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| Lucky for me, myfirestick packed up. Didn't even bother to keep tabs on the scores either. Not surprised at the latest shambolic display. They should play in brown next game.
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| Stats are obviously terrible.Top metre maker Moy with 72, only three going over 50m.
Sao 7 carries for 34m, Fash 2 carries for 11 metres, Ashworth 4 carries for 24m. Aydin 5 for 22.
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| Ex players and coaches need to know
The fans are not Toxic
We are the only thing guaranteed to put in any effort at this Club !!!!!
That pile of steaming Shoite was beyond toxic !! The players efforts are toxic
Grix is a zombie coach
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| Sunday 16th March 1975
There are points in the life of the dedicated unwavering fan that milestone their lives until the day they die! That date was on the lips of just about every FC. fan for at least two decades for it was the lowest point in our rememberable history for us all and the day that the lowest ever gate in the history of the Boulevard (of 985) witnessed us scrape past the perennial scrubbing brushes of the game Huyton, 17-15. As fans we were down to the last remnants of unblinking loyalty and after season after season of watching often valiant players who were simply not good enough the then board of Directors had managed to take the club to an all time low.
The significance of the date was the fact that by the halcyon days of the late 70's, the 80's and early 90's at least 15,000 claimed to have attended. Everyone you met had been there it was almost a badge of their loyalty to the cause and a display that they were not just a 'there when your winning' 'only here for the beer' fan. It was undoubtedly the lowest point of my then supporting life but I wonder if that inept capitulation from minute one last night will rank in a similar position for fans in years to come. Or will it be this seasons inept capitulation from game one that will rank in the annals of our once great club in the minds of our once great fan base. We came back then but in a time when a philanthropist could throw unending amounts of money at a team when a salary cap world was decades away.
"I was there at Leeds when ...... " "I sat through that 2024 season"
I say this because despite me going on for weeks about how bad things are this is the worst FC team attitude and commitment wise that I can ever remember and that was possibly the worst performance heart and spirit wise I can remember too. (although that has crossed my mind a few times this season) At least back then we had 13 players out on the field who wanted to win and cared about the FC fans stood shivering on the three pennies. Because of a lack of finance a glue pot pitch, a dilapidated ground and poor recruitment we were just crap as players.
Perhaps that's an over reaction and perhaps in fact last nights significance in the history of our club is diluted by the number of "Huyton's' we have witnessed this season already. Perhaps the BBC are coming next week and have picked our game against the unfancied (for many years) Salford just to see how crap we really are??? I see this morning the despicable Mr Beaumont has again stuck the 'Asiata' knife in us as the game lines us to criticise our demise. But why the BBC have picked a game which could well display our humiliation as fans on a national stage even further, is anyones guess.
I don't think we will ever get some fans back now, some have simply had enough, and the damage this administration, this team and this season has done to our club will resonate for years to come but what will remain is the record of us going a whole season without an away win, winning the lowest amount of games in a season in our history and perhaps thanks to Mr Beaumont and Co a club that featured in the IMG great escape. Or, even perhaps the fact that for some it was all in the end blamed by some looking for a scapegoat on one simple fact, a toxic fan base.
It is as I often say simply heartbreaking and if you can walk away and clear it out of your mind now, good for you, I envy you, because some us simply can't!
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| To no real surprise, the talk from the coach and the players turned out to be incredibly cheap.
I would say this side is the most mentally weak squad I have ever seen, one crumb of adversity and this side seemingly gives up. Zero effort, zero pride in the shirt.
During the many times behind the sticks last night, waiting for Martin to slot over yet another penalty/conversion, I didnt see a single player, nor member of staff take responsibility and leadership to give the players a well deserved spraying, that includes Gareth Ellis, who, as was in his previous stint, have no idea what he is actually there for?
I know Derek runs his mouth, and he is a pain, but ultimately he is right. We will finish bottom, and we should be relegated.
