Hopefully I'm reading far too much into it.

Trust me it will be barker misquoting him, he probably said I'm not going to stay here to not win anything and barker has twisted it to say he's threatened to quit.

Trust me this is a statement if intent from the doctor not a threat to quit.

NEIL BARKER # incompetent journalist.

rlGranada News Koukash talks about his takeover bid for Salford City Redsrl
Seems People need a reminder
In principle Dr Koukash is just reiterating what he said pre takeover.
>He's not a Sugar Daddy who will endlessly bankroll an under performing club.
>His Aim was to improve the squad on field, then evolve the structure of the Club so that income would come in in the future independent of the Chairmen's resources.
>Leave the Club in a better state than he found it .


It's all there in his inital Interviews in January , there's nothing changed
This of course will fuel endless jibes from the cohort of ejits & happy to pour scorn on his efforts .

And Devil PAW '[iPulchritudinous[/i' that'll get them reaching for the Dictionary apps , Good looking would have sufficed .

Read the article, take in what he is quoted as saying and reflect for a few minutes. I think you will then see what a determined individual he is. He takes personal control, he is determined to make us a top team, all positives. The only possible negatives you are focusing on is his "I will walk away" statement. But that has a caveat, which is if he can't deliver what he is promising. So sit back, enjoy the ride, and don't forget most on here bemoaned:lack of ambition, lack of press coverage etc. Well not anymore it would appear, I am more than happy with the ambition and determination shown in the article.

Looks to me like what he's said has been twisted (no surprises there) for another sensationalist article. It doesn't say anywhere that he'll walk if we're not top 4. Rather, it says he would leave if he wasn't 'capable' of bringing success.

Still, it gives the usual lot, who obviously have nothing better to do, a chance to get frothing at the mouth with excitement at the prospect of us failing.

Obviously the MEN making a 'sensation' over something Dr K said. It's very easy to take something out of context and run with it.

The headline is deliberately misleading. Hinting at going. In reality he is saying that he is determined to turn us into a successful side.

Nothing to see here.

ease up comrades

Much of this article is either taken from or coincides with an interview in Rugby League World.

The interview there makes it very obvious that he's not quitting: in fact he states that when he says he will succeed, he does.
He does not come over as a quitter: the opposite. He has survived being forced from his home in the 67 war, being a boy soldier in a civil war, realising that his degree was not going to get him his hoped objectives so upped it to a PhD so well that he was asked to become a lecturer, took up horse-racing and became very quickly one of the most successful owners ... all this in the interview
Yes he has not always had it his way but
let's not give up yet.

On the plus side, it's going to keep the frothing anti-Koukash brigade going for a few weeks at least.

Does anyone else feel this could be to put a bit of pressure on the RFL & SL about the salary cap? If he leaves that's be another team in crisis. I personally don't think there's anything to worry about. I really don't think he would just leave us high & dry, especially if he gets a piece of the stadium.

Pal I was told the exact same thing by a current Salford employee, he's doing this to the RFL up all the hard work it took to get Marwan into the game undone think they want him leavening any time soon, I think Marwan will get his own way in the end.

I don't think any quit threat strategy is wise in the public domain. What message does that give players the club are targeting for next year? Personally I'd be more than a little nervous commiting my future to any business if the owner was threatening to quit before I'd even joined them. Any threat of pulling out if the caps not raised should surely be made privately to the RFL.

That is exactly right theredshed.......whilst Koukash wants to make Salford a strong club all these threats of quitting and who and who your not signing arn't particularly good for the club. Much better he goes quietly about his business and delivers his promises, at that point bang his drum.

I'm wondering if the Doc comes out with some of the public statements he does what he says behind closed doors to the RFL. His business is business so he must see what a shambolic enterprise rugby league in this country is (you only have to look at the 3rd hair brained scheme for the restructuring of SL for evidence) and it wouldn't in the slightest surprise me if he doesn't instigate changes other than salary cap issues. I'd bet that he'd find a main title sponsor for the flagship competition in a world cup year.