It wasn't an excuse on Morgans part in fact the complete opposite, I personally see that first season in SL as his biggest success to date, more so than finishing 4th in 2009. It was an extremely difficult task that not many people gave him much hope of.

Exactly

dream on........

You weren't using it as an excuse, but the poster I replied to was.

FWIW I tend to agree with you. IMO Morgan's main strength as a coach is the ability to squeeze the maximum possible performance out of 'average' players.

So you dont think that FC that A Grade , solvent , in a cracking stadium that brings in marque players club is a top job then??
wow must v been the smell of the docks and the beach at hessle that sold it to Fitz i guess

In a nutshell...NO!

Now Saints who had a cr@p stadium...YES!

spot on, it does make you wonder just how good he could be with a squad like ours, he knows his stuff thats for sure but too much of a media whore for me

even more
oh well life is a box of chocolates

Wonder why Omeley chose FC over Saints then when both were in the running for his signature???
FC, Saints, Wigan, Leeds, Bradford , Warrington all considered huge clubs and huge jobs

Have you actually looked at your 'squad' there's only 17 of them and half of them are injury prone.

You have a great stadium, lots of fans and one of the best financials of the league but in comparison your squad is poor.

Many players are coming around the world so they're not bothered about geographical differences between Manchester, West and East Yorkshire: look at Mason coming to KR - arguably the biggest signing in SL for a long time. But I do think that aside from their salary, they must look at their chances of getting to the CC final, club facilities (stadium etc) and the support. Beyond the squad, a coach is going to be particularly interested in training/playing facilities and finances.

the squad is thin - not poor!

The Hull coaching job should be one of the plumb jobs in SL, however under the current regime it will never be seen as such

You're wasting your time. You're on a thread where some people are claiming that Rich Agar is a better head coach than Justin Morgan remember.

The majority of FC fans are like Newcastle fans up until they got relegated, constantly talking about what a great big club they are, how great their players are and how next year will be their year... all the while they can't see the laugh that the board of directors are having at their expense. Unfortunately for FC, there isn't even the prospect of relegation to snap the fans out of their delusions.