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| Quote ="Jake the Peg"It's not the playing ability it's the attitude to put some effort in. It's just not there. Any team can show commitment to work hard and defend. We simply dont'"
This is where I think signings like Hardaker aren't half as bad as some people (and I'll probably include yourself in this Jake) think they are. Whatever you think of Hardaker's playing ability or his off field issues, he is very competitive and hates losing. The likes of him won't stand for that lack of effort from teammates. Next season is all about sorting the attitude and getting a group of players who are willing to push themselves to their limits in order to win. Then we build from there. Or at least that's the plan.
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| Quote ="HU8HFC"To no real surprise, the talk from the coach and the players turned out to be incredibly cheap.
I would say this side is the most mentally weak squad I have ever seen, one crumb of adversity and this side seemingly gives up. Zero effort, zero pride in the shirt.
During the many times behind the sticks last night, waiting for Martin to slot over yet another penalty/conversion, I didnt see a single player, nor member of staff take responsibility and leadership to give the players a well deserved spraying, that includes Gareth Ellis, who, as was in his previous stint, have no idea what he is actually there for?
I know Derek runs his mouth, and he is a pain, but ultimately he is right. We will finish bottom, and we should be relegated.'"
Completely agree except for the final sentence. You can't change the goal posts once the game has started let alone at the end of the season teams know the play off format and when they have to peak and where they need to finish, and they also know whether there is or isn't relegation and perhaps play to that too. For some reason investment in playing staff wise we have thrown the towel in this year but IMG set the criteria and all the owners agreed to it. Financially teams like Castleford weren't that bothered as a club about winning this season when compared with the money and effort they have put in to improve their stadium facilities etc to stay in Super League, you cant't suddenly change that and put the criteria back to a traditional league set up.
It is what it is thankfully we benefit from it this season and should the goal posts be altered now and Beaumont get his way we would have a big case in the high court to challenge that change. The fun will begin from those who miss out, when the IMG rulings for next seasons competition make up are announced. So as far as your final comment is concerned I agree we deserve to be relegated, wholeheartedly, despite the fact that relegation would see the end of the club. But by the rules set out when the season started, that all 12 clubs have played to, we shouldn't be relegated.
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| We deserve relegating, in a way it would do the club some good, give them a chance to completely reset like Wakefield and Rovers did. Clear out the crap all in one go and build from the ground up, a year in the championship would also do absolute wonders for most of the young players.
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| Quote ="Yippee try yay"We deserve relegating, in a way it would do the club some good, give them a chance to completely reset like Wakefield and Rovers did. Clear out the crap all in one go and build from the ground up, a year in the championship would also do absolute wonders for most of the young players.'"
A lot of the best youngsters would be cherry picked by the Super League Clubs, if FC were relegated....... Not sure if that is the point that you were making, in that it would be good for them?
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| Quote ="Tarquin Fuego"Grix is a baffoon
Why is he still here ?
He’s utterly useless
I can’t believe he hasn’t been moved on as the players think he’s a muppet'"
Are you sure the players think.?
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| Grix has to be moved on now , If he cant motivate the players this season , There not going to listen to him next season either .
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| Quote ="Boss Hog"A lot of the best youngsters would be cherry picked by the Super League Clubs, if FC were relegated....... Not sure if that is the point that you were making, in that it would be good for them?'"
Not if we could convince them to stay and build around them, it would be good in the sense that they'll be playing together at a level higher than reserves but lower than super league where theyre just getting hammered every week which is currently doing more harm than good, where they'd have a bit more time but still playing against grown men.
It won't happen anyway as IMG has allowed the club just to sack off the season and take the pi$$ out of the fans along the way.
