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| In answer to the question.
I would expect if the Agar appointment is confirmed,we at least give the guy a chance and support him.
No,he wouldnt have been my first choice,but you dont always get your first choice,otherwise Millward would have been announced as our new coach last week.
Away from the pressure and expectation that is Hull FC,it may just suit him.
Some of the ranting on here is beyond belief.
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| Quote ="vastman"You are so full of cr*p sometimes it's unreal - up yourself, nay lad you've come out the other side.
Just say sorry for dragging me into a debate I had little intention of joining - go on it won't kill you.
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I'm sorry.
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| Quote ="TURFEDOUT"In answer to the question.
I would expect if the Agar appointment is confirmed,we at least give the guy a chance and support him.
No,he wouldnt have been my first choice,but you dont always get your first choice,otherwise Millward would have been announced as our new coach last week.
Away from the pressure and expectation that is Hull FC,it may just suit him.
Some of the ranting on here is beyond belief.'"
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| Quote ="fat faced fan"agar has had cash for wages, transfer fees (in this day and age) and world class players. he's just about scraped into the playoffs, and beat a side featuring side show bob in a semi final that normanton knights would have won.
nigel wright didn't fail at barrow, barrow is a complete basket case as a club. the madman at the helm would sack wayne bennett.
wright isn't a proven success, but agar has proved he can fail.'"
And an interfering board at Hull to boot?
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| Nowts happened yet and if it does the fans need to stick together, that does not mean we have to agree on everthing but we all have the same common ground.
If you let the stirrers win all is lost.
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| Quote ="kinleycat"I'm sorry.
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Well done.
Now back to the debate seeing as I'm now involved. It could be worse it could be better.
If it's Agar lets judge him after half a season and not before. Who really knows, he may well be the man for all we know.
He's not my choice but it's not my club and it's not my money. I never really wanted Kear to leave but as you say I seemed to be swimming against the tide. In the it seemed a forgone conclusion that Kear was going so there seemed no point trying to back him - judging by the last few month that seems to be his attitude. In the end we had to change and with that always comes a risk and a lot of people whose noses are put out of joint. Kear proved many doubters wrong as I don't think he was a popular choice at the time - hope Agar does the same.
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| Quote ="fat faced fan"i see plenty of people are up in arms this afternoon - expecting agar to be announced shortly. some, normally the more vocal and patronising posters are no where to be seen. either waiting to see what's actaully going to turn out, or thinking through how they can still remain on the moral high ground and continue to patronise the rest of us with their far more worthy opinions.
- have people forgotten mr glover and mr elston walking round the ground being filmed on national tv pledging full salary cap spend only to then say, by our third year it'll be full cap?
- have people forgotten the biggest announcement in the clubs history was an exercise to get the suckers to put their hands in their pockets?
- have people forgotton the new 'draw dropping overseas signing' turned out to be semi tadulala?
- have people forgotten that mr elston has litte/no business experience outside of rugby league?
what are the odds that the club announce that the planned ground improvements can't go ahead in full?
what are the odds that within 18 months of him buying the club mr glover walks away citing personal reasons?
it doesn't feel like we've been saved, it feels like we've had stay of execution. we're being run as a small business. smaller than when crafty ted was in charge.
somebody convince me i'm wrong.'"
Why is it a problem to be running at full salary cap in 3 years? It will only happen if the people come through the gates and Glover is doing his best to make it a very good price to get in with the season ticket offer.
The meeting also announced Glover's intention to redevelop Belle Vue to the tune of £500,000 to help keep us in SL. You are grasping at straws by suggesting that the work wont be done you have no way of knowing that this will be the case. If you are trolling you are doing a very good job if not then I pity you!
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I'm beginning to suspect that FFF is a Richardson; given the username, I know which one I'm leaning towards.
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| But surely the use of the word fan, could be misleading?
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| Quote ="bren2k"I'm beginning to suspect that FFF is a Richardson; given the username, I know which one I'm leaning towards.'"
Not jumping to the Richardsons defence but I suspect it's our old mate from Huddersfield or perhaps an even darker name from long ago who's name we dare not say. TBH I doubt the Richardsons can be all that bothered, not everyone is as demented or anal as some of the posters on here.
