jordan's thinner brother

Bloody predictive text

Saw him last week at Total Fitness putting a shift in.

Thing with Abdul is he might come back with an attitude to right a few wrongs? Hopefully he’s in a better headspace and he can prove the doubters wrong.



Will be an asset if he can get himself to something like full fitness.

I won't comment too much on Abdull's fitness until I see him next year.

Can fully understand why people are sceptical over the signing. His conditioning last season was terrible and way below par. However that doesn't mean he's going to be in the same condition next season when he runs out for us. Or if he is in that condition, im fairly confident he won't be running out for us.

If he can get his body right, I think he will do well for us. Possibly very well. But certainly an improvement over anything we had in the halves this season. Might be in the minority but I have faith he will put the work in and look the part next season.

Jon Clarke here for the first 2 weeks of pre season before flying back to Australia.

There is another new S@C coach also who will be working alongside Tom Bennett.

Have we had any confirmation yet of what Gaz Ellis' role is now? Could it be he's moving into strength and conditioning?

Thats great news, as Tom Bennett is still unqualified....

Pearson's decision last November, to only employ one fitness trainer (who isnt qualified) meant the squad could not physically compete in SL. , this created more injuries, unfortunately , we only had trainee physiotherapists from Hull university ....

What did I say about Balmforth and his weight 2-3 months ago ? !



He’s 10kg heavier than Harry Grant and I implored Denive to reduce his weight and increase his fitness so he can make tackle 52 rather than 22



I’m pleased for any player that loses 9kg and now I can’t wait to see how he will

Benefit on the pitch



Jordan next

So by my reckoning we have gone from a backroom staff of

Smith, Gene, Grix

Unqualified S&C and trainee Physios



to



Cartwright, Grix, Last and Ellis

Highly experienced Physio and another one advertised

New S&C coach and Jon Clarke as a consultant.



Definitely a huge improvement and shows the money saved the last couple of year under Pearson.



Got to be either Covid loans paid off or investment coming in

Did we even save any money though? Pearson already said medical scans alone cost 100K extra, then there’s the cost of making all the short term loan signings directly related to our lack of fitness and injury problems, that’s without factoring in the lost revenue etc by the drop in crowds as most of the season was dead rubber.



Thought it was interesting a couple of months ago then Saints posted big losses but Eamon McManus said that cutting costs would be worse long term for the club, maybe he saw Hull as an example of how not to deal with the challenges of Covid loans and lower TV revenue.

I agree that we haven't likely saved much money, if any. I think it's clear that Pearson tried to cut costs and it backfired on him big time. McManus's comments at the time certainly read to me like a veiled criticism of us without naming us directly. Was a lot more respectful than a certain other club owner has been all season.