Quote: saint at wire "How things have changed
Agree with that, you can become conditioned to it when its served up consistently. We at Hull FC never hit your heights of the mid 2000s and that great side of yours, but we did win the CCF in 05, and you beat us in the 06 GF and the 08 CCF.
We thought we were going to re-join the top table after 05 and 06 but then Mr Agar became our coach and the performances were consistently below average.
Just when we thought he'd shown the door he'd win a couple and save his bacon. This went on and on.
He was Coach in 08 versus yourselves at Wembley, but we knew it was just papering over the cracks of demoralisation for the Faithfull. Gates of 14/15K dropped to 10K and even with recent good performances this year its really hard to get those demoralised supporters back.
It looks like you may be for the first time in a very long time courting mediocrity. The time to get out of it is NOW before it does become the norm.
We thought our great years late 70s to mid 80s with Knocker, Sterling, Leuluai, Skerrett, Ah Kuoi, Evans, Schofield Crooks etc etc would last forever. Alas it ended all to soon and we just never got it back. Flirtation with success kept our interests high but the depressing Agar years nearly broke the Club because it was close to breaking the resolve of the fans.
I kept my season ticket throughout all those difficult times, but I too was starting to question my loyalties. The arrival of Adam Pearson at Hull FC and his obvious determination and actions to create a winning set-up persuaded me to stay. I'm so glad now of course.
Could I go through the same again ?? I don't think so. Having the right coach is key to knocking on the trophy door and thats all we all want.
But... having the wrong coach for too long can create real damage that can take a decade for even top sides to recover from. We know. and to be honest we still can't quite believe we have what we, at last, have. We hope on hope that it lasts
