Oh, I see. Sorry, I thought you meant you were missing 14 first teamers. You're making up the numbers a bit there, aren't you?

My apologise if it came across that, but looking at that list. Westerman, Moa, O'Carroll, O'Meley, Turner, Seymour, Horne, McKinnon, Heremia, Yeaman and Aspinwall would make it into Hulls first choice 17.

do you want some straws to clutch we've all had injuries get over it

Well at least Hull have got an an excuse? What's our excuse for our poor start to the season? Why were we so bad against Leeds, Saints and Catalans? Injuries or just not up to the job against top sides?

Rovers fan on the Warrington forum posting on a Hull FC thread!

This is more or less how it's gone for Hull with their previous two coaches. A few early wins, a bit of optimism, followed by a 'horrendous injury list'. For a while Hull fans will blame said injury list for the ensuing defeats, looking forward to the golden moment at which the coach will have 'his own team' and everyone will be back fit. After a couple of seasons of this eventuality not looking imminent, they will eventually oversee the removal of the coach and praise the new Messiah.

I can see them being better next year

Browny is absolutely spot on. Maybe they should be looking at their pre-season and pre-match preparation and sack the Conditioner and Physio before they look at the coach. They should also have had second thoughts about another contract for that one man injury list that is Richard Horne.

hmm, the Yeaman that has played 7 games out of 11? Out of your injury list, I make it 5 were in the squad this weekend? If you are going to count every player that's a missed a game over the whole season, we might be looking at about 14 too!

Here's our 14 missing players over the last couple of weeks.

Hodgson
Evans
Bridge
Atkins
Ratchford
Briers
Myler
Morley
Monaghan
Carvell
Harrison
Solomona
Grix
Blythe

We've had it pretty bad for injuries this season so far yet not a lot is being made out of it.

It is horrendous. But we'll get back on the horse soon enough.

Genuine question, because I really don't know: Have these injuries been long term or just one/two weeks out?

A mix of the two; the likes of Ratchford, Evans, Solomona, Myler, Harrison and Monaghan have all had long terms injuries of at least six weeks missing.

Strong stuff from Hull's chairman on losing the Briscoe Tribunal... www.hullfc.com/newsarticle.aspx?n=21101

Strong stuff from Hull's chairman on losing the Briscoe Tribunal... www.hullfc.com/newsarticle.aspx?n=21101

Quote ="Ian 77 Redux"Strong stuff from Hull's chairman on losing the Briscoe Tribunal... www.hullfc.com/newsarticle.aspx?n=21101'" Flipping heck strong words, would love to be a fly on the wall when he has his meeting with the RFL!

Quote ="Ian 77 Redux"Strong stuff from Hull's chairman on losing the Briscoe Tribunal... www.hullfc.com/newsarticle.aspx?n=21101'" Flipping heck strong words, would love to be a fly on the wall when he has his meeting with the RFL!

Ridiculous that he's blamed the RFL really. The fault is with the previous Hull administration who failed to offer him a decent contract. Leeds merely adhered to the rules. His argument should be with the people who were 'running' Hull before he was, one of whom just happened to be Mrs Hetherington.

Quote ="Ian 77 Redux"Strong stuff from Hull's chairman on losing the Briscoe Tribunal... www.hullfc.com/newsarticle.aspx?n=21101'" Well said that man..... i think.

Quote ="Ian 77 Redux"Strong stuff from Hull's chairman on losing the Briscoe Tribunal... www.hullfc.com/newsarticle.aspx?n=21101'" Well said that man..... i think.

Quote ="Ian 77 Redux"Strong stuff from Hull's chairman on losing the Briscoe Tribunal... www.hullfc.com/newsarticle.aspx?n=21101'" It'a about time someone in power piped up about the the farce that is the RFL, I for one am glad it's AP.

Quote ="Ian 77 Redux"Strong stuff from Hull's chairman on losing the Briscoe Tribunal... www.hullfc.com/newsarticle.aspx?n=21101'" It'a about time someone in power piped up about the the farce that is the RFL, I for one am glad it's AP.

Maybe. However it was misguided to use the Briscoe Tribunal as his vehicle for doing so. He should be professional and speak to the RFL about it, as he now appears to be doing when he meets Watkins.

Going back to Briscoe, the bad bit is where he said he implied that he knew they wouldn't get a fair crack of the whip. He's basically accusing them of being biased.

he wont be able to get Hull round the salary cap with an attitude like that.

Let's face it. It's not the RFL who are at fault with this. It's Hull, or at least it's their previous Management. The rules are there in black and white and have been for years. If they offer the kid a contract that doesn't at least match the previous one, then he's a free agent.
There is a saying that you reap what you sew. I go back to 1999 when Hull fans were crowing about Kath Hetherington having saved them when she lied to Gateshead fans and then ditched them. How times change.

Isn't Pearson the same guy who issued the statement saying that away fan's tickets prices at the KFC Stadium were the same this season as they were last season? He soon altered the statement when people posted last year's tickets on here proving him wrong.

This statement is what I would expect from a nursery school kid, its embarrassing coming from somebody in his position.

How small was the contract offer they made to the kid? He was sixteen at the time. Looks like Hull were just trying to do things on teh cheap and rip the kid off. Well done for Leeds for paying him the going rate and keeping his talent in rugby league.

Where is Red hall again?





Seriously though, Pearson seems to be fuming with our past management and how the club was ran on a whole. I believe he is the man to put us back in the right direction after the previous set of clowns.

Willie Manu Turned down a very good contract by all accounts....

and Now Wade Mckinnon has got out of his three year deal and has left today...????

Manu been with Hull for 6 years, obviously wants something different for his last contract. Wado gone back home after his wife did not settle and she moved back to Oz.

I expect another big overseas forward to come in as well as McKinnon's replacement, alongside Ellis, Arundel, Crookes, and maybe another half back. Another big change in staff for us, but Gentle is still in the process of building his own squad and picking up the pieces after the previous clowns in charge.