2nd is Hock

3rd is Sa'u

4th Puletua

5th Smith

Sixth signing is... Francis Meli.

Seventh signing is... Jake Mullaney.

Eigth signing is... Steve Rapira.

Ninth signing is... Tommy Lee.

Tenth signing is... Greg Johnson.

Eleventh signing is... Jason Walton.

The Doc said he's not paid any of the players wives, he's stayed within the cap and there's more to come!

apart from hock and chase who would u pay big money to? :S maybe junior sau but he had no where left to go in aus and isn't on big money at Melbourne

Rangi Chase
Gareth Hock
Junior Sa’u
Tony Puletua
Tim Smith
Francis Meli
Jake Mullaney
Steve Rapiri
Tommy Lee
Greg Johnson
Adrian Morley
Jason Walton

Wonder if we got a fee for Hock, you'd assume so....

Hardly going to worry the top teams with that list, a few decent signings for them though

He's good aint he !

The guy has sent out a serious message of intent, to ensure that Salford are successful

Love him or hate him , he is without doubt a massive and very refreshing change.

I hope the salford fans get behind the club in numbers and do as the doc says makes the welcome for away teams as "hot as hell "

agree..should keep them off the bottom, but you feel lots of those names are going there for a last big payday

Quote ="[Gareth"Wonder if we got a fee for Hock, you'd assume so....'" Phil Wilkinson reckons Salford matched Parra's offer in the end Phil Wilkinson ‏@PWilkinsonWIG Salford able to sign Hock - who reneged on a move to Parramatta - after paying Wigan a six figure transfer fee, am told. www.wigantoday.net/sport/wigan-w ... -1-6019504

Quote ="[Gareth"Wonder if we got a fee for Hock, you'd assume so....'" Phil Wilkinson reckons Salford matched Parra's offer in the end Phil Wilkinson ‏@PWilkinsonWIG Salford able to sign Hock - who reneged on a move to Parramatta - after paying Wigan a six figure transfer fee, am told. www.wigantoday.net/sport/wigan-w ... -1-6019504

Proof if it was needed on how hard it is now to build a team from scratch without the ability to import top players from the NRL.

That list is chocked full of has been, crocks, indisciplined players and players with 'issues'.

They might scrape the play offs but this project needs to be long term. They need to do a Huddersfield and sign up good young English players they can develop.

People sad the same when Wire first started flashing the cash, and when Man City first started spending big. Worked out ok for them 2! They'll need to sign some fodder and mercenaries at first. It will take a few years to turn them round from where they were to being in a position where they can attract genuine big names and compete for honours. Good luck to em

Agreed. Its a good start but id say it would only put them around 7th or 8th in the table which is an improvement on this years placing. As others have said, they ned to sign some aussies/kiwi's to get them going but if they want to be as big as Dr Koolcash wants them to be then they need to develop their own players

Salford need to work from the ground up, invest in youth development, good scouts and the like. Make it a 10 year plan rather than a 12 month stop gap.

Agree that Salford should invest in local Rugby and introduce a good scouting system, let's not forget though that Brian Noble is their coach.

I wonder where some of those scouts will come from?

I was expecting some major names but as you say its players who have seen better days or players that when push comes to shove have been found wanting. And i include Hock in that. They will push to the play offs next season but as Wire are finding out its impossible to buy a side now and investment in youth policy is of more importance than anything. Morley i regard as a great player who has seen better days but is still a great leader for them. But as with a few names on that list age is against them. Its good that Salford are going to be competitive and i do hope they can progess but the DR needs a youth system not a buying plan.

As apart from Chase and Hock i can not see many players on that list we would take given issues and age. I know we have Hock technically but he is still a class player.

The only key to future success in super league is youth development. Warrington will be the last club to buy their success as long as the salary cap is so low. Can't see Salford troubling many with those signings. Chase is a good player but he hardly helped castleford become successful or did anything in an England shirt. Hock will be their best signing and that just about says it all.

Makes me laugh how many coahing experts we have on here, the fact is none of you know how next year will pan out, just like NOBODY thought Hudds would finish top spot this year. next year playoffs will be the general aim for Salford the year after we will want to improve again. we have a decent academy at Salford, and if you listen to Dr Koukash plans you'll see that he plans to have Salford as one of the countries best youth set ups.

other than that theres no point predicting when nodody knows what the future holds.

I don't see the problem with those signings. No really top class players are going to sign for a club in Salford's position despite whatever money is on offer from Koukash.

Those players will make them miles more competitive than they are now and should get them in the play offs. The key will be to build on that because some of the older players won't last long but I can't see why people are dismissing these signings.

They are exactly what I'd expect a club in Salfords position to make. Things like youth development take time to set up and they aren't going to get top NRL players so what did people expect?

Well yeah, but it wasn't buying players that turned Wire round, it was getting Smith in for Cullen (and Lowes). Their big spending when Moran took over (around 2003, IIRC) didn't work until they sorted the coaching out.

Just spoke to Martin Gleeson he said the signings havnt finished there's 2 more massive signings to be finalized, I tried my best to get him to spill but he said he'd get the sack if he told anyone.

There's something that's never happened before.
You could, of course, look at all this from another point of view. There's been a fair bit of POSITIVE RL publicity on Sky today as a result of this. I presume that Wigan are getting a fee for Hock and Cas will be getting a big fat cheque for Chase. Tim Smith has already been paid for and I don't know if London are getting a fee for the year left on Tommy Lee's contract or not. In addition there should be a big increase in Salford's gates home and away next year and the presence oif all these new players should make the start of next season quite intriguing.
All this brings publicity, and more importantly, money, into the game. A couple more owners like Koukash and the whole thing could get very interesting.

This is the biggest difference.

Bobby Goulding said the fee was £112k which isnt too bad to be honest.

If Wigan have received a similar size fee for Hock, then its cracking business by IL. What baffles me is why the fees are never officially reported these days.