Hull FC lose £300k

Quote: Sandra The Terrorist "I can't really understand the glee that this is being greeted with.

To me this just looks like Pearson putting a brake on a little of the euphoria that's greeted his arrival and perhaps measuring expectations down a little to allow his new team some time to bare fruits from their new systems and practices.

The two clubs positions are fundamentally different and both boards will obviously be working to get the most out of what they've got.

Pearson merely seems to be stating that it's going to take more money over a longer period of time for Hull to get to where they want to be. He's recognised that the failure of the previous board to get the team to perform to their maximum both on and off the field was down to under investment in the playing side of things. This led to a fall in attendances and merchandising.

He appears to me to be saying that as well as the financial commitments he was prepared to take on for off field matters he can now see that it's also going to take more more investment to improve things on the pitch and that he feels that if this can be achieved then attendances and merchandise sales will rise. Seems fairly reasonable to me.

This is going to take a little longer than he thought and he seems to be making a statement of intent that this is what he hopes to achieve.

Which clubs make money in Rugby League? Leeds, maybe Wigan. That's possibly about it. There's probably only the opportunity for three, maybe four clubs to actually turn a profit. Pearson wants to get into one of those positions, the objective is for the club to run as a profitable business.

The situation at Rovers is for us to not necessarily make money but to stop haemorrhaging it and become largely self sufficient.'"

Quote: Sandra The Terrorist "This is where a lot of your lot are getting mistaken, we have been a profitable business. What Pearson is getting at is that these profits were made on an unrealistic cost base. He wants us to be a profitable business while spending appropriately, that will take time.'"

Quote: Sandra The Terrorist "Come on, since when have facts got in the way of the dobbins trolling.'"

Quote: Sandra The Terrorist "It doesn't even get in the way of Blunderside's trolling. They, like the idiots on the dark side, are still convinced that capitalising players on the balance sheet has an impact on the P&L account'"

Quote: Sandra The Terrorist "Give it up, mate. The number of Rovers fans bright enough to understand this simple fact can be counted on the fingers of one hand.'"

Quote: Sandra The Terrorist "6?'"

Quote: Sandra The Terrorist "They have 6 fingers as well as 6 toes

Disappointing.

I was posting in support of your new owner and against the rabid frothing of fellow Rovers fans as can be seen by my post.

One of the usual anti east of the city posters chose to selectively quote me.