Oh well, I thought I may be able to get some reasoned debate instead of stupid insults.

What I was trying to point out was that clearly "gobbing off & spitting his dummy out" isn't the grand Salford masterplan to improve attendances and that there is a good deal of effort going into improving attendances. There is a lot of work going on to take the club back to the community & to increase attendances and by & large it's had a slight positive effect. Attendances have dropped off alarmingly after the early season increases but as to my earlier post most of that has been performance driven. The attendance for the opening game shows that a 7K crowd can be achieved, however, I think we'll need to see some consistency in battling at the right end of the table before that's likely to happen.

Some good words from Koukash here.....

"I'm big enough to admit I've made a few mistakes. I learned from my mistakes and I think the mistakes I've made will help me be a better chairman in the future.

Earlier in the season I was a novice. I really believed that you could just buy individuals and slot them into a team that can compete.

That's never going to happen because a team needs to gel, and possibly some of the players we had were not the right balance for the team."

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Can't argue that that's not a good honest realistic appraisal of himself and how the season has gone for Salford.

Finally he realises. Let us hope he invests in the correct areas now.

I don't find him an easy character to warm to (his public persona, I have no idea what he's like really) and I would prefer him to get things done in the right places and not make damaging comments in the press.

But is he really "bad" for the game? If we have another team able to spend the full cap, and he can do it long term and bring financial security, maybe bigger crowds, and he's in it for the long term, then that can only be good for the sport. The sport needs outside investment. He brings that.

Salford's academy has never had a problem producing players. Keeping them has been the hard part, when bigger salaries and silverware come calling. If he can help them do that, so much the better.

I think (would hope) that's what we all want so long as they lose to the Rhinos when it matters!

What the "good doctor" has done with Salford can't be questioned but the things he's done from the image of RL on the whole could be regarded as damaging - Like El D says, he's public persona comes over as a bit of an ar$e.