I can smell the fear from here !

Pearson will not accept 8th place . Both Hull Clubs are average at best.

The only difference is now Hull FC have an owner who will sort it out. Rovers have not.

Adam Pearson taking over Hull FC was Hudgell`s worst nightmare.

I think thats whats known as being "owned"

Certainly, there's only one owner in Hull that [ican[/i sort it out, if only from a financial aspect. Unless Allam buys Rovers.

Don't think we'll be hearing from JMR for a bit.

Without lube.

Indeed, slightly behind Zod in the "pwned" steaks.

What I am saying is there are two types of owners in sport; Those who are guided by an emotional attachment to ONE specific club and are therefore prepared to effectively play the role of philanthropist.



Not ideal in the long-term I grant you, but fine as long as it lasts.



Then there are the cold, hard investors like Pearson - a man who would sell his grandmother if the price was right.



He's decided to buy into Hull FC...it could just of easily been Milton Keynes Dons, Salford Reds, Sheffield Steelers or Wasps RUFC...wherever he spotted most profit potential.



I don't honestly see what fixed assets Hull FC hold as a club at the moment, or what riches are on the horizon for RL as a sport, to constitute a lucrative 'end game'. Or are we simply expected to believe he is just buying into the club to 'milk' healthy dividends each year?



From what I personally know and have heard from various associates of Pearson, there has to be more in it for him...a hitherto unrevealed bigger picture.



Redevelopment of the Boulevard perhaps?

Worst trolling for a while (and you have some stiff competition).

How do you redevelope something that doesn't exist anymore?

Disappointingly whilst you try to claim you want a sensible debate on the relative merits of an emotional or commerical owner of a club, the bit I've underlined is full evidence that you're ill-equipped to so. You admit that Hudgell's failure to run a self-sustaining business, and intention to take on a further £2m of debt, is "not ideal" in the long term but dismiss it as inconsequential. No administration lasts forever. Are you seriously suggesting that it's of no consequence that little progress is being made to prepare Rovers for its inevitable sale down the line? That as long as Hudgell is swaying about on top of bar stools and stopping clocks at 6.42 in the bar at Craven Park tomorrow will take care of itself. Forgive me, but you're simply in denial of long term consequences. Lucky us. You are confirming 2 things here: 1) Pearson knows a good opportunity when he sees one. and 2) Hull FC has a shedload of potential. Stadium? Check. Commercial infrastructure? Check. Fanbase? Check. On the pitch? Awful. But, relative to football, this last one is fairly cheap to fix for someone with a business head and modicum of ambition. Before Pearson's interest, FC were wallowing in mid-table mediocrity, a bit like Rovers over the past three seasons, hovering round mid table albeit with bigger crowds and making profits. He's seen that as a club we can realise more. Lucky us to be the recipients of his cash and business acumen. FC made profits of £250k a year at one point when we had some success. You are saying that Pearson's agenda is not driven by FC making profits. I think you need to be clearer about what the conspiracy theory here is, exactly. You implied earlier that he is a pawn in the Allam's game to acquire the KC, but oddly failed to respond to my earlier question on how those plans are progressing with the stadium owners. Perhaps you missed it. How do you think that's going? Council engaged and ready to roll? I'd say, er, no. OK. So to be crystal clear, you are [unow[/u saying Pearson has spent £3m on the club, binned off coaching staff and players, brought in a DOR and sought-after new coach,and is talking up filling the KC and paying fees for players, on a sort of twisted route to the actual final destination, the supreme prize if you will, of relocating FC to a much smaller non existent ground in a residential area at the behest of the Allams. Introducing the Boulevard is a new line of argumentation, granted. Perhaps it's easier to fabricate this than address my own points on the Allams. Glad we got that cleared up. I do find it interesting, but entirely unsurprising that you have failed to address the key points. 1) No club stays in one ownership forever. To optimise the chances of re-sale, it's not a bad idea to build up a profitable business to make it a more compelling investment for the next incumbent. 2) Pearson's new broom has provided hope. More so than the previous regime. This is a good thing for the supporters, right? 3) You paint the spectre of the scheming Allams in the background, yet ignore my point that as it stands Rovers are more in bed with them than FC are.

I think you're just being mean now, personally.

I see JMR's been on this board for the last 15 minutes so can only guess he's creating a reply that addresses none of my points but suggests Pearson's actually being paid by the Allams to sell FC to Neil Hudgell with a 275 year lease at Costello with no planning consent for any more capacity ever. Diana was murdered too. FACT.