Re: Dr Marwan Koulash : Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:12 am  

Couldn't care less about his interests as long as the Club are safe, that's all that matters to me.

Re: Dr Marwan Koulash : Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:37 am  

Marshy1 wrote:

What kind of racecourse is a "state of the racecourse".....just wondering. LOL

Sorry Marshy, I missed the "art" out. I should know better than expecting a Swinton fan be able to fill in the gaps

Re: Dr Marwan Koulash : Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:55 am  

Says in today's misspelled MEN article that the Dr has brought in Ed Farish, once Chief Finance Officer for the NRL and Graham Lowe. Makes me wonder what role Lowe is playing or will play.

Re: Dr Marwan Koulash : Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:43 pm  

TheButcher wrote:

Says in today's misspelled MEN article that the Dr has brought in Ed Farish, once Chief Finance Officer for the NRL and Graham Lowe. Makes me wonder what role Lowe is playing or will play.

( Lowe ) He ended up CEO of Manly Sea Eagles from 2009 - 2011 , he left the post due to health issues , ( he had a double heart valve bypass op in 2009 after collapsing at Auckland Airport).
He's 66 now , and looks like he's on the After Dinner Speaker circuit in Aus/NZ.

so health permitting CEO , or more likely ' consultant ' .

Ed Farish was Chief Finance Officer or the NRL - June 2011 was sent in to Gold Coast Titans over their incumbent CFO to sort out their financial troubles.

Titans creditors extend from the Titans' cheergirls to the Tax Office. so
the man employed to sort out this mess is Titans chief financial officer Ed Farish. Farish was the NRL director of finance but resigned to take the Gold Coast job.
He was highly regarded at the NRL for his capacity to find money in one budget and use it to meet a need in another. If Big Ed can divest the Titans of their property arm, he should be able to make the football club viable. And continue rugby league's fine tradition of defying the laws of economics.

Re: Dr Marwan Koulash : Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:48 pm  

Cheers MM.

The Good Dr doesn't seem to be messing about. Get the right people in to do a job.

Re: Dr Marwan Koulash : Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:01 pm  

TheButcher wrote: Makes me wonder what role Lowe is playing or will play. Offering sensible words of advice,perhaps ?

TheButcher wrote: Makes me wonder what role Lowe is playing or will play. Offering sensible words of advice,perhaps ?

Re: Dr Marwan Koulash : Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:20 pm  

TheButcher wrote: Says in today's misspelled MEN article that the Dr has brought in Ed Farish, once Chief Finance Officer for the NRL and Graham Lowe. Makes me wonder what role Lowe is playing or will play. Not sure if you have seen League Express but the quote from Blake Solly to 'MEN Sport' in the Barker piece is lifted word for word from there. I did some googling about Andrew Chalmers the other day and he apparently brought Lowe in at the NZRL as Director of Football so presumably he is behind this move. http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/wp/?p=606 - article here.

TheButcher wrote: Says in today's misspelled MEN article that the Dr has brought in Ed Farish, once Chief Finance Officer for the NRL and Graham Lowe. Makes me wonder what role Lowe is playing or will play. Not sure if you have seen League Express but the quote from Blake Solly to 'MEN Sport' in the Barker piece is lifted word for word from there. I did some googling about Andrew Chalmers the other day and he apparently brought Lowe in at the NZRL as Director of Football so presumably he is behind this move. http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/wp/?p=606 - article here.

Re: Dr Marwan Koulash : Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:44 pm  

Not the most positive of articles. I'll reserve judgement until I see what happens for us, after all, he'd have to do a particularly poor job to do worse than our current selection.

Re: Dr Marwan Koulash : Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:51 pm  

TheButcher wrote:

Not the most positive of articles. I'll reserve judgement until I see what happens for us, after all, he'd have to do a particularly poor job to do worse than our current selection.

Agreed - just putting it out there for people to read.

Re: Dr Marwan Koulash : Wed Jan 16, 2013 12:00 pm  

It seems both Farish and Chalmers are associates of Wood at the RFL and therefore possibly not the choice of Dr Koukash;also PV knows Graham Lowe - Source Martyn Sadler has tweeted that the deal is 80/20 and further discussion taking place today.

It seems both Farish and Chalmers are associates of Wood at the RFL and therefore possibly not the choice of Dr Koukash;also PV knows Graham Lowe - Source Martyn Sadler has tweeted that the deal is 80/20 and further discussion taking place today.