It is. A vile tweet and one that should see him prosecuted. I sincerely hope the RLIF or whoever is in charge of things ensures he's banned from the sport. He's a very limited person and one we don't need in our sport.

Looking through his Twitter postings, it seems he's incredibly bitter about everything in life, stemming from him being left without pay by Crusaders. He seems particularly venemous about Iestyn Harris, but then he does seem to be hated by all the players he worked with as a coach.

He could and should be blamed if he walks away. It's his decisions and his responsibility. He has taken complete charge of Salford so if Salford "doesn't work" or "fails" then it's Marwan Koukash's failure.

For the record I don't think Salford are failing, I think they're headed in the right direction (in general). I just hope he's more patient behind the scenes than he is in the media/in public. It's going to take a decade of continued investment, hard work and consistently good decisions made at all levels of the club for Salford to become a contender for silverware.

It took Leeds nearly that time and they were starting from a massively higher base than Salford.

I don't think he's expecting the title this year. He's just expecting the players to put some effort in, they clearly weren't against Saints.

Swap Koukash for Davy and Salford would be in a much better place now.
It seem to me for every quid Koukash puts in he want a pound of flesh out of it.
The smaller English football club under foreign ownership spring to mind

No one to blame but himself. Makes you wonder how he has made so much money if this is the general quality of his leadership and strategic planning? Rather than lay out a realistic 5 year plan. Building the infrastructure, jnr programs, marketing and team he wants instant success and thinks throwing lots of money at ageing stars will buy him it. Sorry mate sport rarely works out like that.

I guess the difference is that he made his millions in a business in which he was an expert; and made further millions by taking up horse-racing, where he was advised by other experts.

He seems to have blundered into the RL world without any knowledge beyond enjoying watching St Helens, and has been advised by a series of people who didn't have a clue how to build for long term success; fantasy RL is an enjoyable diversion, but it's not a blueprint to build a viable club.

I'm sure there are CEO's and Coaches out there who could have taken the money and enthusiasm he brought to the table to create something fantastic - sadly, they weren't at Salford.

All the money he's spent, top of the shopping list should have been an experienced club ceo, marketing manager and player manager for recruitment. Not sure what he has spent his 5mill on considering the SL grant covers 50% of the players wage bill?

50%??? it covers the FULL salary cap and more...

I agree with the first part - and without making specific allegations, I'd be very surprised if that team of mercenaries was put together within the salary cap.

I also understand that he's spent a fair whack on training facilities and the youth set-up?

Well that's going to take 5 years at best to start to bear fruit. So hope he is not bored yet.

looks like he is keeping the whole club dangling www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... ut-8649612

looks like he is keeping the whole club dangling www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... ut-8649612

But lets go along with the speculation for a while and assume he pulls out of Salford. Is there any kind of fall back plan for them at all? Do they have other part owners or Directors who could support the club if he were to pull out? Does Koukash have any sort of legal obligation to the RFL?

The only other director of both Salford City Reds (2013) Limited and its parent company, Mkac Investment Partners Limited, is an Andrew Chalmers. Presumably, there is enough cash from SKY coming in to sustain the playing squad for the remainder of the season (the SKY money should more than cover the salary cap), without needing any more investment at the moment/

That would assume that someone wanted to buy the club off Koukash, and they could agree a fee with him.

Worst case, I guess he could just pull the plug, sack everyone and wind up the business if he wanted to.

Tim Sheens coming on board for 3 weeks to act in an advisory role, confirmed by Marwan Koukash this morning.