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| Quote ="major black"icon_lol.gif firstly you don't dictate where anyone wishes to post and secondly you dropped this.
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Judging your age from your posts, you are more in need of the dummy than anyone.
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| Quote ="fcimp"Of course, I''ve always been way off the mark eh sandra? Don't worry, allam will bail you out, hudge has been kissing up to him for some time now.'"
We've been over this before my cheeky little impish chum.
Rovers financial constraints have been well documented for years, just because you've been saying we're imminently going bus for the last six years, doesn't make it true. It still doesn't.
Hudgell's been saying for well over a year that he's not prepared (and probably can't afford) to bank roll the club indefinitely, and why should he?
There are currently not enough people attending Rovers to make it viable for us to spend the full cap, our cloth needsto be cut accordingly, our position is that as a group of fans we'll get the team we're prepared to finance. The way things are at the moment and especially with Hull's economy, Rovers need to reevaluate how we go about things.
Now, whether that's that we remain a club that's fighting it out for eighth spot with a reduced wage bill, (this should have been attainable this season with this squad) getting into bed with Allam, or eventually remaining solvent and playing Championship rugby is what we as a group of fans have to trust Hudgell and Crossland to come to the correct conclusion.
I do agree that having a fan running the business can lead to a clouding of jusgement, but I also think it has it's positives. An investor type chair person would never have got us out of the Championship because they wouldn't have been their in the first place!
Lastly, fans wishing the extinction of other clubs are =#FF0000gormers for whom a special hell is reserved - poetic edit, MR No infringement ther Mr. Darth.
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| I do not wish the extinction of your club or indeed any other for that matter. What I do want to see is Hudgell and everyone connected with rovers pay for their arrogance, especially towards us (Cooke etc) when you first joined sl. Now what's wrong with that? Sadly I believe you will come out of this unscathed.
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| Quote ="DobboHullFC"One positive out of all of this, If rovers was to go bust, our gates would no doubt increase again, half your fans are HULL fans, [uit's why your obsessed with our club[/u.'"
A simple analysis of the posters on this very thread will prove that statement is 180 degrees worth of incorrect.
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| Quote ="Sandra The Terrorist"Lastly, fans wishing the extinction of other clubs are doylems with unnatural passions.
No infringement ther Mr. Darth.'"
Not the Mod you should be worrying about offending with that wholly accurate assessment.
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| Quote ="fcimp"I do not wish the extinction of your club or indeed any other for that matter. What I do want to see is Hudgell and everyone connected with rovers pay for their arrogance, especially towards us (Cooke etc) when you first joined sl. Now what's wrong with that? Sadly I believe you will come out of this unscathed.'"
The arrogance of 'daring' to get promoted and challenge the long held belief that only one club from Hull should be in SL. We even had the arrogance to spoil your 8 easy points predictions as well.
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| Quote ="rover49"We even had the arrogance to spoil your 8 easy points predictions as well.'"
Ah yes - that old chestnut. Once again the fact that it was fans of other SL clubs making that claim sails serenely past you.
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| Quote ="fcimp"I do not wish the extinction of your club or indeed any other for that matter. What I do want to see is Hudgell and everyone connected with rovers pay for their arrogance, especially towards us (Cooke etc) when you first joined sl. Now what's wrong with that? Sadly I believe you will come out of this unscathed.'"
That bit wasn't aimed at you, our little discusion on this subject has turned into more of a pantomime merry-go-round, at least in my eyes.
I can fully understand any Hull fan's ire at the Cooke episode, and if I'm honest, what was done was outside of gentlemanly conduct. But we've done that to death.
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| Quote ="FONT"I expect so!
Good times ahead for Rovers.'"
Better buy a pass quick then
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| Quote ="Kosh"Ah yes - that old chestnut. Once again the fact that it was fans of other SL clubs making that claim sails serenely past you.'"
I suppose all the posts by FC fans on the FC site where the same 'intruders' who pulled the goal posts down are they.
I for one had these taunts directed at me from FC fans I know, some who are mates were saying the exact same, can I assume they have been masquerading as FC fans all these years and are really Cas, Wakey and leeds fans.
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| Quote ="rover49"I suppose all the posts by FC fans on the FC site where the same 'intruders' who pulled the goal posts down are they.
I for one had these taunts directed at me from FC fans I know, some who are mates were saying the exact same, can I assume they have been masquerading as FC fans all these years and are really Cas, Wakey and leeds fans.'"
I don't care what some of your mates might have been doing to wind you up. Not a terribly difficult task judging by your posts on here.
