'Hetherington declined to comment on the punishment, but said the RFL is right to clamp down on clubs who break the rules. I think it is unacceptable for any club to be breaching the salary cap, particularly so blatantly as appears to be this case,” he stated.'

I don't believe that the detail of the supposed breach has been published. So how does he he know it is 'blatant' unless he has inside knowledge or has 'friends' in Red Hall? I think he is stirring things for his own clubs benefit.

From whats been alleged doesnt it appear to be a blatant act?

Whether true or not and whether you agree with the SC, think it will stand up or whatever, the charge and the accusation are that Salford chose to make payments off the books, which is a blatant transgression of those rules.

Obviously he runs Red Hall, that is why they hired a lip reader to try get one of our players banned again, something that has nver happened before or since



Salford broke the cap, 6 point lets them off lightly, at a minimum they should be forced into the middle 8s this year, at a max they should be relegated depending on the severity of the cheating.

In the NRL they give out much more severe punishments and it has only really happened twice in the 25 years they have had a cap.
Here the RFL are too scared and only deduct a few points, thats why clubs keep risking breaking the rules

Or he's going off the fact that Koukash publicly stated that he was going to breach the Salary Cap and then low and behold it's happened. That'll be what he means by "blatant", yet Salford fans, Koukash and Hudgell have added 2 and 2 and come up with 5 so they can have a rant and go on the offensive.

Salford are appealing against the decision. I think it is outrageous that Hetherington should stick his oar in. He should concentrate his efforts on the dreadful Leeds season that is developing, not on other teams affairs.

Yet you'd love it if Koukash was opening his mouth about something ranting......jog on.

Perhaps because he knows what happens at Leeds and his bum is now twitching?

Well done Marwan! All that dosh and f*** all to show for it. He should have bought Bradford for the wife when he had chance and dumped this money pit!

As a matter of fact where is GH these days? After all nearly every week his face has been seen in y.e.p tv awards and press confs for the last 10 years and now were in the sh*t hes gone missing strangely! If he came out and said i feel pretty good by what ive brought leeds over the last 10 years but this year ive made a ba""s of this season with poor/cheap recruitment i might see him in a different way. Hes took the glory shots now hes gone into hiding! Oh im sure hel pop up in a few weeks with his (one for the fans moment that sinny is back) see you soon GH

He's been in the YEP plenty this season. Are there any TV awards for him to appear at? What press conference would you like him to arrange?

He has been a great CEO but rather than criticising other clubs he should be addressing what is going on with own. If Salford win this weekend Leeds will be bottom of the SL.

I dont hear a JJB style rally call to the supporters some outline on how things are going to improve - supporters just want to believe things will improve and how it is going to happen

I can't see how Hetherington's comment to the YEP on Salford has prevented him from addressing or dealing with any issues at Leeds.

Hetherington rarely comments on team performances in this context and McDermott regularly does. Nothing is needed from Hetherington, we're getting all the info that we're going to get from McDermott.

And Salford deserve criticism. More people in the sport should have been criticising the batsh|t way in which that club was being run.

Leeds are second bottom of the table - and have a strong possibility of missing the top 8 perhaps all of GHs efforts should be directed at reversing the current trend. It would be quite good to show how the refurb of Kirkstall is getting on given its apparent impact on the team's performances.

GH comments plenty on team performances - especially when the team is winning - his silence is deafening.

Quite agree , he is quick on the draw when he sees a chance to bull things up and grab our coin . No doubt he is thinking up a plan that will get some more cash in the bank . No gig at the arena for him to milk , no the Kiwis are coming . Maybe its the big one verses CANADA

I don't really understand why everyone is on his case. He's turned us from a mediocre club into a winning one, so we are having a bad season. As long as we stay in Super League this year we can have another crack next year.
Can't blame him for grabbing the limelight when it's there for the (deserved) taking

ALL his efforts. I didn't realise speaking for probably 60 seconds about Salford is taking up some of his efforts, hell maybe we'd have won last night had GH not made that short comment to a reporter.



They have spoken and shown some pictures recently.



What would be the point? He's not going to rip into the team or coach publicly and isnt going to say I shouldn't have signed this player and that player etc. so anything he would say would then just get shot down as "excuses" and criticised by yourself and others.

or him and the family will try butlins rather than a working holiday for a month or so handing out pointless heritage numbers!

So let me get this straight, people are annoyed at the CEO of the club encouraging people to spend money at the club?
That's just bizarre.

What would be gained by Hetherington making a statement on the current situation? Why does it have to happen? And what relevance does any statement and whether it's made or not have with his comments on Salford?

The performances have been commented regularly on by the head coach. How to turn the situation around has been commented on regularly by the head coach. The progress at Kirkstall has been commented on by the club.
What is wrong with everyone?

Fortunately Hetherington doesnt come out with statements re the team when they're not needed or helpful to the club. Unlike some other club CEO's/owners who can't seem to keep their mouths shut and react like childlike fans rather than leaders of their club.

Its a mindset - deflection technique - why did he even need to comment - poor to comment on how bad others are rather than how good you are - a bit hard to do that at the moment



The last update was 21/3 in which they talked about the disruption not about progress on the refurb.

I bit of honesty would be good right now - he has in the past so why not now?

Expect an announcement in the YEP anytime soon that GH is off on his recruitment driver..er sorry, I mean annual holiday to Australia looking for the best talent to bring over from the NRL to refresh our squad and make the 2017 squad the best we've ever assembled

He is the boss of club who are bottom of SL - I want him to come out suggest how this position is going improve - he didn't have a problem in 2011 when he read the riot act when things were nowhere near as bad as this. I want to feel he is rolling his sleeves up and getting involved and bringing his experience to the fore to sort this out

Why does he need to? That's the head coaches job, who has commented regularly on that very issue.

Maybe he thought a different situation in 2011 required a different response to that in 2016?

Hetherington isn't head coach. He's the CEO. He's not involved in training, he provides the resources and sets the environment for the head coach and other staff.

There was an update a couple of weeks ago from Ryan Golding on Kirkstall and another one just a few days ago from Hetherington himself.

Again, how does a statement or lack of it on our current situation, relate to Hetherington's comments that cheats should be punished?

Agreed but hes only been after his own benefits. Remember while he's been our CEO his wife has had equal/similar roles at hull.FC and wakey. Not as passionate about his club as some may think until pound signs flash!

Maybe a reporter asked him his opinion? The Salford issue wasn't an on-field issue, it was an off field financial/rule issue.....if he was critisicng some teams on field performance then fair enough but he's not.



It wasn't that long ago unless you've missed it.




I'd say different squads at the time is important. That was an experienced squad at the time when he commented on the squad a few years back (btw didn't people do the usual and not believe him anyway?) Quite a few youngsters now who were given faith to go forward with post Sinfield-era.....maybe you have to take into account the differing places the squad is at before you go out making public comments highlighting their form just to satisfy some fan annoyance?

I'm sorry but thats just crazy. Not sure what his wife has to do with it either.