Potential Egg on face or not it's certainly more interesting with Koukash around than without.

I guess when we see the names of these six players we will see if Mr Koukash's predictions have any legs.

has he actually delivered on anything he promised so far?

Was quoted he was after Tim Sheens - signed Brian Noble.
Was quoted he was after Sam Tomkins & Adrian Morley - signed Darrell Griffin.

We'll wait and see but with all the noise he makes I'm pretty sure he'll put his money where his mouth is at some point.

With all the rumours flying around recently I'm expecting to maybe see Tom Briscoe, Adrian Morley and Rangi Chase in Salford shirts in 2014. I also wouldn't be surprised to see Michael Dobson and Corey Paterson running out for them as well as probably Lee Gaskell.

Pull those 6 off and they will obviously be much improved.

Chase is supposedly a done deal for 2014.

He wont get a work permit

Wasn't that the reason why the deal with Hull FC collapsed not too long ago?

Yeah Michael Dobson couldn't get a work permit to sign for Cas in 2006 and two weeks later signed for Wigan. Money and influence!

Thought it was more to do with the fact he had a criminal conviction in Australia part way through his contract with Cas? i.e. Free to see out his contract but unable to renew??

I think it's impossible for a team to "buy" a championship in this era however the rumored players will certainly help strengthen their squad going forward, if Koucash is serious about developing Salford into a super league power house he should invest in the academy.

Think you're right yeah, the Doctor will need to pull a few strings. According to the Salford fans, Koukash himself has said it's a done deal.

They believed that they wouldn't get a work permit, but I don't believe they actually applied for it. We took a punt and managed to get one.

It can be done, though yes, it takes more than just buying in players, as you point out - the backroom setup is much more important.

Warrington are a good example of how a club can be brought through from half a century of obscurity to become genuine contenders for titles, and even then it took Moran a good few years to do it.

I agree with this. It took IL three years to achieve success (12 months ahead of expectation), bearing in mind Wigan already had a decent platform already in place (playing squad, academy structure coached by SW, a large catchment area of top class amateur clubs).

For Koukash to state 'we are going to have some fun next year' is just plain silly, unless he means against the likes of Wakey, Widnes, London & Cas!

Even with the players mentioned I can only see them becoming a team to rival Bradford/Catalans/Hull FC for playoff positions 7-8.