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| I find it incredulous how anyone could think this whole sorry saga is somehow in Hull FC's best interests?
You saw how problematic it was for the club when Plummer/Hethrington/Rule had no sort of relationship with previous SMC incumbents Pearson himself and Duffen. This is potentially far worse...we are talking about open-warfare here with the Allams!
I just get the feeling things haven’t gone anywhere near as smoothly as Pearson hoped with FC.
From the outside, he saw an underperforming club teetering on the cusp of profitability despite disconnected owners, a mocked coach and an unfavourable rental agreement.
To get all that latent support flocking back, Pearson was under the impression all he had to do was replace that ghastly Mr Agar with someone more palatable, throw in some money for infrastructure investment, improve communications with fans and switch the fixtures back to family-friendly Sundays.
Well he has done all that and seen the team quickly become competitive into the bargain, yet crowds stubbornly refuse to rise. In fact they have actually dipped.
This most definitely wasn't in the script, and you can just sense this from the pleading for the fans to return before each big game!
Nor can his business-plan have included a failure to procure a more favourable rental agreement from his Egyptian friends. Much, much worse than that, those friends have now potentially become very dangerous enemies!
Furthermore, Pearson has complained that he was 'misled' on the finances of the club, and he certainly wasn’t expecting such heavy fallout from the 'Gleeson affair' (legal action still possible), while, by all accounts, he did himself few favours in the eyes of Nigel Wood and a number of SL owners with his overly-vociferous opposition to the Stobart deal.
On top of that, the unexpected loss of Luke Briscoe and the ensuing tribunal verdict has already seen him become publicly disillusioned with the Rugby League hierarchy and he has made another dangerous enemy with one of the game’s top powerbrokers, Gary Hethrington!
If he was a genuine supporter of the club (or even the sport), or a benefactor of any description, you might think he would tough this out no problem. But I just wonder if this transient, profit-driven 'football man' really is in this for the long haul?
These are not criticisms, just observations.
Sensible responses please, no irrelevant Hull KR nonsense!
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| Quote SirStan="SirStan"Awww, and we were getting on so well. I was beginning to think all I'd heard about you wasn't true.'"
You obviously haven't heard enough, as I have said many times before, opinions only count when they come from people I respect, and I don't respect anyone who can't stick with the same username for more than 5 minutes.
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| Quote Standee="Standee"I'll ignore your crap trolling, we both know you're better than that, AP has more cash in the bank thn the poisoned dwarf.'"
But not as much as Rob Crossland and he's got a job 
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| Quote hkrovers="hkrovers"But not as much as Rob Crossland and he's got a job
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I take it you haven't heard, have a look at how well Parasol are going in there IR35 cae(s) bud.
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| Quote hkrovers="hkrovers"But not as much as Rob Crossland and he's got a job
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He will need more than one job to keep bankrolling Rovers.
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| Quote hkrovers="hkrovers"But not as much as Rob Crossland and he's got a job
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He sold Parasol didnt he? Well thats what you say when it's mentioned
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