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| If we got relegated, we'd lose the players we're trying to build around, Charles, Martin, Barron etc and just end up with the players no other super league team wants to pick from us in Fash, Lane, Briscoe, Chamberlain, Smith, Tindall and the like, we'd struggle the lower attendances and lack of sky money, it'd be a complete disaster
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| Quote ="Steve0"If we got relegated, we'd lose the players we're trying to build around, Charles, Martin, Barron etc and just end up with the players no other super league team wants to pick from us in Fash, Lane, Briscoe, Chamberlain, Smith, Tindall and the like, we'd struggle the lower attendances and lack of sky money, it'd be a complete disaster'"
relegation re-energises the club as a whole, forget the playing outfit, the fans, backroom everything gets a blow torch put on it and it goes one of two ways, for us it was a god send, but when it happened i wanted to never watch a ball being thrown again
players will be loyal if theres a buy in, our buy in was a push back for promotion and a genuine turnaround
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| The half hearted tackling last night was back to the beginning of the season stuff.
Professional rugby players tackling like school boys.
You can’t put this all down to Grix
Even gaz Ellis is involved with the coaching.
There’s no professional pride in their own performance. Even the coaches son with that late hit. He’s banned for the last 2 games.
No pride no discipline.
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| Quote ="Yippee try yay"Not if we could convince them to stay and build around them, it would be good in the sense that they'll be playing together at a level higher than reserves but lower than super league where theyre just getting hammered every week which is currently doing more harm than good, where they'd have a bit more time but still playing against grown men.
It won't happen anyway as IMG has allowed the club just to sack off the season and take the pi$$ out of the fans along the way.'"
And I’ve just opened my letter from the club saying thankyou for my fantastic support and not to worry because my rolling subscription will carry on but it’s gone up by a tenner
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| Quote ="Theeaststander1"relegation re-energises the club as a whole, forget the playing outfit, the fans, backroom everything gets a blow torch put on it and it goes one of two ways, for us it was a god send, but when it happened i wanted to never watch a ball being thrown again
players will be loyal if theres a buy in, our buy in was a push back for promotion and a genuine turnaround'"
Tell that to Bradford and Widnes.
Relegation for us would be a real gamble, could go either way.
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| Quote ="Steve0"If we got relegated, we'd lose the players we're trying to build around, Charles, Martin, Barron etc and just end up with the players no other super league team wants to pick from us in Fash, Lane, Briscoe, Chamberlain, Smith, Tindall and the like, we'd struggle the lower attendances and lack of sky money, it'd be a complete disaster'"
Same for me also, we've seen big clubs go down and not returned and look like they never will.
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| Quote ="Dave K."Tell that to Bradford and Widnes.
Relegation for us would be a real gamble, could go either way.'"
FC have money now, they wouldnt end up like them
if the thirkell overtake is true then he will not see his investment go to waste
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| We're not getting relegated so it's a bit of a moot point
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| Quote ="mwindass"We're not getting relegated so it's a bit of a moot point'"
not at all IMG is here and no ones going except london this year end of
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| Quote ="Theeaststander1"FC have money now, they wouldnt end up like them'"
Do we? We currently don't have details of a confirmed Investor and we're not spending the full cap. The club has been run on the cheap, and Asiata and rapana aside, I can't imagine next year's recruits are on massive wages.
Relegation has worked well for Wakey because they got a new owner, if they'd have not had a new investor, they'd probably be on a par with fev now. Then you've got Halifax who got relegated back in 2003 and are on the verge of no longer existing, Toulouse whos squad got taken apart after relegation and also nearly went bankrupt following relegation and as the poster above says, Bradford and Widnes. Far more clubs have been ruined by relegation than revitalised
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| Quote ="Steve0"Do we? We currently don't have details of a confirmed Investor and we're not spending the full cap. The club has been run on the cheap, and Asiata and rapana aside, I can't imagine next year's recruits are on massive wages.
