Tony Smith signed a player from NRL for Rovers called Brad Takairangi. He was going to be the bees knees and cost a lot of money. We even had to let Robbie Mulhern go to create the funds for him via a swap deal in which the cheap Louis Johnson replaced him and freed funds for Takairangi,

Smith played Takairangi who was a centre at half back with no success and then Taka got drunk drove on the wrong side of the A63 and crashed into a police car. He was very very close to jail.

This is how Tony Smith changes the culture of a club.

There's no question that Takairangi was a a poor signing by Smith. However you've overlooked the fact that he signed both Albert Vete and Korbin Sims who turned out to be world beaters.

Give Tony some credit.

What if there isn't a suitable buyer out there?

If (according to the unsubstantiated rumours) Pearson is drawing down a monthly salary from the club's income, then he's only likely to sell up to a offer which makes it worthwhile for him to compensate losing this salary.

He is unlikely to simply give the club away (no matter what any of us on here may wish). What if there is no-one out there willing to meet even the minimum asking price? Maybe Pearson feels that unless he can sell for a handsome profit margin, he may as well stay and continue to draw his monthly salary out of the club. It's difficult to make someone sell an item if they have no specific interest in selling!

The situation needs someone (or group of interested people) to make Pearson the proverbial 'offer he couldn't refuse'. Everyone and everything has its price. If you are aware of any such people we're all ears. I'm not so sure (in the current climate) that there is anyone around who is prepared to put a large enough bid on the table to tempt Pearson to accept and call it a day.

Therein, lies our problem!

Smith has moved on from that failed experiment. He no longer plays centres in the halves, he now only uses back-up hookers in that minor role in a rugby team!

Let's hope this experiment doesn't see the likes of Morgan Smith and Nu Brown careering down Clive Sullivan way on the wrong side of the road!!!

you mean like a horses severed head at the bottom of his bed

I’ve said before - we may see something BIG soon

Rowing back?

I don't get the whole, no Pearson no club line, we didn't say no hetherington no club did we? If Pearson was prepared to take over the club in 2011 or whenever it was , why wouldn't someone else take over from Pearson

Two reasons

Club is in a worst position, certainly players wise
Sport is in a worst place, less funding.

Sure Pearson only came in as he saw a way to make some money, ended up being a fan.

Only person to invest in a club would be a fan or someone who thinks they can get something out of it.

Pearson saw an opportunity in 2011 to buy a club that had started to be neglected and he thought he'd throw some money in and crowds and trophies will follow.

He firstly struggled with RL politics, the RFL/SL seem to have big meetings where they vote for whatever short sighted idea suits them 'another loop game with a clubcall for who plays who, lets play it on the road in Wales!' and for me the game lost focus in the 2010s.

I think he then realised our crowds (and therefore income) dont actually fluctuate that much, even in good seasons in 2016/2017 it was only a modest boost. Then add in the stadium deal and declining SKY money and you are aiming at a very small profit only. Covid of course was a curve ball nobody expected but even without that I suspect we'd just be treading water, the game isn't rich enough and faces more and more compeition for viewers.

We "may", or...



We will?

I received an email from the Club that was ‘positive’ and I’ve since heard strong whispers in the ‘business’ community that something is ‘likely’ to happen. I’ve tempered my posts with
‘May’ ‘likely’ etc so as not to disappoint

I am very confident change is afoot

So why the reluctance to share the email?'

It was a personal email - nothing more than that
It’s unlikely I’d ever receive a personal email
again if I pop it on here breaking confidentiality etc

I don’t think any poster on here would post the email

Suffice to say I was hoping to spread some Easter cheer
After that shocker on GF

Pearson is in Tenerife at the moment, doesn’t look like our poor start to the season has affected his holiday.

Fair enough, I hope what you're saying is true. Just my normal Hull FC pessimism setting in that it's probably too good to be true.

You'd think his 150k a year wage would afford him a better holiday

If he's drinking 1 euro beers in Americas' our financial situation is worse than what we thought!

He was in dubai.

If there was something big coming you would think Mr Clark would know surely and he didn’t on Tuesday.

If there was something big coming you would think Mr Clark would know surely and he didn’t on Tuesday.

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/s ... l-it-a-day

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/s ... l-it-a-day

I'd like to ask you a question if you don't mind.

Do you ever get fed up of being a tit?

I hope I haven't offended you.

He's deffo of the [iParus Major[/i variety.

I'll be interested to know if he has to practice at it if it comes naturally.

Either way he's very good at it.