Yeah , lets name it after the man who shafted the club by making the most inept decision in HKRs history and not the man who has dragged us out of the wilderness caused by Hutton and pals...

Nobody suggested we call it Barry Lilley?

Who said they did "Edith"...

got to go with this why not have a poll and send the result to rovers

"lets name it after the man who shafted the club by making the most inept decision in HKRs history"

Sorry, who're you on about then?

Lets name it after the company that are prepared to pay most for the naming rights. We can name the bars etc after Rovers legends.

The man who made the decision to sell Hoderness Road for chicken feed and move to the outpost that is Poorhouse Lane and pay massively over the odds for a sub-standard , old design ground , plunging us hugely into debt in the process, a decision that has haunted Rovers since the day it was made...that would be Mr Hutton

Barry Lilley , inept in his own particular way , was chairman much later when we are already bottoming out, his only decision of note , which backfired nicely , was to block Hull from relegating themselves and thereby precipitating the merger with Gateshead, thankfully his own wishes to merge with Hull were thrown out by shareholders...

Perhaps if you had supported us pre Super League or took the time to look into the clubs history you would know what i was talking about...

He's got a nice smile and a twinkle in his eye though has Mr. Hutton.

Lovely manners too.

A little bitter there, Larry, surprised you even support the club any more, what with him being a current club president and all.

My first Rovers game was at Wembley in 1997, I was 14 and didn't really want to go, a whole ten years before Superleague.

Oh, and by the way, I just had a little look at the history and it doesn't mention Colin Hutton doing any of the above, I'm not saying it didn't happen but just pointing out that we're not all as old as the houses and there appears to be no evidence other than hearsay.

He's right.

Yeah, In part, telling someone to read up on the history when it mentions no such thing is a little stupid, though.

We've all heard the stories. The way the history reads, Hull KR weren't really pulling up any trees until Colin Hutton got involved and he's bigged up as being involved in the most successful period in Hull KR's early existence.

He's a great bloke is Colin.

Some of us where at the shareholders meeting when it was rail-roaded through...a fait accompli if ever there was one...and it was 1988 and i was in my early 20,s so not exactly "as old as the houses"..

Its true many speak highly of Colin and he is very much a "gent" , however that decision set the club back incalculably...and should never be "rewarded"...

And the truth of the matter is that while Colin did have a little success as coach back in the 60's he took over Rovers chairmanship when we were already a top club with everything on a plate for him, he basked in the glory of the 80's great team and then pretty much oversaw the destruction of everything that had been built up...and we are still struggling because of his misguided, some say self interested, decisions...

But i suppose because hes a "great bloke" we can just write off 20 years as one of those things, forget about the subsequent millions of pounds it has cost the club (and individuals) and yeah lets name a stand after him...why not?

My house was built in 1965, not a bad guess at your age, was it?

When did Colin take over chairmanship? Straight after his tenure as coach? I struggle to see how he took over a "top club with everything on a plate for him", Wasn't HKR being a top club, in part, due to his tenure as coach?

Let's just call it the 'david hoskins' stand.

No it didn't.
The words I used were 'Hold up' which doesn't mean the project is in doubt now if I had said 'Risk to the project' then you would be correct fortunatly those were not the words I used.

Perhaps you could tell the builders this as some of them seemed totally perplexed and a little quizical about the whole issue.

So after lots of false dawns we actually start something and just fail to mention it yeah I can totally see the logic there!!.

You had a go at me by claiming my post placed doubt over the build and yet you are now advocating us not mentioning it.
Exactly why that is the case is puzzling when even the most pesimistic of us fail to think it is now not going to be built unless of course you are having doubts yourself.

No doubts from me, none at all.

The builders I deal with in my office at work seem that way about most things tbh.

dont slag the builders off there the real experts not you sat in office sorting your paperwork out pretending your important {im a builder / joiner by the way }

I'd say the Engineers and Architects are the real experts, but a lot of them haven't got a clue either.

I'm actually sat in the office doing CAD and pretending i'm important btw

As you can see the gas, water and electrical cables are in and the trench is now filled.



Access manhole being created next to the West stand.



Its starting to look like they are preparing for bigger things soon.





Although you can't quiet tell there is a decent hole surrounded by fencing here.



Another temp structure being built here.

seemed a bit more going on today there was a small digger big digger and a really big digger be nice when we see some steel work

It'll be awhile before the project gets to that stage.

you are dead right edith it is all hearsay and i am has old has the houses

You could well be right. Still subject to completion of a funding agreement according to the council.