Relegation has worked well for Wakey because they got a new owner, if they'd have not had a new investor, they'd probably be on a par with fev now. Then you've got Halifax who got relegated back in 2003 and are on the verge of no longer existing, Toulouse whos squad got taken apart after relegation and also nearly went bankrupt following relegation and as the poster above says, Bradford and Widnes. Far more clubs have been ruined by relegation than revitalised'"
i think the paying off of brown, pele, jayden ok, tony smith have really took the chunk out of the budget
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| There will be no relegation so its as has been said a moot point and if there is the game will tear itself apart arguing about changing the goal posts.
However to say we would be better off relegated is ludicrous. I can assure everyone who wants to listen that I have discussed the possibility of relegation with three different CE's going back to James Rule and a couple of owners as well and they were all unanimously of the same opinion, that relegation would see the club fold. Simply because we have no material assets to fall back on, no ground t borrow against and no bottomless pit of money. Although I concede that I guess a rich owner appearing out of the ether could solve that, (We wish) But we simply could not afford to play at the Stadium it would not be sustainable anymore, the overheads are too high, as are if you like the cost of even opening the turnstiles. . People in fairyland might think they wouldn't, but gates would halve even with our great supporter base and there simply wouldn't be the TV money, sponsorship income, local sponsors or Sky money to cover those costs. So as well as not having the money to build a team to get back up, we would have no where to play in Hull.
The fact that everyone sort of knows but doesn't want to admit, or even discuss is that this demise of ours this year has been planned. Someone somewhere has decided that at the expense of the love of the fans, (or as the great Hutch once described us the cash cows of the club) we would under invest, save cash and operate on a shoe string in 2024, because thanks to IMG there was no jeopody out there and so we could. Bugger the embarrasment heartbreak and ignominy we are all feeling. Place the blame at whoever's door you like but in my opinion we have to face that there has been a strategy here and one we have only tried to address with signings etc once the wheel had well and truly come off and the situation was irreversible.
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| Where to start! I didn't even bother watching it, so dispirited have I become, decided to watch Wigan pinch the LLS from under rovers noses. The fact that I watched someone else rather than us says it all I guess?
After a short period mid season where we looked as if we were at least putting ourselves on an even keel and at least being competitive in games, all of our early season failings have returned with a vengeance.
We all know this is, quite obviously, hardly the greatest team in our history, but even at this low level we should not be dishing up performances the like of which we have seen in recent weeks.
There is no reason at all why this group of players cannot take to the field in a reasonably fit state ready to carry out a basic game plan with enthusiasm and commitment backed up by a coaching team who are striving to make the best of a difficult situation.
The fact that Hull Fc as a club, not just the thirteen players on the pitch, are no longer capable of carrying out even the basic tenants of a functioning sporting organization speaks volumes about the complete abdication of responsibility and commitment from those entrusted with the continued well-being of our club, and it is OUR club.
Results such as last night are the direct consequence of an attitude, endemic throughout the organization from top to bottom, which is not only threatening to rot away the very fabric of the club, but its continued unchecked effect (and there are no signs that it is being addressed by those at the top) will have catastrophic consequences if our direction of travel is maintained in this direction.
I keep thinking this can't go on much longer, at some point people within the club will take action to start to address the basic fundamental issues which are ripping the very heart and soul out of one of the oldest sporting clubs in England, our long and (largely) proud history tarnished, battered and torn apart by people who would seem to care not one jot at potentially the permanent damage being wreaked upon this once great proud club.
The over-riding effect of games last night is that my utter despair about where we are, and more pertinently about where we are going, takes another step downwards towards the abyss which is where the club will be if someone does not act and quickly. We have no more room left to make any more errors. The fightback has to start right now or oblivion awaits this great RL club.
On a final note, I would like to salute anyone who stood in that ground last night, witnessing the continuing horror show that is the demise of our club. You are the only people wearing black & white that I have any respect for today. I personally simply could not face it anymore, although I will be there suffering again next Saturday. I have profound respect for your commitment and resilience, although I do have worries about your sanity!!!
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