Thanks Marwan.

I wonder if the Doc actually does have eyes and ears on here?

Maybe we should start a brilliant ideas sticky thread to help him

Good signing, who else is on board for 2014?

1. Wellens
2. Briscoe
3. Soliola
4. Gleeson
5. Meli
6. Chase
7. Dobson
8. Morley
9. Roby
10. Paletua
11. Hock
12. Whitehead
13. Costigan
14. Clarke
15. Paea
16. McPherson
17. Hansen
18. Hauraki
19. Gaskell
20. Paterson
21. Dixon
22. Ashurst
23. Fages
24. Sneyd
25. Evalds
26. Walne
27. Owen

This squad should just fit within the salary cap if you compare it to Warrington.

What's the cut off day/time for a player to be registered and able to play Friday?

Would be a nice fillip at the very least to have him with the Doc in the fans bar pre game but even better out in the starting 13.

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I quite admire Hudgell,even though he is a solicitor,but it does show the player movement(s) long before the season ends.
I don't like it myself.

The things I do for you !

REGISTERING BEFORE MATCHES

C1:2:7 A Club must ensure that for Matches played on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday, all documentation (as set out in C1:2:4 above) is received by the Board in the case of Super League Clubs by no later than 2.00 pm on the Thursday of that week.

You need to get out more.

Can you while you have 5 minutes let me know Lord Lucan's address and the true meaning of life.

I await your reply.

Me neither. How many times over the years have you seen Salford players lose focus towards the end of a season? This was simply because players were tapped up and knew they were going to be playing somewhere else the following year.

The situation was even worse with relegation before the franchise system because if you were near the bottom it attracted the vultures from other clubs to tap up your better contracted players. This I suppose has been one of the +'s of the franchise system.

"Can you while you have 5 minutes let me know Lord Lucan's address2

Station Road

" and the true meaning of life"

it's Red.

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HBR

Elliott has signed for Catalans. So dont get excited

Catalans haven't made an offer for one and two they can't match the transfer fee we've offered the Bulls, he'll be signed on at salford tomorrow.

You come across very confident about this. You must be in the know because it's a very bold post to make otherwise. Catalans are a cash rich club and they have lost Louis Anderson for several matches through injury.

Are you sure?

It's what I heard. Something to do with taxation and costing them less to pay players compared to English clubs. I think this is why they have had the money to redevelop the stadium.

Employing people in France is considerably more expensive for an employer than in the UK
Equally, being self employed and operating as a company as I believe many do in the UK also costs more in France.

The french may have no word for entrepreneur (thankyou Mr Bush), but they certainly invented the word bureaucracy!

Thanks for the info I don't follow foreign taxes it's just something I heard which was obviously wrong.

Just another thought do you think with the euro doing well against the pound over the past few years, its actually affected Catalan negatively? For instance the Sky money would exchange into a lot less euro's than it would say 4 years ago.

Although the pound has fallen vs the euro, the biggest effect I suspect is the rise of the $AU

That said, if you were tempting an elderly Aussie to Europe, I rather think the French lifestyle has quite a bit that might sound a tad more attractive than the M62 corridor

It's impressive going to Perpignan and seeing what has been creating for a Superleague club who's every other game involves travelling to the UK - the size of the crowds, the enthusiasm, the stadium enhancements all show what can be done if the will is there.

In July 2009 the rate was 1.17,today it was 1.165.
I know that's spooky but that's what T'internet tells me.

Don't the RFL have some kind of mechanism that protects Catalan against currency fluctuations?

Sorry it was more like 5 or 6 years ago when the exchange rate of the pound against the euro was much stronger.

He has turned Salford down saying he has no intention of joining the club.

Had a feeling this would happen, how embarrassing.

It appears you're correct.

Never mind. Would have been nice but if he doesn't want to come that's his choice. It highlights the problems we have at this stage in being an advert to recruit better players. Maybe after August 9th we'll be a more attractive offer.

I think he need to be wary about this 9th August date as the start of a new tomorrow. Koukash is the one who has bigged it up and we all know he's not shy of making bold statements that clearly aren't true. I get the feeling we'll probably unveil an underwhelming new club badge and some mediocre signings when a lot of our fans will be whipped into a frenzy expecting Chase and SBW to be on the pitch at Barton.

My understanding is that no one has signed for the club despite Koukash's protestations. I'm sure Read League and his sources will say otherwise but he was claiming yesterday that Whitehead was signing today and he's just told us to do one.