Being an ozzie is a massive advantage with overseas recruitment. In addition to having contacts there is also the fact he will know about a range of players. dobson, galea and, to a lesses extent, newton were not big name players yet are performing well for teh dobbins. This, of course, is allied to better coaching than our current incumbants are capable of

We don't need a world class 7, we need a good 7 who can organise the team and who has a good kicking game (and stays fit). With teh best will in the world, dobson isn't a great player, he just does the organisation well, kicks well and his support play is excellent. The fact he is young and manages to get on the field every week is a bonus

Whilst I believe that we cant compete with many clubs when it comes to player recruitment and that our recruitment policy is utter dross, There isnt a single SL club who has a world class 7. The only ones I remember in the SL era are Langer, Johns and Jones. We cant expect a world class 7 becuase the amount of money needed to bring one here would be ridiculous, we just need a good halfback, I think we should look at players with talent and potential on the fringes or even reserve grades of the NRL.

Those who say that without our board there would be no club are talking rubbish imo. Whether anyone has tried buying the club or not is irrlevant. If the club was put up for sale it would be much more likely someone would make an offer. Generally in sport, when someone wants to sell a club, they end up been able to sell.
But why would they want to sell? The main reason would be because they don't make enough money. Thats easy to ratify if supporters were committed enough. I wouldnt recommend a boycott but if no one did the lottery, bought merchandise, didnt buy away tickets in advance from the club etc then it would be much harder to make a profit.
Then there are sponsors. If the club has an image that its current board are disliked, that is bad for the club and may effect companies wanting to sponsor.
Theres another way is to scare the board away from the cub but I dont want to talk about that as thats an idea I really dont like, but its an idea none the less.
Boycotts of games are useless. The best protests are inside the ground. I've said it before, but banners etc get the message across, especially on Sky games. You can also have sit ins after the game, either on the pitch or in the stands. I'd definately take part if there was a large protest after the game on the pitch. Also after the game their could be a large protest outside the entrances to the stadium. With enough numbers you could even get up to the directors boxes etc, its not exactly hard to go to them.
At the end of the day, anything that is done would need people leading the way, and making it well publicised. The board may have done good things for the club but they have done bad things too. In 3 of the past 4 season there have been major '...gates', and they are hiring staff who are getting together a crap team on the pitch, and staff who are ruining the potential of our young players, turning some of the top youngsters in the country into average SL players. How many players from the 05/06/07 u21 finals are top players now? How many have become average SL players? How many are now in the lower leagues?
A clubs failure, no matter what it is, always has its roots at board level. Its how the board deals with it that matters and at the moment they are not dealing with the problems at this club, in fact at times they are the problem

Offers have been made. A price could not be agreed. If the board wanted to leave, and could not agree a price with a prospective buyer, they could simply call in their debts, cut their losses, and close the club.

This may be unlikely, but it is possible. It would depend on the difference between the highest offer and the amount of cash that could be reclaimed from the defunct club.

You really want to roll those dice? For what? A change of shareholders with no guarantee that the new board would be any better than the old, or that they would have sufficient resources to properly fund the club going forward?

one notable exception from the last few months being Newcastle FC.

Given the current financial climate I'd be suprised to see people queueing up to buy Hull from the current board tbh.

Bit of a difference between the £100's of millions asked for a failing football club and a profitable RL club' asking price

A profitable club that apparenbtly still failed to be sold in the not to recent past.

Failed to sell because the sellers aren't really that interested in selling

Just out of curiousity, who do you see as the world class 7 in SL?

Dobson of course you fool

How stupid of me.



In my defence though, he's not in the same league as Thurston, Cronk, Orford etc. He's better.

So lets look at what you keep stating.

1, The board would want "their money back"
2, They close the club.

HOW?

The club has £150,000 worth of assets

How do the shareholders "get their money" back?

Would it not be more sensible to keep the club going, cream off the profits, pay themself a nice wage and "consultancy fees"

Because keeping the club "open" would cost them what exactly?

So will we REALLY have no Hull FC? would they really "CLOSE THE CLUB"???

Just give it up with your pathetic statement please

A mate of mine who lives over in your neck of the woods (Roos). Walked over to Steve McNamara at the recent Celtic game tapped him on the shoulder and gave him his season ticket and said that he couldn't afford to come and watch this shiite anymore so he might have well have his ticket. Then he just walked off McNamra had a stunned look on his face.

Maybe he would have recognised it if it was a hymn sheet?

I think you will regret your decision to not renew your pass next year. If you do that and they have a fairly successful season what would you decide to do eat humble pie and go back and watch them? Your mates might end up taking the mickey out of you. Best to continue the support 'in any kind of weather' and stage a sit in protest , like Warrington did v Cas.Fitzgibbon is a class act , very hard rugby league player a couple of more International players are needed to strengthen the squad along with a clear out of the dead wood.

He should have asked if macca could give him a lift across to save his petrol money

No he is in SL and they are in the NRL

Bdum tish.

In all honesty I don't think we are that far away from being a top side and I think Agar can lead us forward (Sharp is a different stort but I won't go into that). Class scrum half, rough ar5e prop and we have a competetive side imo if everyone is fit.

More money can be realised out of a company than it's fixed assets. Depending on how you go about closing it down and calling in debt, it would be possible to walk away with some of the turnover as well.

I did actually say it was an unlikely scenario. But the poster I was responding to was talking about [iforcing[/i the board out. Under those circumstances common sense could well go out the window. Especially since one method of forcing them out involves turning the club into a loss-making enterprise...

What debts could we call in?

And how could the board "realise more" by closing the co in a different way? Which way would you suggest? MVL? CVL? will these different routes "produce" assets?

Go on tell us all

(this is an area of company law i do know a bit about so do think before you start typing thinking you know more than me)

I don't think I know more than you - I'm offering an alternative opinion.

If you think we're 100% safe from ever being closed down then fine - nothing I say is going to convince you otherwise. I'm inclined to be more pessimistic having been through a similar scenario with Lloyd. I don't think it's likely as the board stand to make more by keeping the club running, but if they were somehow forced out at a time not of their choosing the risk is there IMO.

the clock is ticking and time is running out for them to sort out this mess

I think next weeks game will be one of the lowest home attendances for about 3 years (obviously Saints will bump the number up)

you'd have to be crazy to want to spend £20-23 to go watch it!

It should be the lowest attendance for a few seasons if everyone considers value for money before deciding whether to go. £20-£23 to watch that $hite or spend it elsewhere ?? I know what I'll be doing and I really hope that many others do the same.

Not exactly a "boycott" or anything silly like that but just a natural decline in attendances and income due to the fact that a lot of fans are thoroughly pi$$ed off and will not take it anymore

If i didn't have my season pass I wouldn't go on Friday! Like you said, who'd chuck 23 quid down the pan to watch the $hite we serve up week in week out?