On the pitch I haven't seen any improvements in the way we play.

Saying that it took Radford two seasons to turn us around, I'm sure 2014 and 15, we were pretty poor.

Great piece by Tomlinson in the HDM. Like I thought Rightly or wrongly Hodgson going nowhere.

Yeah i'm glad its not, just sounds like a mate of his having a joke. Fair play to him for clearing it up when he could've said nothing

14 we finished bottom 3? 15 we just snook into the top 8

Yes nearly right, 2014 finished 11 (out of 14), league reduced to 12 in 2015 finished 8th, probably similar to how we will do in the first two years under Hodgson.

Its an interesting piece but the concern and worry is the length of time for this plan to work with no real guarantee it will pay.

Patience with many fans I have spoken with is now at an all time low and many like me who are just losing heart in not just the club but the game in general. Whilst building the foundations for youth to come through is admirable it sadly will not keep the revenue stream coming in to the club. Based on the false promises, jam tomorrow rhetoric we have been given for years now and seeing the same failings season after season following Agar, Gentle, Radford and now Hodgson the future looks bleak for the club. the continuation of playing Houghton for 80 mins and Johnstone etc yet leaving players such as Hookem, Balmforth out the 17 regularly for me doesn't fit the long game philosophy/narrative.

Bonaire may not be universally liked on here but his post a little earlier in this thread raises very valid points, a large number of fans like myself, even Wilf for example (who I would say based on years of reading the diary and his post in here was one of the more optimistic and supportive fans) are now seemingly or becoming very disillusioned in not just the club but the game itself.

If results and particularly performances do not improves between now and the season end then I really do not see the clubs pass holder/members being anymore than 3 or 4K next season and that's being generous.

Issue I have is for all this talk of long game, we persistent on playing the likes of Johnstone, who has been really poor this season and won't be here next year.

Some creativity needed for passes next year. My business partner has just given his 2 months notice, many I know doing the same.

I've read many comments on social media and the HDM this morning relating to the article, the majority of supporters aren't buying into this I'm afraid. If Pearson and Clark thing using Dan as an extension of the club PR dept. then they've misjudged the mood of the fans.

My perspective on this has never really altered from watching Hull v Huyton in our lowest ever home gate at the Boulevard, to the awful Shark period and near bankruptcy. Yes we are in a rubbish first team situation at present, and I’m the first to openly criticise our present coach’s struggle.

But considering not having a black & white team to support, and contributing to this outcome will never be in my DNA, it’s always been a rollercoaster ride supporting Hull, the same with many other clubs I presume.

Hell this season I’ve hardly been, but I’ve invested in my club, and will continue to do so, because imagining our town without a Hullrlfc is not worth contemplating. God what would we all do with ourselves, the games in our blood isn’t it, passed down from fathers to sons, it’s crap at the moment, it’s been crap before.


Bonaire will never buy a pass, and Wilf always will, you can complain about methods, success and mediocrity, but intrinsically no matter how poor we are, our support has always and always will be one of the very best. I don’t think Hodgey made a very good fist of the job up to now. Would I like Wane or someone of that ilk probably, will I support our coach who is struggling damned right I will, any kind of weather.

Funny when he first started reporting in the HDM everyone said what a breath of fresh air. Told it like it was. Now he's Pearson's puppet. You can't win. The bloke in my opinion has been honest and truthful. We may not like it but it's more or less nail on the head.

Everything he says is true, the unfortunate thing is the fans are fatigued by the last few years.

I believe Pearson will hold his nerve and back Hodgson. Looks like he believes the problem is the players, not the coach.

I agree on your point that it would seem a lot of supporters aren't buying in to the plan that Dan alluded to in his article as for me it all just seems a convenient excuse and method to ask for more time yet again if I'm being honest. The fact the club in terms or Pearson and Clark are remaining silent on the recent shambolic performances and season as a whole so far speaks volumes for me.
Not sure the club are using Dan and an extension of the club PR dept as I think its Dans own assessment unless he has been given info from the club in regards to a plan (if it exists).

I’m giving Hodgson the time to get rid of the ones who haven’t been value for what they have been paid over the last 4 years Some will only be happy with extensions for the “lads” without asking themselves,are they and have they been the problem these past few years?

I'm of a similar opinion. The same players around when Radford was sacked, are now underperforming for Hodgson. It may not be something that is on the pitch, it could be at training, in rehab, on the WhatsApp group for the players - 'leaders' like Tag, Griffin etc. Someone has come out saying Taylor was open with everyone at Beverley RL that he hated Hodgson - if that comes out amongst the group, then it can affect everything