All the dominoes starting to fall

I've got a few mates that are city fans and they're not particularly keen on Pearson potentially going back .

It would make the stadium lease interesting



Lawyer: 'so Mr Pearson you signed the original lease as Head of SMC, a tenant under it as owner of Hull FC but you are now CEO of Hull City?? Oh sod it just sign here please'

No idea what’s gone on at City as from the outside it looked like he really was the owners right hand man and ran the day to day. Whatever the reasoning behind it it’s upheaval for them, it’s always better for us to have stability at City so hope they get something sorted, he seemed a reasonable bloke so hopefully a similar appointment. Pretty sure it won’t be AP though, the rumour mill in this City is something else.

See our owner is making a tit of himself on LinkedIn

Quite surprised someone in his position would swear and rant like that on social media but hardly crime of the century is it? I’m more concerned about how much money he’s lost rather than the comment itself. Rugby league journalist in taking the moral high ground shocker.

Another one for the amateurish rugby league twitter account

What's he done exactly?

A sweary rant on LinkedIn aimed at what i'll assume is an investment he'd made that he's been fudged over on.

Just looks very unprofessional airing your financial misfortunes when were on the eve of been downgraded to Grade B status maily down to his lack of investment.

A lot of chatter already about slipping to gradeB but while it's a slap in the face it doesn't mean a lot to me. SL simply isn't going to replace us with Bradford/Fev/Toulouse/York

London are sadly on the brink, need thousands to even start next season so thats a horse out the race. Also surely Hudds score will be down given performances and crowds are down.

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HDM article on the expected drop to Grade B and why.

The only club that seems to be worried about IMG grading is Cas as they've not really announced many signings, most other clubs have....can't really see where hudds will improve their grading but they've announced Burgess, King, Sutcliffe and Woodford for next season so they likely think they're safe

IMG won’t even be a thing in rugby league in a few years time.
What it does represent though is the confirmation that it’s time for a change.
Hopefully Myler, et al, will drive the changes required.

Wonder if Grix would be tempted with the Bradford job. Looks a tempting job for a young coach, must be one of the favourites to win the division next year

I can't see anything other than swapping Wakefield for London. Other championship options are too risky.

Cas have their limits due to size of the town and the ground still needs major work despite recent tweaks but SL would be saying bye to 7k crowds if they demote them.

It's a BS system anyway when you get penalised for having the best stadium in the league, and zero points are given for youth development.

We’ve hardly been penalised for having the best stadium have we really? The stadium criteria is only worth 3 points in total. 1.5 of that is for the facility itself, so if like you say we have the best stadium we’ll score higher or has high as anyone for that. A massive 0.25% of a single point is awarded for primary of tenancy, that’s the only thing you’d think we can’t score on. Even the utilisation criteria is in our own hands if we got the crowds.

I don’t like the system, but let’s not pretend it’s anyone else’s fault but our own. We are not a grade A simply because we’ve been mismanaged financially and been nothing short of a disgrace on the field. I’d imagine Wigan score similar on the stadium criteria.

You are rewarded for having a big LED screen and a few portacabins and call them corporate facilities but still play in a small s-hole of a stadium where you get p iss wet through when it rains unless you hide under a burger van.

Despite the dross on the field we are still near the top when it comes to support but don't benefit because the stadium is too big.

Having said that although the system is flawed we don't deserve a "A" grade until we improve on the field and get the finances sorted out.

No issues with Rovers been above us on points, but no way should Cas and Wakey score more than us, if they do shows the scoring doesn't work.

For me I don’t see the benefits or what the IMG grading brings to the game when what should have been a fundamental part of any grading system for clubs etc was youth development.

Degsy having a pop again, he really needs to get over himself.

IMG’s remit and incentives are all around increasing revenue. That’s what they’ve been brought on to do and the grading system is part of them trying to do it. Hopefully, they’ve got one or two other arrows in their quiver but I’m starting to become a little dubious.

