Thank you for taking the time to contact tellus with your email.

I fully appreciate the frustrations that have led you to contact the club via ‘Tell us’. The start to the season has been disappointing and you are perfectly entitled to your frustrations. I share your frustrations as do the coaches and the players and they are all aware that our recent performance against Wakefield fell below the standards that we all expect at Hull FC. The players have been quick to make that statement publically and you can see in the attached interview with Lee Radford and or by clicking onto this link on Hullfctv www.hullfc.com/videos.aspx and watching his post match interview that they recognise that uncharacteristic individual errors let them down on Friday.

I wanted to personally write to you to acknowledge your email and recognise your frustrations. We have a very loyal and passionate fan base which I do not take for granted having grown up in this city and followed Hull FC since being a young boy, long before I joined the club in 2004 and long before I became Chief Executive. However I would hope that you will appreciate that in my capacity as Chief Executive it would be unprofessional and indeed disrespectful to engage in public debate, analysis or criticism of individuals within the Hull FC organization whether that is a coach, player or member of staff. Whilst wins and losses are the ultimate barometer of a teams success, performance also has to be a key factor when assessing the progression of a team. Undoubtedly some performances this year have been significantly below the standard that we expect and that Rich and his fellow coaches expect. Having said that the quality of training and preparation that is evident to anybody who attends Brantingham Park and watches the weekly sessions is of the highest standard. That training facilitated the outstanding performance at Wigan and that training facilitated the ability to create 12 line breaks against Wakefield on Friday as against their 2 against us, however as I have alluded to earlier the execution of that game plan was poor and the uncharacteristic individual errors led to a failure to capitalize on the numerous try scoring opportunities. Had those opportunities been capitalized on then I am confident we would have secured a win rather than a loss which would have led us to be reflecting on two home wins against Crusaders and Wakefield and an impressive performance albeit defeat at Wigan.

I recognise that when reading this you may dismiss my comments as what you would expect a Chief Executive to say but I would encourage you to watch the brutally honest interview from Lee Radford taken seconds after he stepped out of the changing rooms in the tunnel area of the KC Stadium, which certainly reflects his disappointment and frustration from a players perspective. You may also find David Doyle-Davidson’s comments interesting in his blog on hullfc.com which can be accessed by clicking on this link www.hullfc.com/newsarticle.aspx?n=16798 David talks from a position of authority as he spends many hours watching training at Brantingham Park and talking with players and coaches during the training sessions each season. This has been part of David’s life for decades as a player, coach and commentator of the game.

Thank you once again for taking the time to raise your opinion with us.


Regards


James

I also got this reply. I like the way he says "I wanted to personally write to you to acknowledge your email and recognise your frustrations". He did a copy and paste job on a lot of us! He probably didn't even write the fooooker!!!!

Thank you for taking the time to contact tellus with your email.

I fully appreciate the frustrations that have led you to contact the club via ‘Tell us’. The start to the season has been disappointing and you are perfectly entitled to your frustrations. I share your frustrations as do the coaches and the players and they are all aware that our recent performance against Wakefield fell below the standards that we all expect at Hull FC. The players have been quick to make that statement publically and you can see in the attached interview with Lee Radford and or by clicking onto this link on Hullfctv www.hullfc.com/videos.aspx and watching his post match interview that they recognise that uncharacteristic individual errors let them down on Friday.

I wanted to personally write to you to acknowledge your email and recognise your frustrations. We have a very loyal and passionate fan base which I do not take for granted having grown up in this city and followed Hull FC since being a young boy, long before I joined the club in 2004 and long before I became Chief Executive. However I would hope that you will appreciate that in my capacity as Chief Executive it would be unprofessional and indeed disrespectful to engage in public debate, analysis or criticism of individuals within the Hull FC organization whether that is a coach, player or member of staff. Whilst wins and losses are the ultimate barometer of a teams success, performance also has to be a key factor when assessing the progression of a team. Undoubtedly some performances this year have been significantly below the standard that we expect and that Rich and his fellow coaches expect. Having said that the quality of training and preparation that is evident to anybody who attends Brantingham Park and watches the weekly sessions is of the highest standard. That training facilitated the outstanding performance at Wigan and that training facilitated the ability to create 12 line breaks against Wakefield on Friday as against their 2 against us, however as I have alluded to earlier the execution of that game plan was poor and the uncharacteristic individual errors led to a failure to capitalize on the numerous try scoring opportunities. Had those opportunities been capitalized on then I am confident we would have secured a win rather than a loss which would have led us to be reflecting on two home wins against Crusaders and Wakefield and an impressive performance albeit defeat at Wigan.

I recognise that when reading this you may dismiss my comments as what you would expect a Chief Executive to say but I would encourage you to watch the brutally honest interview from Lee Radford taken seconds after he stepped out of the changing rooms in the tunnel area of the KC Stadium, which certainly reflects his disappointment and frustration from a players perspective. You may also find David Doyle-Davidson’s comments interesting in his blog on hullfc.com which can be accessed by clicking on this link www.hullfc.com/newsarticle.aspx?n=16798 David talks from a position of authority as he spends many hours watching training at Brantingham Park and talking with players and coaches during the training sessions each season. This has been part of David’s life for decades as a player, coach and commentator of the game.

Thank you once again for taking the time to raise your opinion with us.


Regards


James

I also got this reply. I like the way he says "I wanted to personally write to you to acknowledge your email and recognise your frustrations". He did a copy and paste job on a lot of us! He probably didn't even write the fooooker!!!!

