Disgraceful statement to follow on from your poor efforts firstly to second guess the intentions of the man on the unsubstantiated rumours reported in a newspaper and then seriously slurring Salford and its inhabitants.
Your own club has recently gained Emirates as a sponsor.In soccer they have ventured into the crime free zone that is London,a place down south last time I looked,and north to Manchester.
The reason rich individuals like Dr Koukash don't sponsor rugby league may be because people like your have taken it upon themselves to insult him.Even on the Leeds forum they couldn't resist despite the topic under discussion being the player who the England camp attempted to evoke sympathy for but whom it seems breached discipline,as per Gareth Hock,but there the similarities end.
How many opposition fans at how many different clubs is that,now ?
You must be the only individual who can compare Dr Koukash to Maxwell or Sir John Hall.


Excellent post Red John.I like reading your posts.Keep 'em coming.

Well done 'ave It - Takes a real man to apologise !

The similarity I drew with Maxwell was simply that before the truth came out about him, Maxwell was a huge egotist, who lived on the oxygen of publicity (Surely, even you can acknowledge there is a bit about your new owner there?) - His numerous ventures into football were often accompanied by massive promises, which never materialised.

While I'm not suggesting that Koukash is anything near the crooked levels that Maxwell was, to quite a few observers he appears to be a man who has his fingers in many pies, with his undeniable charisma being able to carry it all along.... For the good of Salford RLFC and Rugby League in general, we have to hope he is the real deal and not the fraud that Maxwell was, because if you promise so much and fail to deliver, then it can leave a bad smell.

Maybe, and I'm as guilty as anybody, it is a RL fan's paranoia to question anything that seems too good to be true, with regard to their sport.... Many neutral observers, and even a few of your own fans, must privately think why a man who admits to have had no interest in the sport and even less in your club, should be willing to invest so much into it - Though, has I have said before, I hope it goes well, because if Koukash succeeds then it could spark interest in other similarly ego-driven businessmen to dip their toe into our sport.

That's allowing for the traffic

Sorry for the delay in replying.I was waiting to see published a comment by Ryan Hall in the Yorkshire press regarding the removal of Hardaker from the England squad,in a similar vein to his comment concerning Gareth Hock.I don't think it's going to happen.
Team togetherness ! On a par with the rugby league family.

I think the expression is 'revisionist history' where you remark on Robert Maxwell.Don't,whatever you do,take into consideration the thoughts and feelings of members of the Koukash family when,without any foundation,you vilify his character on this forum.Forget,also,that he is almost certainly one of the frequent flyers on Emirates to his business interests in Dubai.( He,and his family,must be one of your club sponsors best customers )

Like many people he was turned on to rugby league when he first observed the sport.Is that wrong ?
I don't think one needs to be a businessman to be ego-driven.
I am still at a loss to understand why Dr Koukash has been singled out,amongst all the owners of rugby league clubs,to be subjected to such vitriol.
All of this thread has been conjecture based on something which may never happen.
Quite remarkable - as the late David Coleman may have said.

Fans witter on all day long that RL is too parochial yet immediately berate a man who has come from outside and fallen in love with the game. Is it not strange that everyone has this great vision for the future of our sport involving change at the top, restructure, injection of money etc yet when someone comes in and says he'll do that, he is told he has to do it the 'Traditional' way? That he's dreaming. That he'll never succeed?

He has his character questioned by those who know nothing of it. He has his finances questioned by those same people. Even our RL Media poke fun.

It's no wonder new money are hesitant to dip their toes into RL...

Great Dita' s slot meter
Guessing you were one of the many who used to ask the question what do Salford bring to Super League well we now have a guy who only last week was talking Rugby League to the world's sporting media at the biggest sporting event in Australia (Melbourne Cup) and he is now accused of being on an ego trip.
Now wonder we are regarded as a little Northern sport.

Ps. I've often heard people who sell concert tickets described as ticket touts but I wouldn't link
everybody who sells music events as a ticket tout.

Well said but for the love of Allah please put a space after each , or . so it's a bit easier to read.

Thank you please.

Coleman still with us PAW - a mere 87 yo. Lives in Alderley Edge I think.

Thank you,for that.I am so sorry and must apologise.Don't know what I was thinking.
Been a bad couple of weeks with the passing of Lou Reed,who wrote a song covered by Mott The Hoople and the ineffable Ian Hunter,and of course,Steve Prescott.
I must have been on autopilot.Apologies to anyone I may have offended.

You know what - I hope Marwan keeps ruffling feathers and sticks two fingers up to the all the idiots questioning his intentions. Last time I checked, we as UK citizens had the freedom to purchase what we wanted. To have so much interest about our "little club" from the RFL, pundits and other supporters should be welcomed - this only proves we are now very much a force in SL.

Without wishing to prove your point, your statement is a tad premature IMO.

Interesting times no doubt, you will certainly be better off on the pitch than in recent years with your new set up and a full pre season under Noble, all without the threat of oblivion.

I'm not saying where you'll finish, or what you will/won't win, or what would be considered to be a successful campaign based on recent investments, but, the proof of whether you are "very much a force in SL" or not might be better judged at the end of the season, rather than before a ball is kicked.

It looks like there may be the possibility that after a meeting tonight you can grace the Swinton forum with your views.Or should that be rlManchester ?rl

Re-brand as Manchester as Salford has a bad reputation.

Jason Papilli – mugged in Manchester
Billy Slater – attacked in Manchester

That'll help!

While Spelly is off on his travels watching World Cup games it seems there is a winding-up order on Swinton to be heard in January.Deja vu.
There may be some egg being wiped from faces and an over-indulgence in the eating of a certain pie should Dr Koukash rush to the rescue.