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| Quote ="bren2k"I'm beginning to suspect that FFF is a Richardson; given the username, I know which one I'm leaning towards.'"
bang out of order.
i just question what i'm told.
look at my original post. challenge the points i have raised. our expectations have been inflated all along. to date there have been big expectations that we have all had based on what we've been drip fed, and less significant delivery against these on all occasions.
in answer to jt
i have no problem with us spending up to the full cap in the third year. however that's not what we were led to think throughout this year. we thought it was all along, hence the dissapointment in the players we have been signing. glover is undermining the season ticket offer if he appoints agar and a man that only a few short years ago was shoving the finger up to our core support.
i never said that we wouldn't re-develop belle vue to the tune of £500k, i did ask what people thought the odds were of that happening in full given the underwhelming delivery against all points to date. i thank you for your pity. i am as concerned about our great club, apologies to all for giving a hoot.
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| Here we go again anyone that doesn’t conform to the consensus it labelled in a derogatory manor. FFF is clearly stating his opinions in the new regime and he is labelled a Richardson! It’s the exact same situation as 2 years ago in reverse.
Fwiw OP makes some Valid points about Glovers spin that can’t be denied. But I understand that’s the game he has to play to keep that positive aurora around the club. Just look at Dickie Wright, his spin machine has had whole RL community fooled for the last 5 years.
My biggest problem is that Glover delegates too much power to JE who I think is out of his depth. I seems to me he has got where he has by been an ultimate boot licker, been all things to all men, tell everyone what they want to hear. With the appointment of his buddy Agar he has gone too far and abused his position. At the end of the day what can we do? We simply have to accept the decision and get behind the team and hope everything works out. As already been said if it turns out to be a disaster Elston should be as much to blame as anyone else.
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| Quote ="deeHell"Here we go again anyone that doesn’t conform to the consensus it labelled in a derogatory manor. FFF is clearly stating his opinions in the new regime and he is labelled a Richardson! It’s the exact same situation as 2 years ago in reverse.'"
Please tell me you didn't think my comment was serious speculation that FFF was a Richardson?!
Non-conformity is fine - I certainly don't advocate blind faith in Mr G and Co; there is a halfway house though between blind faith and relentless negativity.
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| The fact is nearly all the points he's made are neither hear nor there at this point, we haven't even finished this year yet or finished signing players, apart from that stuff like Glover walking away in 18 months, no way of knowing so no point bringing it up unless your just stirring.
If the ground improvements don't go ahead, then we'll talk about it, why try to make a issue before anything has even had a chance to start. Why does it matter if Elston has no business experience outside Rugby, not his job and Glover has.
I think who ever the overseas signing was wasn't Semi and whoever it was fell through.
I don't understand why someone would make a big critical list , when most of it hasn't happened yet or hasn't give the club a chance to prove itself.
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| Quote ="vastman"Kear proved many doubters wrong as I don't think he was a popular choice at the time - hope Agar does the same.'"
Going off on a bit of a tangent here, but I don't remember that being the case. Wasn't Kear the man that most (myself included) wanted, baring in mind that names such as Jimmy Lowes were also banded about at the time?
I think Agar could do very well with us relatively speaking, if he does get the gig - fingers crossed he comes good.
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| Quote ="Tommy Duckfingers"Going off on a bit of a tangent here, but I don't remember that being the case. Wasn't Kear the man that most (myself included) wanted, baring in mind that names such as Jimmy Lowes were also banded about at the time?
I think Agar could do very well with us relatively speaking, if he does get the gig - fingers crossed he comes good.'"
I recall and I may be wrong that Kear was considered the Hull/Cas reject by many myself included. He didn't gain much momentum until Wiggy and Thicko backed him along with Neil Fox which was the one that really swung it. I wouldn't say he was unpopular but wasn't popular either.
I reckon we have all allowed ourselves to get caught up in our own OTT idea as to what a great club we are. Looking from the outside we must still look a very poor bet especially to the likes of Gentle. Lets face it he isn't going to leave where he is to join a club like us or Cas, there's taking a risk and being plain stupid.
Wouldn't mind eating my words on that last line though
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| Quote ="Shifty Cat"The fact is nearly all the points he's made are neither hear nor there at this point, we haven't even finished this year yet or finished signing players, apart from that stuff like Glover walking away in 18 months, no way of knowing so no point bringing it up unless your just stirring.
If the ground improvements don't go ahead, then we'll talk about it, why try to make a issue before anything has even had a chance to start. Why does it matter if Elston has no business experience outside Rugby, not his job and Glover has.
I think who ever the overseas signing was wasn't Semi and whoever it was fell through.
