Bradford and Fev all being strongly in the mix, especially as a few games are between them) - these would be dead games without the middle 8's to strive for.



All the very best to Salford (unless, perchance, they play Fax in the 8's), but Koukash should take the punishment on the chin and move on.