... well surely they could compete then at the minute?

Perhaps instead of jobs as marketing assistants at JJB Sports for family members we'll be seeing a host of stable lads and lassies gaining employment?

I guarantee that a man that has spent millions acquiring a club over many months of negotiating will know more about the salary cap than you ever will.

What a stupid question.

Don't be fooled by stupid Chairmen. Four clubs ruined recently due to their wonderful "experience and understanding" of the game. Mind you I get the impression that Koukash has more between his ears than porridge.

I'm sure Ed Farish (Former finance director for Australia NRL, and CFO of Gold Coast Titans), Graham Lowe (Prolific club coach both in UK and Australia, SOO coach and club administrator) and Andrew Chalmers (Former Chairman of NZ Rugby League) will have a fair idea of how the salary cap works.

The Doctor knows exactly what he is doing.

I'd have too many cooks actually , are any of them marketing geniuses ?

rlEd Farish sounds pretty clued uprl

Though I'm sure if they need a specialist marketing guru, they will find one somewhere.

Fair play to them I say.

I'd be happy to see 1 marquee player salary outside the cap for NRL or RU signed players. Clubs can decide if they can afford to use it. Alongside it would be a development "tax" of X pounds that would be paid to the RFL to invest in Jnr development in that clubs region if the marquee allowance was used. This way rich clubs can attract another star name, not weaken existing clubs and the jnr game gets some money to develop.

I see this differently to the majority opinion on here: I think he looks a bit of a mug for going after Tomkins.

The Venkys looked stupid for going after Beckham/Ronaldinho etc, so why does Dr Koukash look like he's setting a marker? I don't get the difference.

Garforth Town are an absolute joke. Their owner (Mr. Clifford) claimed that he would take them into the Football League (in fact it might have been the premiership) within 25 years. He's probably already used 10 years of that and at present his club sit at the bottom of the Evo Stick Northern League (Northern Section) with a points total of 13 from 30 games and goal difference of minus 83.

In this context the new owner of Salford cannot fail, as he cannot be worse than this clown.

If I was a chairman with a club with financial issues, I'd be filling my boots to get a transfer for my best players to Salford. I agree with STARBUG, they'll after to get grade B type players before grade A players are attracted.

Clown?

I take it Garforth Town were once a mighty side feared by all and have been relegated multiple times to where they now are then?