I don't understand why someone would make a big critical list , when most of it hasn't happened yet or hasn't give the club a chance to prove itself.'"
we should only talk about things that have already happened. i expect to read no futher comments from you on any speculation surrounding potential signings (be they players of coaching/backroom staff), or in threads about how we are likley to perform.
most of the points i made have already happened, so your comment is totally innacurate.
the two other bits of speculation where i asked about what the odds were on certain things occuring, are things that could happen and may or may not be worthy of debate.
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| Quote ="fat faced fan"i actually don't care about richard agar being the head coach. the truth is he is a transient appointment: expendable. if it goes well (which i doubt), then elston and glover will be heroes, if not they can be decisive, admit their error and react swiftly and with force and get rid.
for me it’s all about the signal of intent we are sending out. we want to ‘just get by’ and survive. this has been at the core of why we haven’t progressed in the last 20 years. personally if we’re going for a coach that hasn’t proved himself at the highest level, then give nigel wright a go. he understand the supporters and the club’s history, and is bright and well liked and very good with the media. agar on the other hand is a limp failiure.
we’re in it for three years, glover is banking on the ground coming through, and sod the rest, just keep it ticking over until then. until the ground comes he’s not really spent any serious brass. if the ground comes then he’ll have a chance to make a couple of bob through the gates etc, but potentially sell his investment on at a profit.
agar doesn’t give a hoot about bringing kids through. that scares me, as we’ve already lost loads of promising talent.'"
Cant see your logic here at all.
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| Quote ="vastman"I recall and I may be wrong that Kear was considered the Hull/Cas reject by many myself included. He didn't gain much momentum until Wiggy and Thicko backed him along with Neil Fox which was the one that really swung it. I wouldn't say he was unpopular but wasn't popular either.
I reckon we have all allowed ourselves to get caught up in our own OTT idea as to what a great club we are. Looking from the outside we must still look a very poor bet especially to the likes of Gentle. Lets face it he isn't going to leave where he is to join a club like us or Cas, there's taking a risk and being plain stupid.
Wouldn't mind eating my words on that last line though
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Definatelty, mid table mediocracy/scraping into the play offs on a regular basis is the target for now, or at least it should be.
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| Quote ="fat faced fan"we should only talk about things that have already happened. i expect to read no futher comments from you on any speculation surrounding potential signings (be they players of coaching/backroom staff), or in threads about how we are likley to perform.
most of the points i made have already happened, so your comment is totally innacurate.
the two other bits of speculation where i asked about what the odds were on certain things occuring, are things that could happen and may or may not be worthy of debate.'"
Nice one champ , why not try to put words in my mouth
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| Quote ="vastman"I recall and I may be wrong that Kear was considered the Hull/Cas reject by many myself included. He didn't gain much momentum until Wiggy and Thicko backed him along with Neil Fox which was the one that really swung it. I wouldn't say he was unpopular but wasn't popular either.
I reckon we have all allowed ourselves to get caught up in our own OTT idea as to what a great club we are. Looking from the outside we must still look a very poor bet especially to the likes of Gentle. Lets face it he isn't going to leave where he is to join a club like us or Cas, there's taking a risk and being plain stupid.
Wouldn't mind eating my words on that last line though
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Totally agree.
We are not a Wigan or Saints or even a Hull. We are the worst team in Super League by a Country Mile. Do we expect every Coach to want to come to Wakefield - I think not. This Club needs turning round and Andrew Glover himself said its a 10 year plan.
Assuming all the rumours to be true we have been interested in Gentle and Millward and who knows who else. It looks like Gentle has pulled out of Castleford and us for the more lucrative job at Hull, Millward has gone to Castleford so who is left ?
Agar would not be my choice, I wanted Gentle but you can't always get what you want in life and sometimes have to settle for what you think is "second best". Its not just a case of "throwing money" at someone, we could offer Gentle (or anyone) a Kings Ransome but if he sees Hull as a better prospect for success (and quicker) and a return into a HC position in the NRL it may not come down to money.
Agar may well be the best of whats left, I have no idea, but our progression as a Club will not happen in 1 or 2 seasons, its going to take time and Agar may be that first step in that 10 year plan. Let's not hang the man before he has commited a crime let alone had a trial.
Whoever is appointed we should back him and the Club, nothing wrong with expessing opinions about any appointment, thats what forums and democracy is all about but back them until either it comes good and then eat humble pie or if it doesn't then hang them but not before.
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