The posts on RLFans banging on about 8 easy points were mainly from fans of other SL clubs complaining about the 'unfair advantage' it gave us. Simple fact. The vast majority of FC fans understood that derbies are simply not predictable that way.
Having said that, if Cooke hadn't jumped ship who knows what may have happened...
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| Can I just ask if Rovers fans would be happy to have Allam involved with their club?
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| Quote ="Hessle Roader"Can I just ask if Rovers fans would be happy to have Allam involved with their club?'"
Depends. What position can he play?
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| Quote ="fcimp"I do not wish the extinction of your club or indeed any other for that matter. What I do want to see is Hudgell and everyone connected with rovers pay for their arrogance, especially towards us (Cooke etc) when you first joined sl. Now what's wrong with that? Sadly I believe you will come out of this unscathed.[/quo
I'm amazed by gods gift to super league fans. was it not you the lorded over us for 20 years how superior you was, how you was the big I am! how you could beat every team with your little finger, and you have the cheek to call us arrogant!. how week after week you rubbed our noses in it.
go back to your board and for all mankind stay there and fester
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| Quote ="Guardian"Praising yourself is a little transparent Mr T.'"
. . .strange remark to make?
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| After a period of rapid progress then a couple of years of treading water, it is time to take stock.
Let's discuss that.
The reciprocal accusations of arrogance, whether intended as banter or not, have been done plenty and we can go over it all many times in the future, on other threads. I'm not averse on occasion.
[size=150=#FF0000However this is [unow[/u a sensible thread and anybody, from either side, who tries to turn it into a bun fight will get a break from posting on this board.[/size
red, bold and large - don't complain you weren't warned.
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| But we are a bigger club and more superior.
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| Obviously I never saw that warning
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| Quote ="Hessle Roader"Can I just ask if Rovers fans would be happy to have Allam involved with their club?'"
Well, it's a difficult one. I don't pay enough attention to Hull to fully understand why you all mistrust him so much apart from his fanciful Melton ideas.
The "soft loan"/"gift" doesn't appear to have been a major issue but without having detailed insider knowledge of thos meetings and the ramifications behind them it's impossible to judge.
He doesn't appear to have made such a bad job of running his own business all these years.
I suppose the real question is at what threat of a merger would we be? Let's be honest, a merger would mean Rovers being consumed by Hull, but whilst Pearson is at Hull there's absolutely nothing that I can see in it for him in geting into bed with Allam. The only way I can see that scenario panning out would be for Allam to buy Rovers and then for Pearson to sell Hull to Allam when he feels he's taken that business as far as he can.
Is Allam that well off? And perhaps more tellingly, why would a multi millionaire business person sink a huge chunk of his money that he's spent a lifetime buliding up into a sport that hardly anyone has ever made any money at?
Unless he's completely mental, that would explain it.
I really don't think I could have shoe horned more conjecture and speculation into that post. Go me!
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| Quote ="Hessle Roader"Can I just ask if Rovers fans would be happy to have Allam involved with their club?'"
I would be happy if he came on board
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| Quote ="Bet Lynch"But we are a bigger club and more superior.'"
She shoots from the half way line...
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| Quote ="frepneyboy"Better buy a pass quick then'"
I will, when they go on sale!
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| Quote ="Hessle Roader"Can I just ask if Rovers fans would be happy to have Allam involved with their club?'"
Yes, why not!
I think his son will be the front man.
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| Reet - likely outcomes of 'crunch talks'. Not like they won't have chatted about it informally, of course.
Can't see the Allam's riding in to save the day - they've surely got plenty on their plate with Hull City.
On the other hand, I doubt we're on the verge of going pop, though as long as you're dependent on benefactors, by definition your fortunes depend on their's.
SL has two structurally big clubs - Wigan and Leeds. With Eamon 'To Big to Fail' McManus (I'm still in a grump about lie-censing) Saints have bridged the gap. After that, it's possible to get there, but it needs big investment year after year. We can hope for that, but while we're waiting let's preserve and enjoy the progress that has been made.
Unless they're planning emergency swingeing cuts to the squad, as it stands the team for next year looks pretty good. Bit thin on experience perhaps, but hardly cutting to the bone.
It'll be interesting to see their plans. Since the huge success of get up-stay up-consolidate-compete, they've had a bit of the 'difficult second album syndrome'. They tried to go big with the Mason signing, but with the benefit of hindsight, I now want to see a more gradualist approach. Or Allam on a massive spending spree - either is good.
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