It'll be interesting to see how Agar does at wakey. After what was a bit of an unexpected SL reprieve, really there shouldn't be too much pressure on him, but on the other hand his reputation may precede him thanks to such glowing references from hull fans. With this in mind WTW supporters might start getting a bit nippy if he doesn't bring about instant results.

Considering the strength of ill-feeling towards him, fc are obviously going to be world-beaters now they've finally ridden themselves of the reason for their underachievement.

Interesting times ahead...

In 2007 and 2008 we won 4 out of the 5 league games played over the two seasons. Agar was in charge for the rest of the 5 year period you mention so I'm not sure what point you're trying to make there TBH as nobody has ever suggested that Agar was a better coach than Kear.

Gentle is an unknown quantity and I for one am not making any predictions of instant success. If we still had Agar in charge I'd happily be predicting another season of mediocrity and failure with a good degree of confidence based entirely on his record over an extended period. In this case the devil you don't know is preferable and TBH doesn't have to do much to make an improvement.

Agar may well do better at Wakey than he did at Hull for a variety of reasons. That doesn't change the fact that he was a failure at Hull or that the vast majority of Hull fans are happy to see the back of him. Some of the comments posted have been OTT but that's a reflection of the frustration built up over the last 3-4 years and the relief that a change has finally happened.

If ever a fan deserved agar as a coach it's you vasty

So you thought you'd add to the perceived hilarity?

Kear's record against Hull (without Agar) - 2007: W1 L2, 2008: W0 L1
Kear's record against Hull (with Agar) - 2008: W0 L2, 2009: W2 L0, 2010: W1 L1, 2011: W1 L1

So continually taking our pants down without Agar was one win in four, and taking our pants down with Agar was 4 from 8?
I'd have thought to have continually taken Hull's pants down, he'd have to surely have better than a 50% record?
Think someone needs to check their stats...


I think the Hull fans sense of optimism is more to do with the arrival of Adam Pearson rather than the arrival of Gentle. At least we know that under Pearson, if Gentle doesn't live up to expectation he will be chopped. People can say that Agar was hampered by the board all they want (and by the sounds of things, he probably was), but he should have been a big enough man to stand up to the board and make change instead of being a yes man and letting his reputation get dragged through the mud.

Agar may be a tremendous coach if the correct things are put in place (and I truly believe he is), but he is not the kind of person that can get things done if they aren't, and he has proven that undoubtedly over his 3.5 years as the head guy at Hull. I things are in place at Wakefield under your new board, then he may kick on. But if things aren't, he'll struggle.

Kear's issue was that he lost the dressing room at Hull. He appears to have learned from that at his time with Wakefield. He also sacrificed consistency for winning big games, and it didn't always work. Got us the cup like, so can't complain! But it left him off-guard a lot and got us some humiliating defeats.

a neat bit of symmetry is that agar has taken over from kear at wakey, and at hull when kear was sacked agar took over as caretaker for 4 games whilst sharpe was sourced. we won 3 of those 4 games, talk about a false dawn