Didn't even go to London away last season - God son's birthday. Friday night KOs are a no-no for me. It doesn't help being a 'football widow'.



Really happy for the city and the fans....assuming everything goes through.

Interview was shown on Granada TV tonight where he stressed the importance of the club having a 'home' .Wouldn't enter into specifics but said the club would own not the Dr. if it went ahead.
The only worrying comment was " it's all or nothing " ie that without ownership or access to the income streams the site & stadium can deliver there will be no deal ...

anyone in doubt over the power of ownership of the stadium and site should read this link to a story on Gloucester Rugby's Kingsholm Stadium-
[url=http://www.sportsdirectnews.com/rugby-union/13263-gloucester-announce-300-000-profit.phpGloucester Rugby have announced a pre-tax yearly profit of £300,000.[/url

Can anyone confirm if Securitas are still going to be main shirt sponsors? Would hope if they are that new shirts are all but ready to go and at the very least the team roll out in them at the first game in a couple of weeks.

Was at an airport in Belgium the other week and the security staff were all wearing Securitas outfits so wonder if we can get all there staff into Salford shirts now that would be good publicity

Blinking eck the crook Stephen Vaughaun who was at Widnes and Chester.I be careful with these words as Probiz promised a lot.

A translation please?

Guess you do not know Stephen Vaughans history.

Yes of course we do but what does he have to do with this situation?

It's a different Stephen Vaughan - [url=http://www.gloucesterrugby.co.uk/news/7966.phpSorry for the link[/url

I think you supposed to put a smilie thing on your post if you are being sarcastic/cynical.

Sounds like a very switched-on guy this Marwan Koulash, with the sense to hold out for what he wants ( and the club needs ) before signing on the dotted line. Good team he's brought in to assist, too, those kiwi blokes with good experience.

Thanks Sea Diver

Behind every great man......
I believe his good lady has remained on holiday in Dubai while he has returned to a cold climate for cold negotiations.
I hope everyone goes out of their way to make the good lady feel most welcome -
A dance routine by St Peters RC High may be a good idea but it seems they only get to turn up on the wettest night - the rainiest night - and after Thursday,the coldest nights of any given year.
Absolutely no need.Thank you for your contributions and for being a perfect gentleman.Cheers.

Who was that with him in the M.E.N then? Unless he's got multiple wives?

Dear lord.... That would mean.... MULTIPLE MITHER IN LAWS!

The stadium seems to be key and there are a few sticking points sale and peel holdings can't see council blocking the sale but sale have been paying rent we have not and impression I get is we don't get stadium be happy when confirmed this could still go either way but am optimistic with interviews sound positive. But till done we still could be left high and dry yet. Let's hope Monday is the announcement we all want

A Salford club, owning their stadium, competing for big signings and pushing for top spot, sounds too good to be true, but for rugbys sake hope it comes off.

Good luck Salford

Think like everyone else I was hoping for some form of announcement today, I just hope the delay is down to the Doc getting closer to a deal for the stadium too.

Does anyone know if there is any form of deadline for new players being registered before the first game/s of the season? Would be a wonderful event to not only have the new owner in place but also the new players that have been targeted all introduced to the crowd against Wigan in the league.

No their isn't any deadline for signing new players its not like football RL can transfer players when they want.

Normally for UK players the day before a game...but I seem to recall Cooke signing for HKR and playing the same day.

Overseas players at least six weeks often longer.

This waiting is making me nervous...

Hopefully the finer points will be finalised very soon, and the Dr can lead us into the Promised Land.

Not only that, but hopefully he will produce the Promised Turf...

this wait is more nerve-wracking than when we're 2pts in front at an away game with 2 mins left and the home team are on our line !!

Well let's hope this all has a happy outcome, cos we all know what would happen in that scenario...

"this wait is more nerve-wracking than when we're 2pts in front at an away game with 72 mins left and the home team are on our line"
edited from decades of bitter experience

According to interviews it was not far off but how many times do we here that. I would presume its all got to be passed by RFLP and even the courts before they can announce and sorting what is owed out. But have a feeling it could be peeel and sale that's the main issue but it's biting our nails time. A typical scenario for are club. Let's just hope we get good news for a change

Eccles Star, why do think Sale Sharks will having anything to do with us being bought? Even if the good DR. buys the ground it's still nothing to do with Sale as they're only tenants like us.

My take on this is that Dr K is playing quite a hard game with Peel, the Stadium company and the council.

Unlike Ecclesstar I cannot believe that Sale have any input whatever into the negotiations other than that they (presumably) have a contract with the stadium company that would survive even if the good Dr buys the stadium Co as well as Salford.

The council are between a rock and a hard place - if they don't play ball then they lose everything (but then it's public money so what do they care?) - so I suspect they'd love to see a full buyout and get some cash back into their coffers (BUT did they actually stump up cash or borrow it to finance their part in the stadium build? - if the latter then early repayment could actually cost more than seeing the loan out!)

Peel are the unknown quantity - clearly as a company they play a very long game and have their own strategic ambitions. It may or may not be in their perceived interest to lose ownership of the one tangible asset in this whole sorry saga - who knows?

It wouldn't surprise me to see some form of joint venture between Dr K & Peel emerge from this - obviously the Dr has hit the nail 100% on the head in realising that you just have to have control over as many income streams as you possibly can and I guess those negotiations are taking the time.

Just be patient folks - these things do take time and Dr K didn't get to his current position by taking hasty or wrong decisions.