Is Marwan staying or going ?

No problem russ any time

I'd read it like that, I really would like him to stay, continue the good work pre points deduction and make Salford successful. Retaining certain players for me would be paramount if he does stay and we stay in SL.

I'm a fan of the Yorkshire Evening Post's coverage of RL and certainly the national dailies could learn a lot from that paper.
And I quote:
"Marwan Koukash is a divisive figure, but the negative attitude some in the game have towards Salford’s owner does not reflect well on them or the sport. He can be his own worst enemy at times; he seems to enjoy baiting the governing body, which is probably counter-productive and the six-point deduction – confirmed following an appeal – was a self-inflicted wound.
But the last thing rugby league should be doing is discouraging a rich backer, who is clearly a fan of the sport and prepared to put his money where his mouth is.
Salford were in a poor state before Koukash took over, but he has brought in better players and raised the club’s profile. He certainly has the knack of attracting media coverage which is something else the sport needs, though many of its administrators don’t seem to understand that.
Without Koukash, rugby league would simply have another club struggling to pay its bills."

This is about as good a summary as it gets and more balanced than anything I've read in RL journals over the same issues. So what if MK's divisive, a lot of his detractors are quite clearly not motivated by anything he says or does because their dislike and criticism of the RFL is much stronger than his ever has ever been.

Redgunner, I'm not sure why you put this here without comment,both these posts are what I believe to be true.I think MK going is the last thing SRD needs but Salford are a club where only the worst things happen.I've not changed my mind about going just delayed it until MK's stated his, which if you read the other posts you knew anyway.I've just come around slightly till we know the state of the patient.

SRD need MK to stay, and I've never changed that stance not even slightly!

I'm afraid that "I don't know." and "No idea." is all I can respond here redwolf. It's clear what I think will happen, while desperately hoping I'm wrong. There are a few rumours and there may be some who actually know.

Without the kind of backing we get from MK I believe we'll simply start on the road to non-existence. There's no doubt the AJ Bell is our albatross while we neither own it nor get other income streams from it, and its geographical position doesn't and hasn't helped. 

I will say it again the Doc is much maligned and misunderstood. But for SRD, he's vital and I worry what planet anyone's living on who can't see this. I fear for the future too. The RFL have played a silly game with Salford and though I don't want to go into it, this is one area where they've been very questionable. SRD are a work in progress as you say redwolf and I'd hate to see it all come to nothing when really and truly we've only just begun!