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In the Q&A, Pearson says the away performance at Leeds at the end of the season was a "watershed" which made his mind up that the club needed a complete fresh start off and on the pitch. He describes it as "an insult to all the supporters who stood behind the posts in the rain" and that it was a "very poor day for the club". Also that the performance was so unacceptable that the entire coaching staff was changed.

He says he didn't expect to have to change the Chief Executive and that the emphasis has changed from "penny pinching, frugality and trying to get the cheapest deal possible to do what is right for the players and what will help the players."

He praises Peter Gentle who "doesn't say things for effect, he says them for a reason".

Pearson says some fans haven't renewed passes from last year and that the club will be contacting them to urge them to give the club another chance.

On the Gleeson story, Pearson says from now on "if you fail a drug test at this club, I will be announcing it the next morning and the player will be on the next bus out of the club. There is no grey area. It is black and white. If you take drugs then you are out of here, period. I don't understand how it became such a protracted and convoluted process, it should never have happened."

He says after the Luke Briscoe move to Leeds that the entire Academy structure was revamped.

He finishes by saying he's proud to be from this area and work in this area and that the Leeds play off game and accepting ourselves as second-class citizens to Leeds was not acceptable and that "I can guarantee that attitude will never be allowed again."

What a guy!'"