strange that, because I AM a consultant, and I have always had a job title for every single one of my clients, but it's irrelevant as it seems we are in agreement, AP, to my mind, was an employee and not simply some hired gun as Allam would have us believe. What will be interesting is how much of an apetite AP has for a fight with the Allams, they have deep pockets and huge ego's, interesting times ahead.

If AP was working as a consultant he would have a contract in place, he would be on a minimum of 3 months notice for his kind of position.

id be happy to accept that using the consultants im aware of might be a flawed analogy in this case.

i wouldnt be surprised to see Adam go through the motions of an appeal. as you say the question will be to what extent he chases a result. only he knows how badly he's been done to. im starting to wonder how much appetite the Allams have for the running of a football club where your knee jerk reactions to will be scrutinised and lambasted by tens of thousands of passionate fans.

I don't think they fully understood what they were getting into, the same as Allam Marine, kids playing at being business people, I can hear chickens clucking.

Must admit it's a bit confusing. If he wasn't an employee then he wouldn't automatically get any 'compensation' if the contract was terminated, so why bother to mention it? I guess he could have had a consultancy contract that included compensation terms for early termination but I'm not sure how often that happens - you'd know better than me.

It hardly ever happens Kosh, but you usually don't dispense of a consultant until the end of their term, it's all a bit odd, would you allow a "temporary" member of staff to make decisions that materially impact the long term (like signing a Premier League striker?).

It's fishier than Grimsby on Good Friday.

One thing is for sure, if I were a City or KR fan I would have huge concerns, as it is, if AP has truly fallen outh with "The Doctor" and his snivelling little son I can only be happy, offspring that bask in reflected glory are usually more ueeless than their origin, ask the Murdochs.

looks like citys fans and manager (Who ever that may be) are going to be held to ransom over the money the Allams have fronted to save the club. and questioning the the Allams ways or speaking out side of their business plan will not be tolerated and could wind up being your last involvement with the club. maybe rovers too to a (MUCH) lesser extant, even i am far from happy as a hull fan in even being associated to them via the stadium company, and its possibly been made all the worse by the broken down relationship between them and Adam.

If they really are going to attempt to have a more direct handling of football matters, then God help the City fans. I can envisage a Hudge-esque spectacle at half-time with the Allams handing out advice and oranges, with Phil Brown banished to the chopping board too afraid to speak out.

That is the difference between Pearson and the Allams. Pearson knows what he doesn't know hence McRae as a director and he wouldn't get shot of him like he was dispensed with. It's not like Allam bought a squash team eh?

That would be a certain youtube hit, if their radio interviews are anything to go by

It does seem very much that the Allams think they now own both the Football club but also the respect of the fans, it's always thus with these kind of people, they never earn respect, they just demand it, usually by holding a metaphorical "sword of damocles" over all and sundry.

It's a difficult one for Barmby and Pearson, their pride will say "walk quietly away with dignity" but they are both, in my opinion, entitled to compensation.

Barmby sacked.

Oh dear Allam's, oh dear

Will we now see Nick Barmby on the board at Hull?

He might get on the board at Hull, but he could get a game at Rovers!

We need to distance ourselves as much as possible from this shambles, not sure Barmby sitting on the board is the way to do that, tbh.

no reason why we should, he and Pearson are colleagues and Adam has a belief in Barmby's ability as a football manager, nothing there to suggest a link with FC.

more likely both will reappear along the M62 in coming months.