The koukash empire is crumbling round his ears. Rumours of unpaid bills, several players cancelling contracts, a head coach off on "sick leave" (he's sick of the job and wants to leave?) and not a sniff of a marquee signing....

he had a winner at newmarket lastnight though with the horses , called steve prescott

linked with fages today in the manchester evening news

we have to replace brough at some point?
robinson will be retiring after next season too?
forward planning...

salford are wanting money though and cant say davy doing that

watch this space!

Salford are wanting money for this season as he's put in a transfer request- but he's a free agent next season.

Knowing the journalist in question, this thread may be the source of the rumour?

A friend in Perpignan has confirmed Theo Fages has signed for 2016 & is a done deal, too complicated for this season though never say never......

would be just the sort of signing we need. But i will wait to see it announced before going overboard/ He has been heavily linked with Leeds.

Seems an odd signing to me, we've signed hinchcliffe to play at 9, if fages comes in at 7 that leaves Kyle wood, Ellis, Robbo and leeming to fight it out for two 15 min slots at replacement hooker.....

Plus we're rumoured to be interested in Adam Milner at Cas.

Hinchcliffe is a direct replacement for Bailey.

Fages could play at full back as well as cover at half back.

Grix is our fullback

I hope not- he's talking like he wants the 9 slot, the club are talking like he's a 9- if he doesn't get it we might have an unhappy Aussie not playing well or at all, a la ODonnell

One of the reasons Hinchcliffe is leaving Melbourne is because he wants to play at 9 and for obvious reasons can't get that slot at Melbourne.

I can't remember where, but I remember PA referring to him as a hooker for next year.

Folk have been moaning that we have not bought a decent 7 for a decade and then when there's talk that we are signing the best best available one out there there's a bit of grumbling.

For me it's simple IF we did sign him.

Brough and Fages at HB with Ellis on the bench to cover HB and hooker. Hinchcliffe at 9. Wood and Robbo to go or settle for a place as a squad player.

Kruise to stay and when his contract is up for renewal 2018 Hinchcliffe will be probably going and hopefully Kruise will have learnt his trade.

All a big if at the moment though!

Rumour in Leeds that Fages is signing for the Rhinos ?

Fages???? bull cookies.