Things not looking good at all atm and with the rumours of the new coaching team atm I the only one thinking its being done to cut costs because I don't buy into all this local team rubbish? Perhaps Adam knows theres going to be a big drop in season ticket sales then factor in the poor signings of Thompson and Feka who cant be on much and its all becoming a little fishy if you ask me.

Yeah, that's it, you've rumbled him Seb. Well done!

Seb, you really are a pointless troll

Knew I could rely on two of the biggest dimwit know feck alls on here to reply first

Although I'm not impressed by the plans, I don't think they are financially motivated. I think Pearson thinks he has had his fingers burnt by the Aussie duo of McRae and Gentle, so is now thinking 2 locals will be a better bet. While Pearson isn't a rich Oligarch with money to burn, he's got enough to fund a top SL club.

Not sure I agree. I think he's put a fair wedge into the club and fair play to him for doing so but its achieved absolutely feck all infact you could say weve gone backwards so now he's reigning it back in with a cheap coaching team and bang average signings hoping that in X years time the young lads will step up to the mantel. The problem with that is very few local players have gone on to achieve great things in the game in recent years so that is another plan that may not work out too. In the mean time the faithful seem to be giving up which can only mean greater spending cuts and the spiral then continues.

Does anyone now see Hull FC achieving anything within the next 3-5 years as I know I don't?

even though I'm downbeat I'm still going to give it time...Pearson is no mug, and this whole Radford stuff seems to have leaked out to easily for me, I still think there's a chance there is another bigger name target in the frame.

This for me is massively overly downbeat. Thomson was sorted early. If we was overly skint gentle would be seeing out his deal.
Pearson wants a locally based n locally identifiable team. Local coaches players n closer to the fans is his vision.
What makes you feel that we couldn't achieve anything within 3 to 5 yrs? Some good kids in 19s now, better still coming through the 16s. Crooks lineham shaul miller all gonna improve next yr never mind 2/3yrs down the line. Houghton green young n tied long term.
Wigan were close to relegation, suffered two 70odd defeats n within 4yrs champs n dominating again.
We have tremendous facilities backing and means. Tweaks are needed, not massive surgery!
This time last yr hudd came here in a play off game with a new unproven coach n we whipped em n sent them home. Now with largely the same team they're league winners n 80 from a grand final.
N on Pearson, according to a player he's in the process of buying a golf course so think money wise he's doing ok!!!

Jesus, this going to be a long off season.

Just love how many 'in know' people they are on here.....but really , really know absolutely FOOK ALL that's goes on within FC.

I've been told that we have hijacked cockend contract talks and he's signed for us because he's been guaranteed that the STELLA king (WHO WE ALL HAVE FORGIVEN) is going to be his centre partner......no this is real, honest......



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Well, we copied Wigan hiring an Aussie assistant coach. Now we're copying them with a former forward of the club with no head coach experience.

It's an almost a copy of the Wigan model. Invest massively in youth n in the top positions have wane, deacon, radlinsky all local boys.

Well, let's hope for a similar end.

I dread to think where pass sales will go if we're here again in two years!

Are Deacon and Harris local lads?

Oldham lads

Harris isn't. Deacon a Wigan boy. The reason he wanted to finish career there

Deacon is. Harris only 1out of the four who isn't

Why as it to be cost cutting. Say what if it pay off.AP will not have to pay out to much compo if it doesn't work

Regardless of the performances on pitch, from Pearsons point of view I'd have thought 2013 will have been a bit of a bumper year cash wise.
There's lots of changes seemingly afoot but that is most likely from a pride point of view (pleasing how he has become passionate about us), looking a right twonk on the telly (no one likes that), and to placate the fans. On the last point I'm not so sure it's the right strategy but you can see his thinking "get rid of the perceived overseas big earners who havent brought success and go down the local lads for local fans" route. Time will tell but apart from trying to keep pass sales up for next season I wouldn't have thought IMO there's much more financial reasons driving his thinking.

ah, the "League of Gentleman" approach, a lurcal club for lurcal people.

sure fire winner

It would explain the lack of high profile signings

Paea? Or are we forgetting about him to suit arguments?

As a club taking over £5mill a year we have no reason to cut costs, because guess what, our salary cap is the same as Wire, their income is £6mill+. And the same as Salford, whos income must be sub £4mill

I think AP made himself a hostage to fortune when he took over with all the talk of challenging for trophies within 2-3 years, top 4 finishes and the club's PR department hyping up everything.

He would have been better off saying the club was in a right state and it would take years of rebuilding to get us where we wanted to be.

He raised our expectations when he should have asked us to be patient.

Just because Paea was the only 'reasonable' forward available doesn't make him a legend in waiting. He's had a decent season but nothing more and hes foreign unlike Morley, Peacock, Mossop or Crabtree. All the top sides have a a top forward leading the pack too and Paea isn't on a par with those four

It's always a little "fishy in Hull"