They’re not there to fix every problem. The RFL still exists and could act to reform/improve youth development. There are a lot of vested interests to overcome, of course. But, whatever, it’s outside IMG’s remit.

There is not one thing IMG have done that has enhanced the game
If increasing revenues is a major part of their remit then they have failed miserably
How does televising all games increase clubs revenues?
How does taking away promotion and relegation increase clubs revenues and end of season play off interest?
The RFL have once again showed their naivety thinking we employ a big name and its gives the game credibility when all it has done is come up with a flawed grading system for circa £500,000.
Just how much more money the RFL are prepared to play?
My guess is when the penny actually drops not much more.
Cant see IMG been around after next season with the RFL having to spend more money paying them off.
Marketing is key to this sport.
Employ a small hungry young marketing company who can think outside the box.
Get rid of quotas,salary cap to increase the amount of super stars in the game and let clubs if they want team up with NRL clubs and RU clubs and allow interchange players
Yes it will be survival of the fittest and money talks but thats how you get money and media interest into the game with a lot more sponsorship from larger companies as TV exposure becomes a lot more interesting for them.
It would take a bit of time but get it right and in time we could then see some teams linking up with leading football clubs

Some wild LinkedIn comments by AP on a failed investment have been shared on Facebook. Some questioning whether it's a fake account but the account is 10 years old and connected with the likes of Tony Sutton. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/A8zeuq6wg7fpWdcs/

Some wild LinkedIn comments by AP on a failed investment have been shared on Facebook. Some questioning whether it's a fake account but the account is 10 years old and connected with the likes of Tony Sutton. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/A8zeuq6wg7fpWdcs/

Quote ="bonaire"There is not one thing IMG have done that has enhanced the game If increasing revenues is a major part of their remit then they have failed miserably How does televising all games increase clubs revenues? How does taking away promotion and relegation increase clubs revenues and end of season play off interest? The RFL have once again showed their naivety thinking we employ a big name and its gives the game credibility when all it has done is come up with a flawed grading system for circa £500,000. Just how much more money the RFL are prepared to play? My guess is when the penny actually drops not much more. Cant see IMG been around after next season with the RFL having to spend more money paying them off. Marketing is key to this sport. Employ a small hungry young marketing company who can think outside the box. Get rid of quotas,salary cap to increase the amount of super stars in the game and let clubs if they want team up with NRL clubs and RU clubs and allow interchange players Yes it will be survival of the fittest and money talks but thats how you get money and media interest into the game with a lot more sponsorship from larger companies as TV exposure becomes a lot more interesting for them. It would take a bit of time but get it right and in time we could then see some teams linking up with leading football clubs'" Some good points there bonaire. Our Degsey would like change too. https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/sky-spor ... nge-98292/

Quote ="bonaire"There is not one thing IMG have done that has enhanced the game If increasing revenues is a major part of their remit then they have failed miserably How does televising all games increase clubs revenues? How does taking away promotion and relegation increase clubs revenues and end of season play off interest? The RFL have once again showed their naivety thinking we employ a big name and its gives the game credibility when all it has done is come up with a flawed grading system for circa £500,000. Just how much more money the RFL are prepared to play? My guess is when the penny actually drops not much more. Cant see IMG been around after next season with the RFL having to spend more money paying them off. Marketing is key to this sport. Employ a small hungry young marketing company who can think outside the box. Get rid of quotas,salary cap to increase the amount of super stars in the game and let clubs if they want team up with NRL clubs and RU clubs and allow interchange players Yes it will be survival of the fittest and money talks but thats how you get money and media interest into the game with a lot more sponsorship from larger companies as TV exposure becomes a lot more interesting for them. It would take a bit of time but get it right and in time we could then see some teams linking up with leading football clubs'" Some good points there bonaire. Our Degsey would like change too. https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/sky-spor ... nge-98292/