He's saying what Hudgell said - I heard him say it too.

So Hudgell, who is well know for taking the mickey, said he would be taking advantage of Hull FC and people believe it?

Or was this an Official comment I have missed? If it is I apologise and would start to question if Adam Pearson is drinking too much!

That wasn't my point and I don't have a clue what each clubs spends on their academies any more than you do. My point is that the claim was that the clubs aren't doing it to save money which I don't believe.

As for rejecting pearson's advances, I've never met the guy but I presume you'd be in there like a flash if he offered it to you?

You want to get off your high horse before you look even more stupid than you already do

I have turned him down, twice!!

I have a very good idea what each Academy is spending and I would also say that anyone with a bit of common sense would also realise that when you half your staff, half your players, half your match day travel costs, half your spend on kit and equipment and half your venue hire you end up with around half of your current bill!!

Or are you thinking the new Academy might run two buses still, one for the Hull lads and one for the Rovers lot?

Not really. You shouldn't comment on something you haven't listened to, particularly if you're trying to score points. hudgel's comment was that instead of spending £30k each on 2 academy coaches they could spend £60k and get a better coach. He said it wasn't about reducing costs. I suggest you don't come back with any kind of reponse unless it's an apology

You seem very well informed, I'm guessing your employed in some capacity at the club, you might want to be careful.

I will probably have to bang on till I'm blue in the face, but FC did not/do not need to merge with KR at academy level.

The fruits of Pearsons academy investment are just starting to shoot through,, in fact I would reckon another 18 months and it would have been classed as a success.

Shaul, Logan, Lancaster, Abdull, Turgut, HTW - all prove the early signs are the academy is starting to deliver the goods - I still cannot see any gain from FC merging with KR - none at all. (other than save money).

I just think AP wanted the results quicker, he's considered the continued investment and decided to share the load with NH.

Whichever way you dress this up, KR come out of this with the better deal, and I wont be convinced otherwise.

Once you have provided me with evidence of it I will gladly apologise.

You are entitled to your opinion and it is a very strong argument. I happen to disagree but the fact is without giving the merger an equal amount of time I suppose we will never know.

And I have nothing to do with either club, just very interested in player development.

If you trust in Pearson's academy investment enough from before, then surely you should trust that he knows what he's doing here also?

From what I've heard, they're spending just as much as before and getting more out of it as a shared investment (so better coaches, etc), a higher concentration of talent which will improve the players even further. I'm not sure if it's a case of you can't see what good can come from it or you just refuse to because it doesn't benefit us alone.


Does it matter if Rovers come out with the better deal if we both improve? This is what I mean by some people cutting off their nose to spite their face.

If this academy produces better players, then I don't care if Rovers get some also as long as we get improved players. I'd rather have a little of something better than a lot of something worse.