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| A huge thanks to AP for leading the club to our Wembley wins and for guiding the club through covid, it was definitely time for a change and an injection of cash that will hopefully have us back in the mix for trophies.
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| Surprised to see Adam's stepping away completely (going off the tone of his statement) when it was said previously he will stay in a consultancy role. A new CEO been identified already perhaps?
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| Great news. Mr Adam Pearson thank you for your services to FC. Also for giving me the greatest sporting day of my life. Good luck in what ever you do
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| Great news!
Thank you Adam for everything you have done for the club, especially our two Wembley wins!
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| Happy Christmas everyone!!!!
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| great news, we have 3 years to turn the club around, by the end of that period we have to be challenging again.
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| Great news indeed to have it finally confirmed and made official.
I know some maybe won't agree but I do think Adam deserves an huge amount of thanks for taking on ownership of the club and delivering 2 of the best days in the clubs history and the owner who finally got rid of the Wembley monkey. Yes he made some mistakes and no doubt will be the first to admit it. That said he has steered the club single handedly through some very difficult times following an unprecedented pandemic and global lockdown and at least keep the club alive. He has also ensured he has handed the club over to very respectable and genuine people with financial clout behind them.
On to the future I believe that AT & DH will take this club and an upward trajectory and have it back challenging at the top of the game before too long.
So thanks Adam for everything and welcome aboard Andrew & David (OBE)
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| Quote: "Great news indeed to have it finally confirmed and made official.
I know some maybe won't agree but I do think Adam deserves an huge amount of thanks for taking on ownership of the club and delivering 2 of the best days in the clubs history and the owner who finally got rid of the Wembley monkey. Yes he made some mistakes and no doubt will be the first to admit it. That said he has steered the club single handedly through some very difficult times following an unprecedented pandemic and global lockdown and at least keep the club alive. He has also ensured he has handed the club over to very respectable and genuine people with financial clout behind them.
On to the future I believe that AT & DH will take this club and an upward trajectory and have it back challenging at the top of the game before too long.
So thanks Adam for everything and welcome aboard Andrew & David (OBE)
Hindsight is a wonderful thing but if he had his time again I reckon he'd do the below differently
Not put faith in McRae (seemed sensible at the time given his experience in the game and at the club but 10 internationals signing was a breach of the trade descriptions act)
Not sack Gentle (6th place and a cup final wasn't bad going given a weak squad)
Improve the squad for 2018 (some of the cup winners had a year or 2 much milage on the clock by that point)
Sack Radford earlier (tough for any coach to come back from that many defeats)
Not keep hiring assistants (job too big to have on the job training) and replaced Motu with another DOR with RL experience
But it's very hard to say what if, in alternative timelines we could have been coached by Watson, Lam, kept Last... and who knows what would have happened next. Even if lockdown had hit a week or two earlier Radders may have remained into 2021.
But yeh 2 cup wins ultimately outweigh a lot of the doom
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| Best outcome we could possibly have imagined, given the state of the game and the economy.
Hopefully the regime can unlock the potential of the club finally.
Probably announce the new middle soon!
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| Great to have this sorted after what's been a lengthy process. Lets hope that this is the start of a successful time for the club, although I feel patience is required.
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| Obviously we've all known this was coming for a few weeks now, but to have it officially confirmed today is very gladdening news for all.
There is clearly a lot of hard work still to be done before we are back challenging at the top once more, but at least we now have the tools (and hopefully the right personnel) to begin tackling the job in hand.
One thing's for sure, we're all way more optimistic about the future than we were as last season dribbled to its depressing end, rescued from almost the very brink of oblivion in my view.
Fingers crossed, let's hope we look back on today as the moment a great period commenced for our great club. Keep the faith everyone, good times may be here again soon.
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| Excellent news. Thanks to AP who put too much faith in the wrong people but who, i felt, always had the best interests of the club at heart.
Welcome aboard the 2 new owners - at a combined wealth of £1/2bn must be one of the wealthiest ownership groups in SL, possibly 2nd only to the guy at wigan
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| Quote: "Great to have this sorted after what's been a lengthy process. Lets hope that this is the start of a successful time for the club, although I feel patience is required.'"
Some patience needed yes as the squad does have some weaknesses, however my view is the standard in SL has dropped and outside of the top 3 or 4 decent teams it's a lottery of who's squad has stayed fit, what iffy ref calls they have had etc so I don't feel it's a massive mountain to climb over the next few years.
We just need a bit of a spark, even 2 home wins in a row would feel like a miracle after what we have seen.
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| Today is without doubt a big relief for many of us particularly us season ticket holders of over 60 years who have wintered and summers so many ownership changes ups and downs near catastrophes and periods of uncertainty surrounding the ownership of the club we love. Some of us old timers now probably feel that at least we will have a club to support day in day out for the rest of our days.
I say that with some certainty because although I have only spoken to Adam a few times in the last couple of years he has always emphasised one thing: that he had to ensure that Hull FC continues in perpetuity long after he is gone and that he was only seeking potential owners who could guarantee that. But that is the mark of the man for not only did he bring some of us the best moment of our lives but he has been a pretty good guardian of our heritage particularly for someone who is not a mega millionaire or a rugby man by his previous life.
We tend to say oh well we move on and dream of big transfer fees being paid and days of milk and honey returning . But this is a very very big milestone in our history just as was Adam rescuing us from the Hetherington dynasty and indeed them saving our bacon after the Lloyd years. Not only that but after several awful years for the fans of the club Adam has still overseen and nurtured a fanbase that has stayed loyal through the toughest of times and that still numbers more than many clubs can dream of. We grumbled about what he did at times but when the full financial story of the last few years comes out and it is balanced with his wealth (against potentially the half a billion coming in) folks will realise just how difficult it has been for our now past owner both financially and health wise. It’s not for me to go into details but sufficient to say things were close to being a lot worse.
The Numpties from across the river brag about their fan base but when they do I suggest you reply as I do with the simple phrase “and how many season tickets do you think we would have sold after a season as good as yours was” .
The new owners have been courted and then heavily vetted by Adam and must realise not only do they inherit the most revered strip and the most famous anthem in the game and indeed one of the most acclaimed clubs in the sport (who incidentally play in the best stadium in the British game) but also the most loyal and potentially biggest fanbase and RL community in the British game. This is an historic moment which should weigh heavily on the shoulders of our two new owners. But I’m heartened by their financial backing, their business pedigree and as far as our new chairman’s tenure in the game is concerned his love of the sport. Adam assures us all they have behaved impeccably throughout the negotiations and they are the men for the club.
So good luck Adam thanks for everything and for looking after my club and welcome to our new owners we’re all 100 percent behind you.
I will await with great interest their first statement on taking over but as Indiana jones once said for all of us black and whites now …….the adventure continues….. but for me and many other old timers it’s a big day indeed.
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| I'm not just saying this cos we now have wealthy backers but with kr seemingly having money and being well run, Leeds and Warrington always being able to spend, Wigan of course being well just Wigan, is it time to raise the salary cap and start bringing quality nrl players here again? Get some stars here, put some bums on seats and try to grow the game by improving tye quality of the product cos what's currently happening isn't working
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