The salford fans told koukash that benny threw the bottle at them, and he was going on that. Think it was last year, when he was standing with them at the HJ.

its not the point if it happened or not , what did have to do with smith ? who was he to dictate to the rfl what punishment salford should have recieved .

Who said he dictated to the RFL what punishment Salford should receive. He was asked an opinion, he gave it. If someone asks me for my opinion about your posts, I shall give that opinion.
Koukash took the word of a pack of drunken idiots, big mistake.

now how would a pack of drunken idiots be in a stadium , are they that lax your thugs sorry security ?

The trick with the internet is to give up when you're making yourself look stupid.

Interesting thread. From a completely unscientific review I'd say more rugby league fans are warming towards Koukash than was previously the case. There is still a vanguard who despise him, mainly because they don't like the thought of their club being threatened. These people jump on Koukash's behaviour as a reason for the dislike but they would have found a way to hate Mandela if he had taken over at Wakey in the mid 90s. Rugby league fans, in general, prefer the established order.

Couple of points:

1. The bottle throwing incident and reaction was embarrassing. Koukash foolishly believed our most idiotic fan and things spiralled from there.

2. The salary cap comment has been blown out of proportion. He was new to the sport and was, I would suggest, making a comment about the ease of the cap being broken as opposed to how he was planning to break it. I have no recollection of this 'I'll pay the fine comment' someone referred to earlier. He has also repeatedly said he wouldn't break the cap when asked in other interviews.

My personal issue with him is his arrogance that money, and the belief that liberally throwing it around, is the solution to all problems. Entrepreneurs in the game are of course welcome, and their business insight invaluable in a game where business insight usually means checking the size of the overdraft, but his constant bombast is beginning to irk.

I repeat, Salford haven't proven anything on or off the field as yet, and the good Doctor and his stooges will be judged by the facts of the next seven months, the same as everyone else. He'd be advised focusing his business acumen and energies in that direction as opposed to cheap shots at the RFL.

Nothing wrong with railing against authority.

Brian Clough? Adored him.
Jose Mourinho? Could listen to him all day.

Key difference - charm and proven, tangible SUCCESS.

I'd never post if I did that

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Could you fix it?

To be honest I don't mind Koukash. I have heard a number of interviews over the last 12 months and I believe he does enjoy the game of RL. Yes he is outspoken and does not know as much about RL as some owners / chairmen but he is putting his money where his mouth is. I think he mentions Warrington and Simon Moran a lot because he aspires to build a club like ours or even better. A strong well supported Salford could be the best thing to happen to RL in this country in years. The BBC are based in the city and I would love to play Salford at Wembley this year. The RFL should move their media / communications HQ to the Salford City stadium if koukash manages to take over it.

If I were a Salford fan I would be over the moon with Koukash.

The *good doctor* now wants a salary cap exemption to sign a *very special player*....What's his chances ?

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