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I reckon knockersbump has had more than a simple bump to the head, if he thinks Pearson will be taking his money back out in a couple of years. How will he manage that?

I can't imagine HMRC giving him a refund and I dread to think what value would be placed on 3+ years old gym equipment etc.

AP would be lucky to even start seeing a return on his investment in five years time

3 or 4 years ago Bradford fans were thinking things couldn't get any worse, so no the improvement is not a gimme.

And if AP is a total mercenary going to take all his money back then the only way he can do that is to find a buyer convinced that they are getting something of value, ie a strong, winning, sustainable club. Building up to that scenario would suit me and I suspect most fans.

I agree with Knockersbump. Bring back Kath...

His mistake was hiring McRae and Gentle, in Pearson's eyes he was hiring a vastly experienced head coach who had worked at HullFC for years as Director Of Rugby, and an Aussie National side Assistant Coach with a great reputation. Obviously that didn't work out.

he has spent big on players, but we simply got it wrong. We got Ellis who got injured in round 1 and looks knackered after his NRL stint, and we got Holdsworth who could play a good game every now and again, but nowhere near consistently enough. Throw in to the mix that we had to clear out players signed by the old regime who weren't good enough or had off-field issues such as Seymour, Jamie Ellis, O'Carroll etc and its been an expensive time on the playing front.

Unfortunately for Pearson his takeover at the club co-coincided with a reduction in overseas players coming to SL due to the higher salary cap in the NRL and weak exchange rate. There hasn't been as many players on the market as in the past.

For those reasons I can see why Pearson's decided that youth is the future, but this will take time and the big question is whether Pearson and the fans are willing to wait. Pass sales are down, and the challenge is to keep the fans interested and the money coming in while the young players get up to speed.

I may be misunderstanding you, so forgive me if I am, but...

His first love maybe football, but the returns are a lot less likely there. To get LUFC back to the promised land (if hes looking to go back) will cost hundreds of millions. Look at City's losses since the good Dr took over. Once there you have to spend more millions with absolutely no guarantee of any success. Look at QPR last year. Incredible outlay for failure. Ok there might have been big mistakes there, but I think the principles are the same. A 500K loss here and there in RL is small change compaired with the mega losses with no return in football. Once the structures are in place at HFC you will start to see a return as the outlay will be considerably less. Even if we go into a transfer market. As opposed to football were you billy basic Mr avaerage can cost £10m.

The rewards for success and price of failure are huge multiples of those in RL, but the underlying business problem is the samealways[/i the rigour 3.544921875:5