I'm not a Leeds fan so I have no natural bias to defend BM; but his comments sounded to me like he felt genuinely sorry for the players involved - he strikes me as someone who understands the rigours that SL players put themselves through on a weekly basis and perhaps believes that they deserve to treated with a bit more respect than MarwanK appears able to muster. If that's an agenda, then it's a reasonable one to have in my view.

Grumpy old git he may be, but he has forgotten more about RL than Koukash will ever know.

maybe cockrash is going to make a public apology to Iestyn Harris over the incident in the changing rooms after the Hull K R game ????

As a Salford fan, my optimism for MK poducing the good is still there, however I'm considerably less optimistic than at thr start if his reign. However I do beleive GH has underlying issues with MK. GH has had too much influence on the people at the top in our game for too long and MK sussed it out in next to no time and voiced his concerns. Maybe that is why GH has issues and doesn't like the apple cart being upset.

As for MK outburst, some of the stuff I agree with what he says and sometimes I cringe at what he says, Sheens impact seems to be having a calming influence on MK, we haven't seen any social media blurts. We have seen this with the Chase saga also recently he's quoted as saying he has no dealing with the playing anymore (thank god) and is leaving everything upto Sheens, Watson and Gleeson. So hopeully the penny may hae dropped, unfortunately he is outspoken, love him or hate him, and because of such, you will get media outlets also chasing the next story from Koukash with interviews etc

He's also got a personal connection with a number of players currently on Salford's books.

He coached Jones-Bishop, Hauraki, Darrell Griffin and Liam Hood at Leeds. He played alongside Adrian Morley at Bradford.

I'd be very surprised if he isn't intimately aware of what has gone on behind the scenes at Salford. RL is a relatively tight family, and people keep in touch even when they've moved on to other clubs.

Koukash should learn a few lessons from Richard Branson. The Virgin boss is arguably an even bigger media whore than he is. The difference is that Branson's forays into newsprint and TV are controlled, skillfully-crafted and cleverly designed to achieve the maximum positive return.

Marwan's attempts, on the other hand, have all the deftness, wit and sophistication of a punch to the face.