Maybe it was his aggressive running and line breaking ability that we were lacking ?? or possibly his outstanding leadership ???

Anyway is there any truth in the rumour that he may be leaving at the end of the season ???

If he needs any help with his bags, he won't be short of volunteers !!

nail on head, a better coach would be getting just an extra % out of every player and scraping us some wins until we can get some better players in

It's not going to happen though !! I think we all again can write-off this season as we did last season at a similar stage. We clearly have a bottom 6 squad. Next season will probably be similar because the squad might not be that different apart from a couple of new faces due to the contracts that tie up a lot of our very average players.

So do we settle for two more seasons of mid-table mediocrity and keep faith with our coaches with a view to re-building the squad for 2011 ???

Lots of fans are rapidly losing faith, infact some are ready to throw in the towel altogether.

It is quite unbelievable how quickly a squad can becoming less than average due to a few poor decisions with regard to recruitment/retention.

ohh yea cause boycotting will make it better

I didnt go but TBF we played well first 50 minutes but then seemed to run out of steam certainly wasnt our worst performance of the season

But why didnt you make this thread last week? Oh thats right we won

you sure

i think what were lacking is brains,
every team runs onto the ball apart from us

Look, there is no relegation so why don't we do a West Brom and play attractive entertaining football. We can stay at the bottom of the league and build a reputation for entertainment!

I understand City are after signing Whiting and Calders as their right wing pairing!

Each to their own.

I am already doing a boycott one forced on me I might add.

The club is now in decline and has been for several years we have accepted mediocrity for so long now. The old excuses will be trotted out, injuries, Crocker being banned, bad decisions, unfit players etc etc. Sure we have seen worse squads then this lot, this difference now is that there is no excuse for buying cheap. There is no reason why Hull FC have not got a better squad then we have, we have no money problems, the gates, clothing sales, corporate and other cash flows have been either constant or rising in the last nine years. The club have mananged to distance themsleves from the fans in many ways, the players are so distant they may as well be be hired in from Australia every year. I see players on the pitch going through the motions, they are not motivated and as for 5 drives and a bad kick................ sick of it. The squad of 99 where bad , but they tried and through there efforts helped the long term future of the club, I could not fault there efforts. Mystery injuries and talk of splits are coming out, true or not there is clearly something wrong with them.

The chickens are coming home to roost, the club faces a major challenge in attracting pass holders to re-new for next season. For the first time they are not going to get away with the token "BIG NAME SIGNING", this time they can fool no one but the really stupid. Following a sports team is big business and like all business they have to look after there core, FC have been IMHO abusing our blind faith for years. They face the prospect of losing maybe 50% of the pass sales next season due to the recession and poor form ( entertainment value =0 ).

The club has slipped in player capabilty since Kear was sacked. He was sacked not for performances on the pitch, but for behind the scenes bust ups and the fact he was not paid thye going rate for the job he took on. He was replaced in haste with Peter Sharp, a second best choice and he too was sacrificed to placate the fans and corporates.

Agar has been on borrowed time since Jon Sharp arrived and he will go at some point, its not if but when. I doubt this move will halt the slide the club is in unless some one acts swiftly it will be many years before we can climb back up. I am not calling for the board to go, boycotts or anything else that would damage the club, but I believe that present regime will cut and run if they think that the cash is about to dry up. They know they can get some decent cash for the club and if they delay for long the price will start dropping.

The next few months could be vital for the long term future of Hull FC and I still think we need to get an organised pressure group in place as a matter of urgency.

Very good post Ian.