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Quote: Gotcha "He's completely lost the plot. Whether that is a long term thing, I don't know, but I hope it was purely just an arrogance thing of winning things.

It started with the youth set up 3 years ago, and progressed with the recruitment and resigning of players for the 2010 season, the complete c0ck up with the new contract offer for Lee Smith after the 2009 GF, and the absolute joke of a performance last season with non recruitment of needed players and the retention of clearly past it players for 2011.

He's delivered previously, that can not be taken away from him. But before the gullible start giving it large, ask yourself, would Bradford fans want Caisley back? would Wigan fans want Lyndsey back? both delivered on the field just like Hetherington, but it's the legacy left that I would guess would sway those fans decisions.'"


Totally agree mate but you know you will get people on here saying you're wrong because they wont have a bad word said about either the club or the players.

I think we about 5 or 6 players that we should be replacing if we want to challenge for title and cups over the next couple of years.

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In my view GH has been losing the plot for the last 3 years.

I acknowledge and give him credit for his earlier achievements. However so much of our success on the field came from the good fortune of having a unique set of talented youngsters become stars at the same time. This factor was the key to so much of the increased revenue and finanancial stability which so many attribute soley to GH.

It is this same set of players that have been allowed to grow past their prime all at the same time. I am not sure how much credit is due to GH for having recruited such a good accademy squad, or was it really the coaches and scouts or was it just a purple patch of good fortune.

GH did recuit well with Ali, Webb, Ellis and Peacock to add to the home grown talent but then all the other top SL sides also recuited well. Buderus is certainly up there with the class players but what was GH's thinking because at the time we did not need a hooker but we did need a centre and a prop.

What is clear over the last few years is that GH has shown a management weakness with his failed succession policy and has allowed the other sides to recuit the limited number of quality players that are now available and leave us with a 5th place side

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Quote: Sal Paradise "And he still can't afford a new stand!!

So where has all the money gone - it hasn't gone on the ground, it hasn't gone on the players where is it!!'"


which former hull chairman put his in his boot?

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GH what was ever to be expected of a big daft lad of a forward

It's probably a good job he wasn't sacked straight away in the 90s and apart from arabs buying football clubs has anyone of made a suggestion where extra funds can come from @ the moment?

He also put his money where his mouth was on and off the field with sheffield.

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Quote: doc-rhino "which former hull chairman put his in his boot?'"


Was it Roy Waudby? I vaguely remember the story but perhaps it was before Waudby's time.

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Quote: Juan Cornetto "In my view GH has been losing the plot for the last 3 years.

I acknowledge and give him credit for his earlier achievements. However so much of our success on the field came from the good fortune of having a unique set of talented youngsters become stars at the same time. This factor was the key to so much of the increased revenue and finanancial stability which so many attribute soley to GH.

It is this same set of players that have been allowed to grow past their prime all at the same time. I am not sure how much credit is due to GH for having recruited such a good accademy squad, or was it really the coaches and scouts or was it just a purple patch of good fortune.

GH did recuit well with Ali, Webb, Ellis and Peacock to add to the home grown talent but then all the other top SL sides also recuited well. Buderus is certainly up there with the class players but what was GH's thinking because at the time we did not need a hooker but we did need a centre and a prop.

What is clear over the last few years is that GH has shown a management weakness with his failed succession policy and has allowed the other sides to recuit the limited number of quality players that are now available and leave us with a 5th place side'"


Have to agree with all of this.

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