Indeed...he is already in the Pearson club of taking the p***,...'fit and hungry'...,he does know the signings he has to work with, so far, are 35, 34, 33, 32x2 and 31yr old mercenaries who are pretty far from 'hungry', except for cash, and have suffered a serious injury or three?

Cartwright was a very, very good player and has an old school ethic but appointing nearly 60yr old assistants comes with obvious risks never mind giving him Dads Army to coach. As a head coach he has a less than 45% win rate over nearly 200 games...not exactly brilliant nor would that get anywhere in the next 3 years. Cartwright himself has chased the money around and not shown much loyalty as a coach. Hull will be his 5th club in 10yrs. Many question marks.

It's all short termism for no real gain. 3 years is enough for Myler and co to empty the coffers and sail into the sunset I suppose...but then what?

Certainly feels like the last chance saloon to finally instill a good culture at the club.

If Cartwright can't turn it round, not sure what options will be left to try!

we just need someone strong to set an expectation and for everyone in the club to buy in. The FIFO principle

It can be turned around quickly if people are prepared to make some difficult decisions along the way.

We've had a succession of weak coaches or ones who basically let the players set the tone and that needs to change

For me, I want Cartwright to instill pride in playing, passion for winning, want to be hard to beat, be in games, not have blow out scores, super fit, hard working team and still be in with a shout of the playoffs come the last round. That's what I'm wanting from him and the players.

Do all those things and you'll have the support from the fans, show we are going in the right direction and change is happening