www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/35723674 Shock horror!

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/35723674 Shock horror!

The only surprise is that it's taken this long.

I believe the Marwan look alike mascot's outfit has tipped them over the edge.

I thought this was supposed to be monitored on a monthly basis now. Why is it being flagged now? Surely this from the time they had the overpaid Prima Donnas now mainly playing at Leigh

Wonder how the RFL will handle any points deduction (if required) since the middle 8s start from zero again. i.e. whilst a significant deduction of SL points may see them ending up bottom, it wouldn't affect their starting point in the middle 8s, ableit may prevent them from getting in the top 8. Hence is that fair/equal ?

Maybe a fairer way of handling this ,as Shiny has said with the points system not being a level playing field, would be to dock the overspend from next year's salary cap, or even this year's & force the club to sell some players.

I agree nine, force them to sell players and have overspend deducted

Because the accusation is that they made hidden payments to players through a separate company owned by Koukash, and therefore not declared on the live cap.

Maybe some of the players were registered as race horses.

Definitely having a mare at the minuet but it's what a lot of people suspected after the fallouts with players who seemed to leave under a cloud, they now appear to have steadied the ship a little so from now on let Koukash answer the charge if he learns from it hopefully the club can move on.

If Koukash got run over trying to cross the M1 at night wearing a black onesie, he would blame the car drivers, the Highways Agency, the police and anyone else he could think of.
The man is too arrogant to take any responsibility and therefore learn anything.

fegkcin Donkeys....

Blimey, watching Salford must be like watching a car crash with your close relatives in it.

I don't like the bloke, money doesn't equate to class.

NottinghamTiger loves Salford..... constantly on our board imparting his "wisdom" on all matters relating to Koukash or Salford! I'm not condoning what Marwan is alleged to have done but one thing I will say is I hope we (Salford) as a club get a fair punishment and are allowed to move on from this. Let's be honest, he's not the first and he won't be the last to use "creative accountancy" when paying players, he's just not been clever enough to avoid getting caught and as such he and the club (quite rightly) will face the consequences. If the Wigan case sets a precedent then a 20 point deduction will be a joke.

We all know bungs/back handers/wives on club payroll etc have been going on for years and I'd be amazed if no SL club at some point hasn't been guilty of knowingly breaking the cap. And yes that includes star-studded squads of clubs not too far from ourselves geographically.....