Plenty of chat at the time that he knew next to nothing about the game so would fail. Delivered more in 6 years than many childhood fan/lifetime in the game chairmen have in decades.

Certainly don't miss J. Rules spin, Agars style of rugby, having to announce next years signings to get interest up and a top eight finish being deemed a success.

Thanks AP for helping give me one of the greatest days of my life last August.

I don't remember any Hull fans complaining, in fact I think his takeover was pretty much universally heralded as a positive

Not unexpected when you remember who he was replacing. Took him a little while to find his feet but we certainly haven't looked back since he arrived

I wasn't talking about Hull fans

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My Timehop begs to differ. There were many of my friends that were sceptical especially as at the time he was in bed with Allam and many believed that he was the instigator. Thank goodness they were wrong when you see what the mad Egyptian is doing to City right now!

Thank you adam for doing what you wished you had done years ago and buying club off a load of people who had no real heart in hull and a lady placed by RFL (EFFECTIVELY HER HUSBAND! ) to ensure Gateshead board got their investment back.

As you promised in 2011 - I printed out Adams first statement of intent from website and still have it on
My office wall. I believed him.

He has done exactly what he outlined. Got rid of mediocrity no longer accepting 8th place finish as measure of success. Got us regularly competing in top four and in finals. Took him bit longer than planned but learned fast and stuck with radders when pressure on in 2014 /15. Reinvested in youth structure to give sustainability to a long-term plan and backed radd er s during an expensive clear our and re culture.

It does not get much better in sport than a man who knows what he is doing with a heart and head in it and balls to stick to it.

Thank you adam. Best thing to happen to hull fc in last 20 years.

Great post

My thoughts exactly.

Hmmm, without his money certain things would not be the same for sure, would the club still be competing in SL, yes it would.

Would we have won a CC without his investment, quite possibly, would we have got into the top 8 without his investment, most certainly, FC have being in the play-offs 11 times whilst in SL, under Pearson's ownership it's been 3 times so far from 5 full seasons (hopefully with a 4th to come), 8 times from 14 BEFORE, including our first season in SL.

It's not as if we hadn't already won the cup and got to finals BEFORE he came, like for like in the same time period in fact we've been to more finals before Pearson took over despite the alleged underinvestment/poor management etc.
it's not as if we didn't have any youth system BEFORE he came that was actually producing youngsters, we had EIGHT Hull born players in the 2006 GF, that's no different to 2016 CC final.
Do fans feel more secure in that the club is going in the right direction, the last year and a half, yes, but it certainly hasn't been all sweetness and light.
AP telling some big porkies re player tranfers/salary cap, not digging deep and yet again not getting us a pair of decent/unbroken halves, failing due diligence when buying the club, encouraging an assistant to backstab the encumbant coach despite him making a final and the play-offs in his first two seasons after taking over from Agar and making headway performance wise, this move set us back 2 years and almost got us relegated.
he binned off a CEO that James Clarke could only have wet dreams about being as good as.


Whilst we are the right end of the table this year and last the reality is performances on field overall are no better than before Pearson came, so please stop lourding over him as if he is a benefactor/saviour/miracle worker, he's INVESTED fairly well to make money from the club, he hasn't lost a penny, he invested in the club to secure us going forward no doubt but again that's his investment/gamble to make money.

The trend last and this has being up, it needs to stay that way, keep having youngsters coming through and cementing their place in the 17 and looking like they might get international honours, grabbing some of the big name players and us actually getting to finals/winning trophies on more than a one off/every 5 years or so basis.

Possible your worst post, which is pretty impressive.

Thanks to Pearson our club is a million times in a better position on and off the field than it was under previous ownership.

If you think our performances aren't better know than under Agar, you honestly can't have gone to any games on that era.

Ah, the Halcyon days of Agar's champagne rugby and Gentle's genius signings. Feeling very nostalgic.

I'm sure that the hetheringtons would have dipped into their pockets to pay the £1m+ tax bill and support the increasing losses we've suffered against a backdrop of falling crowds. Absolutely no doubt about it. Any suggestion they'd have closed us down and a phoenix club would be playing in the championship at best are outrageous

As is Bumpy, OBVIOUSLY!!

I must have missed that run on the Play offs in 1998, you know our first season in SL

If the CEO you are referring to is Sutton, he left of his own accord to further his career.

The rest of this is typical BS based on your hate of Pearson.

Do not feel free to respond, it will be irrelevant nonsense.

And his hate of Radford and love of Gentle.

I wouldn't worry if he is wrong and has no answer he won't respond, I've challenge him loads of times when he says our bringing through young players was better under Gentle than Radders, but he just ignores it.

I'm assuming he means the other CEO. The one banned for his involvement in a drugs case.

Still peddling the story about AP not telling the truth too.

Get yourself to the semi-final Bumpy, these big days don't come around often, even if we've been a bit spoilt of late.
After all, you were whining about [iyour[/i club deterioating by not challenging for silverware and competing for the top 4 not so long back.
We seem to be doing pretty well on both fronts of late.
Drink the good times in Bumpster, they won't last forever, nothing does.

What part isn't accurate?

I came up for both the home CC games already (unlike many local fans) and I had other things I couldn't really put off doing this Sat. I have changed my cycle holiday so I can make the final and I think we'll pip Leeds.

I wasn't 'whining', I say things as they are, give praise when deserved and likewise criticism. The fawning over Pearson when you compare the on field performances 6 years before is not justified and I reasoned why.
That people here don't like that/can't accept what has actually happened isn't my problem.
Pearson has done some good things, things to safeguard his investment and bring the club forward and I acknowledged that, however various errors on his part and certain things said/done all combine to fewer finals/equal silverware/equivalent play-offs gained with the same time period beforehand, fact not delusional fiction.

You insinuated that under Radford it wasn't going to be possible for us to be challenging for any form of silverware, using such colourful adjectives as amateurish, and ineptitude, and slated the club owner for hiring a coach with neither, fortitude nor mental toughness, even threatening the club's total existence, after you believed AP got it so badly, badly wrong with his coaching selection.
Looks like we will be having a good dig at both the major comps again this season, same as last, and that must surely warm your inarrds, as you didn't think it was remotely possible?
Enjoy Saturday's semi on tv, another massive game for the club.
You must be shaking your head in disbelief that we are within touching distance of another major final and historical day out for the club? It's what dreams are made of my friend.

Read the last line of my posts for one example.

It's not the things you have said wrong, Rule being a good CE for example, it's just that once again in is very negative post and once again a personal attack on Pearson, you haven't focused on really any positives when this man has saved us and put us in a position to challenge for the next few years with his work (and money) on and off the field.

Making the play offs in our first season in SL

After that it was mainly opinion rather then fact