Does anyone really care about the colour of the cladding? Wasnt even aware of the colour until it was brought up. Couldnt care less if it was black and white.

Lets not talk about selling grounds eh?

Bob on mate, what does the cladding matter, the Council yellow and blue on the KC is fine (currently covered, at a cost i hope)

Fear not - help is on the way...

I think the underlying concern here is that it shouldn't be costing the club anything until it is complete and operational. NH states it has cost you 750k this year - that sounds like there has been a lot of pre-selling of the facility that has been built into your income costings for this season.

A stand that would be operational (if completed on time) for the final 8 weeks of the season cant really generate nearly £100k a week can it?

Reading the posts on this, it states it will be ready for Sept 9th - a 1 month delay and I realise that is after the last scheduled regular fixtures.

NH's outburst does suggest that the club needs the 750k and without it there could be more serious issues.

As I mentioned on our board I felt sorry for Rovers but then Hudge had to bring us into it and its got nothing to do with us.

The council helps both clubs out, as mentioned by them Rovers wouldn't have the stand without their help, they also mentioned help with your new pitch, its extraordinary churlish for Hudge to now complain and bring us into it.

And what's the point of resigning from the project team, complete dummy spit, surely its better to work within the team to put things right.

I'm guessing a no win, no fee law suit is on the horizon, talk about biting the hand that feeds you.

1 game on a Sunday afternoon, 1 on a Monday night, so we would require the floodlighting in place.

The last time Hudgell got a strop on about the North Stand was when there was yet another delay to the project starting. Big HDM story, all doom & gloom but hey presto shortly after everyone is pulling together, the problems solved and the project underway.

This latest Hudgell outburst is clearly designed to have a similar effect.

I've got a tin of red paint in the garage if they need it for the cladding.

A lot to process, so this will be a bit scattergun.

The cladding - not too fussed. The other stands are/were mainly grey. The only issue is that it might look odd with the landmark red towers, or if they're blue too now, 'to match the sky', then you're effectively camouflaging your landmark.

4 toilets (surely not, though if they've forgotten the turnstiles, who knows?) or 4 sets of toilets?

He's made some effort to distinguish between the political support and practical delivery. I do agree about to some extent with Steve_Norton about dragging in the wider political setting and Hull FC. Certainly a double-edged sword. On the other hand if, (and it must be a massive if), stuff on here in any way shapes wider perceptions, I can't blame him for offering 'balance'. The word 'commercial' needs adding to the swear filter. Even if recent statements from the KC SMC are accurate, there is no ongoing subsidy of Hull FC by the council - if there there is a tab, it is the SMC/Allams who are picking it up.

I do feel a bit for the council, who have now seen two well intentioned stadium projects turn politically toxic in two weeks. It leaves them in invidious positions. I'd likely be significantly less sympathetic if it was me having to find additional money on that sort of scale, obviously.

Come on Coddy if the clause that most believes is there is true then he has little choice on the matter.

but that is just because the Allams have him so tightly tied up ,he cannot even hang photos or let his star signing kit on the pitch unless its during a match

But there again in Rovers defence..........................

Oh wait a minute, they don't have one - just ask Salford

I don't see how Hull KR pulling out of the project/steering group has any benefit at all, other than posture and highlight our displeasure. (a bit like the Dr Allam Melton posture)

Also trying to stoke an east/west financial imbalance isn't really going to help either.

The whole project has being pretty shambolic looking in though. I realise there's probably very little certain people could have done to speed up the process, due to delicate/slightly complicated financial ins and outs. But it's taken an absolute age to get to the stage the development is at. From muted beginnings to long drawn out go a heads and completion dates. Seems ages since the Golf Stand was dismantled and we've been without working floodlights for an embarrassing length of time now. It's being a frustrating project and obviously as a club we're desperate to get it off the ground. The (what seem) basic planning errors (toilets/turnstiles/windows/cladding) must be hard to take - hence the outburst. Especially against the backdrop of continued heavy financial losses.

Wonder if the fabricated poster 'FONT' will return to tell us he was right. Cos' you know what? He was. Someone somewhere doesn't have a clue what they're doing.

Is that imbalance?? or AMBALANCE

Interesting the Council paid for relaying the grass to bring it upto SL standard, not heard about that before from any KR fans as thanks for the GIFT.

We all at times think the council favours one club over the other but as more things come to light it does look like they help each club out more than we know and they should be thanked for that but I guess we all like just talking about the facts that suit us.

It has been mentioned - but your general point is right. Arguments about the scale or frequency of previous and ongoing assistance don't add much value. I quite enjoy them as knock about fun, but they shouldn't be taken too seriously. Whoever really holds the moral high ground - it really isn't very high.

Didn't the stand at Halifax get delayed by 10 years and was only completed in last few years? Oh dear.

I trust Hudgell has the best interests of the club and doesn't speak out very often in reality. I hope this gets turned around, the club needs it. That stated, success ON the field is of a higher priority right now.

Looks like the hand that feeds is biting back. Interesting comment about the club using this to blame the council for their financial difficulties. www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_p ... essrelease

Looks like the hand that feeds is biting back. Interesting comment about the club using this to blame the council for their financial difficulties. www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_p ... essrelease

Quote ="Mick Cranes Sidestep"Looks like the hand that feeds is biting back. Interesting comment about the club using this to blame the council for their financial difficulties. www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_p ... essrelease'" Oh dear. Looks like war.

Quote ="Mick Cranes Sidestep"Looks like the hand that feeds is biting back. Interesting comment about the club using this to blame the council for their financial difficulties. www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_p ... essrelease'" Oh dear. Looks like war.

It looks like all out war

Allams V Hull FC
HCC v HKR

losers go bust

Quote ="Mick Cranes Sidestep"Looks like the hand that feeds is biting back. Interesting comment about the club using this to blame the council for their financial difficulties. www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_p ... essrelease'" Can a hand bite? Blaming poor management for loss of revenue is different to blaming them for the underlying financial problems. That said, we can't complain about stuff we signed off on.

Quote ="Mick Cranes Sidestep"Looks like the hand that feeds is biting back. Interesting comment about the club using this to blame the council for their financial difficulties. www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_p ... essrelease'" Can a hand bite? Blaming poor management for loss of revenue is different to blaming them for the underlying financial problems. That said, we can't complain about stuff we signed off on.

See they've given title to East Hull. Like it.
Republic Republic

You won't have heard about it 'cos it was back in 2005 when most of the current posters were not around. Rovers got a cash assistance for the pitch and in return Jamie Bovill and others (who's names escape me) did a shed load of RL community work in schools etc. Whilst not quite a free handout, it was well paid consultancy for under qualified advice.

..... or as Lakin put it - "What this money (£98k p/y) will do is help fund our community programme and allow us to release our own capital for improvements, including new floodlights and a new pitch to bring us up to Super League requirements."

Seem to recall the new pitch costing circa £200k and went on to be nominated for some national award (losing to Arsenal, who I imagine spent far more). Shame through cut backs, it's deteriorated to what it is now.

Right so this all boils down to one thing are we going to have a new stand for fans to go into or not it all seems a complete and utter mess to me hope this isn't going to be the downfall of us