I can't say I'm a big fan of his PR style, but he's obviously earned the right to do it his way; I hope his big promises for Salford become reality - it would be good for the game.

Why so many people are getting wound up is beyond me; perhaps the vitriol from the Castleford fan in this thread is more to do with frustration at their own situation than any genuine grievance with what the brash new kid on the block has said or done?

Keep hoping B2K old lad. Keep hoping.

Changing Chief Execs every 3 months "by mutual agreement" doesn't seem like a particularly "business savvy" way to run any organisation.

2 in 20+ years buddy. Don't go over the top will you!!

Keep hoping what? I'm not having a go in particular, just pointing out that Cas have had a frustrating time recently - I'm sure that if a brash, outspoken Castleford fan won the Euromillions next week and started pump-priming the club for greatness, you'd have a different view of the situation. I know I would.

Ever stopped to think the replacement might just be a better option the guy named on Monday has worked in business development for over twenty years and Ed Farish has done exactly what he did at the Gold Coast Titans when they had financial problems IE went in turned the club around and moved on.

And that examplifies everything that is wrong with the game at the moment. SL is turning into a league full of clubs with their own Abromovich's. The single ownership model will eventually kill the game stone dead.

For all his talk I'd like to see him actually achieve something, like sign a decent player or two! A strong Salford will be good for SL, if he can deliver it and more importantly make the business sustainable for when he gets bored and leaves we shall see.

At a recent fans meeting Koukash said we'll have to keep the players we have this year as player contracts have made it near enough impossible for him to bring anyone in, were looking at upto 10 players, four have signed for next year but (for a change) is keeping quiet until August the 9th where he will announce the signings we've made, he said he's keeping quiet In Respect of their current clubs and wouldn't see it respectful to announce at this stage in the season.

The Dr had about a week in mid January to negociate the takeover of the Club , Avoid a Winding up Petition & Hire a Chief Exec.
The Tansfer embargo was only lifted a week before the season started , the Kit arrived 2 days before the 1st Home game against Wigan .
Farish has got us up & running but long-term he obviously felt a new appointment was neccessary .
Since then he's worked tirelessly to plan for a successful future & to raise the profile of the Club at both Local & National Level .
He's very candid & quotable which has endeared him to some & annoyed just as many others.

The previous owner hung onto players & backroom staff to the detriment of the club at times, you cannot say that of this guy. he's not afraid to make ' big decisions '
I know the guy he has brought in to replace & it's a left-field appointment that may surprise afew .
I'm certain it won't be the last .

Fixed for accuracy.

Excellent! Another thread about Dr Koukash to join the one on here a couple of weeks ago, the one on TotalRL, a bit of moaning in the Rangi Chase thread on the Castleford forum, six pages of impotent rage on the Warrington forum.....I'm sure there's more but, given people's propensity to spell his name in some variation that includes 'cash' and 'cow' and to keep using it like they've hit on some previously undiscovered seam of gold in Barry Cryer's gag-mine, it's difficult to search for them.

I appreciate some people would prefer he went about his business in the time honoured Rugby League manner ("[iPsst! We've signed someone. Pass it on"[/i), because it allows them to complain about how invisible we are in the media, but, as he says, he doesn't work that way. Instead, we're now getting more column inches than Ron Jeremy, and people can't stop talking about us on internet forums, even if it's only to complain about how people are talking about us on internet forums (a kind of paradoxical circularity that I quite like: thanks Tigerade).

So, muchos gracias to everyone on here who has helped keep us in the spotlight. We couldn't have done it without you.

Love this quote. "He will be replaced by someone with no rugby background" - As if thats a gamebreaker.


Winds up with fans of teams like Wakey & Salford taking the moral high ground about other teams finances, especially when certain other teams have never actually gone belly up compared to their particular teams.

As for the Dr, I really don't care, Salford are irrelevant to me but I'd happily wager that Salford will not be top 4 next year, unless they field 14 players week in week out.