I dont think Kath n Rule are to bothered about silverware.
They know that enough fans are coming through the gates to fund their cushy jobs whilst reducing the debt

That may have something to do with he has won fook all in rugby league just a thought ...and thats before we go onto everything else like bench rotation etc

Like everyone else I'm stunned & depressed by the news. Saw the rumour on the forum last night and assumed it was a joke. Turns out its true, god help us.

Like many on here, I can't see what he has done to warrant the extension, particularly at this stage of the season. If it all goes badly wrong in the next 4 games we've backed ourselves into a very tight corner.

Just for the record, I would like to repeat what I've been saying repeatedly in the past. Richard Agar is not & will not ever be a grade A coach and for as long as he is in charge we will continue to languish in mid table mediocrity, underachieving and watching the rest go by. We may well finish 6th this year and have a decent cup run, but Richard Agar is not the man to take us up to the next level no matter how many years he has in charge.

If I'm proven wrong then feel free to ram these comments back down my throat, but I will be amazed if that situation comes to pass. I will continue to support the team I have followed for well over 30 years (starting at the den of the enemy tomorrow) but it is support with a heavy cloud hanging over it.

We have just commited ourselves to a further 2 years of going round in circles and if Richard Agar somehow manages to see out his contract we will be no further on in our development than where we are now. To the folk out there who say he should be given time to prove himself, fine lets do that and I'll bet you any money we will still be having this argument once more in 2012 as the club ponders whether to grant him yet another 2 year contract after those tremendous seasons where we climbed to the dizzy heights of 7th and that never to be forgotten Challenge Cup run all the way to the quarter finals.

Like I said, I'm prepared to nail my colours to the mast right now and say Richard Agar will not & cannot ever lead us to the promised land. And I didn't need another 2 frustrating years of watching opportunities slip by to tell me that.

I have been of that opinion for a while now. In the short to medium term there is almost no chance that we would lose our franchise as there are too many factors in our favour for that to happen. So relegation is a non starter and the income coming into the club is a nice steady little earner. Like you I don't think the board are all that bothered whether any silverware turns up or not, it just simply isn't on their agenda, hence the retention of our cheap grade B coach.

WTF? Do you have money issues or something? You would be awesome with a good coach!

I echo every word of that

Our attack is the 4th best at the moment - we average around 25 points a game despite having pathetically failed to use the Salford/Crusaders games to bump that up. We are not great and there is room for much improvement, but not as bad as you make out as the facts themselves show.

Nope....made a profit for 5th yr....record pass sales,merchandise a million a year and a board that cant see the fact our coach is a totally out of his depth....welcome to HULL FC...NO FOOKING AMBITION.

I wonder if anyone will get "in Jim Lads Face" on Monday?

I'd say your board has lots of ambition to make lots of money, something thev've been very successful at despite poor seasons on the pitch in the last couple of years. whilst your gates increase every year and the money keeps rolling in they look at it as doing a very good job, and to be honest as long as the crowds do keep increasing why would they do anything different?

What makes you think James Rule made the decision to extend his contract?

I've no idea if it was James, Kath or whoever, it's done, it will cost some sponsors, we may get some new ones, who knows.

Interested to know who the assistant will be beyond 2010, but I guess that will come in time as well.

Interested to know who the club retain, who they bring in, and if they will make the hard decision if the season, or next, is an abject failiure.

One thing is for certain, the club will outlast the next fifty coaches, chief execs, we'll all be in our box before FC ceases to exist.

we offered him £25000 more than Wigan