Re: Salford Tonight : Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:36 pm  

I think Koukash will turn out to be the SL equivalent of Venkys. All mouth, no trousers and very little experience within the arena he now finds himself in.

Re: Salford Tonight : Tue Jun 11, 2013 3:40 pm  

Carlos Alberto wrote:

I think Koukash will turn out to be the SL equivalent of Venkys. All mouth, no trousers and very little experience within the arena he now finds himself in.

If you mean Venky's at Blackburn FC then quite the opposite is true,not least because Dr Koukash is not living a world away and he is very hands-on.
Dr Koukash,it transpires,is personal friends with Chalmers and Graham Lowe in New Zealand as well as with your owner McManus.
The sacking of Veivers was,in my opinion,wrong,as it was for his friend Noble to jump into his shoes,but after last night my one worry is,for stability and continuity purposes,if the shelf life of a head coach is 5 yrs at a club ( John Kear ) will the 2 relatively inexperienced assistant coaches take over down the line ?
Dr Koukash believes Veivers would not have attracted big-name signings to the club - despite his friendship with Meninga and being the brother-in-law of Wayne Bennett.
It is a little harsh to judge him on his signings as he had 'no money' due to the fact the club was hurtling towards oblivion.The quality players he had were already aboard the lifeboats queueing alongside the SS Salford.

Re: Salford Tonight : Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:04 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

That sacking was perfectly justified. He had a much better squad on paper in his previous season but he still couldn't get wins. He was supposed to be the defensive coach and yet Salford couldn't defend under him.

Our defensive line would still be pregnable if everyone of our players was equipped with a Kalashnikov AK-47.

Re: Salford Tonight : Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:25 am  

St pete wrote:

And those reasons is what makes Phil Vievers sacking to be totally disgusting

Phil Vievers sacking was justified in that the results at the back end of last season were terrible (when Salford actually had a decent 17) they got worse this season and he made three of the worst overseas signings in the history of Super League in Ryan McGoldrick, Vic Mauro and Liam Foran.

Those doubting Koukash will be left with egg on their faces come next season. An announcement is to be made on August 9th regarding new signings for next season when it is expected Koukash is to confirm at least 6 new signings (including a couple from St Helens).

Re: Salford Tonight : Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:37 am  

Meli and Puletua no doubt

Re: Salford Tonight : Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:00 pm  

[quote="John Gilbert Reds"]Phil Vievers sacking was justified in that the results at the back end of last season were terrible (when Salford actually had a decent 17) they got worse this season and he made three of the worst overseas signings in the history of Super League in Ryan McGoldrick, Vic Mauro and Liam Foran.quote]

I'll take those 3 and raise you Hohaia, Perry and Laffranchi.

Re: Salford Tonight : Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:13 pm  

Veivers's squad got decimated, though. He had a good attacking game because of the way Smith, Holdsworth and Patten linked, but they lost all of those AND Joel Moon.

Re: Salford Tonight : Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:27 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

Veivers's squad got decimated, though. He had a good attacking game because of the way Smith, Holdsworth and Patten linked, but they lost all of those AND Joel Moon.

Bar Smith, only at the end of the season though. He had a lot of 2012 season with all those players still in the side but they still managed to consistently lose. And remember, Vievers said he was the defensive coach at Salford while Longy was the attacking coach. Salford's attack was wonderful at times, really quite breathtaking, while their defence was persistently and consistently poor. Their defence only really improved under Hunte and even then it was still prone to shakiness. Koukash's best option - although I can understand why he didn't do it - would have been to keep Hunte as head coach for this season while allowing Nobby to view his charges ready for next season. That way Salford would have retained some consistency and stability, and might have seen some better results as a consequence.

Re: Salford Tonight : Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:29 pm  

Carlos Alberto wrote:

I'll take those 3 and raise you Hohaia, Perry and Laffranchi.

Hohaia and Laffranchi are way, way better than McGoldrick, Foran and especially Mauro who is more of a pudding than Perry.

Re: Salford Tonight : Wed Jun 12, 2013 1:25 pm  

I started this thread to show some solidarity with species of another club feeling shortchanged. It is good to see the quality of input from fans of the red devils and I hope it works out for you. I think the next three years is s**t or bust though for the club.