Love to know what Hull have done to make that Shaw so anti FC.

His prediction makes no sense to me, you can’t use the reason of “they’ve got a new spine” when A, it’s way better than what we had and B, two of them have played each other for years. What makes it funnier is that he then goes on to place Leigh, who’ve basically changed their entire squad, above us!

Says that it’s rare for a new coach to have an instant impact, yet we have just seen a mid season change of coach get a side to the grand final.

Don’t get the use of Smiths first year at rovers as an example either, completely different situation what he overtook at that lot.

Like I’ve said previous, far from expecting us to be world beaters, but to put us down as 11th is nothing but click baiting nonsense

wonder if its part of the new lease agreement, we weren't getting use of the facilities we were paying good money to use/play in


also noticed in the interview with Pearson, the only debt the club has is the loan to the government!

Technically it’s a loan from the RL, I believe. The government handed a lump sum to the RL and they made cash sums available to those clubs that applied. I wonder when the cash has to be paid back to the government because this will impact the RL. Are they in a position to reimburse without the clubs coughing up. If the clubs need to reimburse prior to the loan being paid back, I can see a few clubs floundering.

Quote ="Armavinit"Technically it’s a loan from the RL, I believe. The government handed a lump sum to the RL and they made cash sums available to those clubs that applied. I wonder when the cash has to be paid back to the government because this will impact the RL. Are they in a position to reimburse without the clubs coughing up. If the clubs need to reimburse prior to the loan being paid back, I can see a few clubs floundering.'" The RFL took on responsibility for administering the loans, along with Sport England and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gove ... gby-league That was 2020 and loans worth a further £16.7 million were made available to the men’s professional game in 2021, alongside £1.45 million in grants to the community game. https://www.rugby-league.com/article/57 ... gby-league The terms of repayment were not made public but I haven’t seen anything suggesting that the RFL acted as a guarantor… or, in fairness, that they didn’t. When Rugby Union club Wasps went bust, the tax payer took the hit for their £14.1 million COVID survival package loan going unpaid, suggesting that the RFU wasn’t responsible for repayments. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/63874443

Quote ="Armavinit"Technically it’s a loan from the RL, I believe. The government handed a lump sum to the RL and they made cash sums available to those clubs that applied. I wonder when the cash has to be paid back to the government because this will impact the RL. Are they in a position to reimburse without the clubs coughing up. If the clubs need to reimburse prior to the loan being paid back, I can see a few clubs floundering.'" The RFL took on responsibility for administering the loans, along with Sport England and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gove ... gby-league That was 2020 and loans worth a further £16.7 million were made available to the men’s professional game in 2021, alongside £1.45 million in grants to the community game. https://www.rugby-league.com/article/57 ... gby-league The terms of repayment were not made public but I haven’t seen anything suggesting that the RFL acted as a guarantor… or, in fairness, that they didn’t. When Rugby Union club Wasps went bust, the tax payer took the hit for their £14.1 million COVID survival package loan going unpaid, suggesting that the RFU wasn’t responsible for repayments. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/63874443

The pitch was in a right state last season before a rugby ball was kicked !

A tad site better than Headingley, the only thing they can practice doing on that pitch is making sandcastles.