Mild mannered Janitor wrote:Here be evidence of the Hull FC misconception.
In the late 1970's Hull FC were all about the money. They spent big.
Those were the days? We won the league ONCE. the challenge cup ONCE. after that we won some peripheral trophies a few times.
Don't get me wrong, Hull FC were a huge team in the early 1980's. But I do think that some see this as a golden era, when in fact it was a never really swept the board.
It's a very good point, although we were at least excellent at finishing runners up.
The main trophies were more competitive back then - between 1978 and 1987 there were seven different Champions and eight Challenge Cup winners. In the last ten seasons there have been four and five respectively.
Mild mannered Janitor wrote:Here be evidence of the Hull FC misconception.
In the late 1970's Hull FC were all about the money. They spent big.
Those were the days? We won the league ONCE. the challenge cup ONCE. after that we won some peripheral trophies a few times.
Don't get me wrong, Hull FC were a huge team in the early 1980's. But I do think that some see this as a golden era, when in fact it was a never really swept the board.
Not as huge as KR though in terms of trophies won in that golden age of Kingston upon Hull rugby.
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Airlie15 wrote:35 yrs ago. Most people who go since wd been in SL wont even remember it now. Its in the archives
A great era though and great for the City. For a period of seven years, at least one of the two clubs was either winning or competing for trophies each season.
Unfortunately, I think this success, especially in Hull's case has inflated our expectations ever since.
No one had a devine right to be the best team (you hear it all the time in football - there must be c50+ clubs trying to get 'back where they belong', when the Premier League only has room for 20 clubs). However, with our infrastructure, full salary cap and fan base, we should be achieving better than we do.
Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:Another name I'm surprised no one has mentioned yet (at least I don't think they have). Craig Fitzgibbon.
Some will argue that, like Radford, he was a part of the failure that has been the last 8 seasons, and I know there are still a few players here that he played alongside. I think Fitz is professional enough for that not to be an issue however.
That said I doubt he would give up the two very good roles he has now.
Not sure on Fitzgibbon, like our current coach he workhorse as a player (though obviously of a completely different standard!) and being workmanlike isn't what we are bad at. We need flair and attacking skills.
Good win today, but still have to comment that Tony Smith has now lost 4 in a row at Wire, which for a club with their ambitions won't go down well...could he be tempted down our end of the M62?
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