Dear Daniel,



Thank you for taking the time to contact tellus with your email.



I fully appreciate the frustrations that have led you to contact the club via ‘Tell us’. The start to the season has been disappointing and you are perfectly entitled to your frustrations. I share your frustrations as do the coaches and the players and they are all aware that our recent performance against Wakefield fell below the standards that we all expect at Hull FC. The players have been quick to make that statement publically and you can see in the attached interview with Lee Radford and or by clicking onto this link on Hullfctv www.hullfc.com/videos.aspx and watching his post match interview that they recognise that uncharacteristic individual errors let them down on Friday.



I wanted to personally write to you to acknowledge your email and recognise your frustrations. We have a very loyal and passionate fan base which I do not take for granted having grown up in this city and followed Hull FC since being a young boy, long before I joined the club in 2004 and long before I became Chief Executive. However I would hope that you will appreciate that in my capacity as Chief Executive it would be unprofessional and indeed disrespectful to engage in public debate, analysis or criticism of individuals within the Hull FC organization whether that is a coach, player or member of staff. Whilst wins and losses are the ultimate barometer of a teams success, performance also has to be a key factor when assessing the progression of a team. Undoubtedly some performances this year have been significantly below the standard that we expect and that Rich and his fellow coaches expect. Having said that the quality of training and preparation that is evident to anybody who attends Brantingham Park and watches the weekly sessions is of the highest standard. That training facilitated the outstanding performance at Wigan and that training facilitated the ability to create 12 line breaks against Wakefield on Friday as against their 2 against us, however as I have alluded to earlier the execution of that game plan was poor and the uncharacteristic individual errors led to a failure to capitalize on the numerous try scoring opportunities. Had those opportunities been capitalized on then I am confident we would have secured a win rather than a loss which would have led us to be reflecting on two home wins against Crusaders and Wakefield and an impressive performance albeit defeat at Wigan.



I recognise that when reading this you may dismiss my comments as what you would expect a Chief Executive to say but I would encourage you to watch the brutally honest interview from Lee Radford taken seconds after he stepped out of the changing rooms in the tunnel area of the KC Stadium, which certainly reflects his disappointment and frustration from a players perspective. You may also find David Doyle-Davidson’s comments interesting in his blog on hullfc.com which can be accessed by clicking on this link www.hullfc.com/newsarticle.aspx?n=16798 David talks from a position of authority as he spends many hours watching training at Brantingham Park and talking with players and coaches during the training sessions each season. This has been part of David’s life for decades as a player, coach and commentator of the game.



Thank you once again for taking the time to raise your opinion with us.





Regards





James

so much for writing to me personally. it would appear our replies from mr rule are the same word for word. disgraceful

Dear Daniel,



Thank you for taking the time to contact tellus with your email.



I fully appreciate the frustrations that have led you to contact the club via ‘Tell us’. The start to the season has been disappointing and you are perfectly entitled to your frustrations. I share your frustrations as do the coaches and the players and they are all aware that our recent performance against Wakefield fell below the standards that we all expect at Hull FC. The players have been quick to make that statement publically and you can see in the attached interview with Lee Radford and or by clicking onto this link on Hullfctv www.hullfc.com/videos.aspx and watching his post match interview that they recognise that uncharacteristic individual errors let them down on Friday.



I wanted to personally write to you to acknowledge your email and recognise your frustrations. We have a very loyal and passionate fan base which I do not take for granted having grown up in this city and followed Hull FC since being a young boy, long before I joined the club in 2004 and long before I became Chief Executive. However I would hope that you will appreciate that in my capacity as Chief Executive it would be unprofessional and indeed disrespectful to engage in public debate, analysis or criticism of individuals within the Hull FC organization whether that is a coach, player or member of staff. Whilst wins and losses are the ultimate barometer of a teams success, performance also has to be a key factor when assessing the progression of a team. Undoubtedly some performances this year have been significantly below the standard that we expect and that Rich and his fellow coaches expect. Having said that the quality of training and preparation that is evident to anybody who attends Brantingham Park and watches the weekly sessions is of the highest standard. That training facilitated the outstanding performance at Wigan and that training facilitated the ability to create 12 line breaks against Wakefield on Friday as against their 2 against us, however as I have alluded to earlier the execution of that game plan was poor and the uncharacteristic individual errors led to a failure to capitalize on the numerous try scoring opportunities. Had those opportunities been capitalized on then I am confident we would have secured a win rather than a loss which would have led us to be reflecting on two home wins against Crusaders and Wakefield and an impressive performance albeit defeat at Wigan.



I recognise that when reading this you may dismiss my comments as what you would expect a Chief Executive to say but I would encourage you to watch the brutally honest interview from Lee Radford taken seconds after he stepped out of the changing rooms in the tunnel area of the KC Stadium, which certainly reflects his disappointment and frustration from a players perspective. You may also find David Doyle-Davidson’s comments interesting in his blog on hullfc.com which can be accessed by clicking on this link www.hullfc.com/newsarticle.aspx?n=16798 David talks from a position of authority as he spends many hours watching training at Brantingham Park and talking with players and coaches during the training sessions each season. This has been part of David’s life for decades as a player, coach and commentator of the game.



Thank you once again for taking the time to raise your opinion with us.





Regards





James

so much for writing to me personally. it would appear our replies from mr rule are the same word for word. disgraceful