When you think back to when Gentle was over here it seems unlikely there were other "real" candidates. Not like the job was advertised as such and it seems as though Bomber thought Gentle was the man for the job.

Welcome Mr. Gentle! Exciting times ahead!

Welcome Mr Gentle. With all this good news and sunday rugby i think its time i bought my first season pass!!!

Very pleased. Great up and coming coach. Must be very highly thought of to have been Australian number 2. Good things ahead. I tip PG for great things

On another note, I seriously hope he has a son, and he meets Danny Tickle's daughter, because the family name "Gentle-Tickle" should happen!

Welcome and good luck you have every chance of becoming one of the all time great coaches of this great club.

I know its the start of a new era and one we are all looking forward too, I will be back there Sundays win or lose.

Brilliant news, just hope all this is not a (communal) dream and I wake up with Agar & Hetherington still in charge!!!

Welcome Peter. Now its time for the rest of the staff to be looked at.New conditioner needs to be the next major appointment and needs to be top of the trade.Its all Happy days at the moment.

Welcome to the FC Peter Gentle.

welcome to hull fc mr gentle, great news and shows serious intent from mr pearson, for the first time in a long time i feel like i am actually looking forward to a season

Apart from his coaching ability, it seems he will be very well connected with current top NRL players, through being assistant coach to Australia, which can't harm our recruitment chances at all !

Indeed , If one of the three overseas players is now getting cold feet , Then a replacement shouldn't be a problem with his and Bombers contacts.

Welcome Peter to the one and only mighty Hull FC.

Here's hoping that he can have the same impact that Brian Smith had in 1988 (but taking us a one step further to the very top of the game).

I know we've had false dawns before (too many for some of us) but I'm with everyone else on here, this really does have the feel of potentially something special about to happen. There is still a great deal of hard work to be done. The first team squad needs some major surgery if we are to truly compete for silverware (as evidenced last Friday night) but for the first time in a number of years the important positions at the club are being held by people with a drive,vision and ambition to succeed at the highest level

The Pearson/McRae/Gentle era begins today, let's hope it is the first steps on the road which leads to our ultimate dream of FC as the number one side in British RL. Come on the mighty Black & Whites (today, tomorrow and forever).

I wonder how long McRae has been on board really . Maybe looking into it to far but gentle was linked with Salford a while ago , wonder if bomber had a quiet word with him then to knock back Salford and wait for hull !

from what I gather a lot of this was agreed a wee while ago !!!

I was talking about that with someone at work this morning. I get the feeling that McRae has been working for the club, unofficially, for a number of weeks now, possibly since just after Pearson took over. Certain events seemed to have happened just a little too quickly this last week without there being some kind of input from Shaun.

I doubt anyone on here believes the Agar to Wakefield/Gentle to FC deals have just convienently fallen into place in the few days which have passed since the announcement of McRae's return to FC. Pearson was unlikely to make any major rugby based decisions on his own before he appointed his DOR. So, to my eyes, it would seem that Shaun probably started his new role a while back, at least in terms of policy decisions.