Tin hats at the ready mr mannering

m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34344244 Just been reading this and it got me thinking. I wonder where we'll be in 16 years time. I'll be 40 and (hopefully) still going. I honestly think people need to act now to keep us heading in the right direction. I really hope that things work out for Radders and Pearson this year, otherwise I think we could be in real trouble.

m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34344244 Just been reading this and it got me thinking. I wonder where we'll be in 16 years time. I'll be 40 and (hopefully) still going. I honestly think people need to act now to keep us heading in the right direction. I really hope that things work out for Radders and Pearson this year, otherwise I think we could be in real trouble.

Stockport's Edgeley Park ground was originally a rugby league ground built specifically for Stockport RFC, they being one of the original clubs in the great divide.

I didn't realise that. I really need to read up on the history of rugby league and where it came from. Know very little about it other than some basics!

Interesting to note that in a couple of interviews away from local based journalists Adam Pearson has stated, " We have made personal approaches to people in Hull to join the board and we need to find other individuals that are willing to invest in the squad" Before anyone says that'll be Mally Walker I don't think it will be because every time anyone askes Adam about him he says "I have approached him twice and he's just not interested" Adam always seemed to revel in the one man band approach but now it appears he is in need of some help!!

Mally Walker told him no

Pearson just interviewed on RH very downbeat.

Main points:

Bad financial situation.

Supporters who do not renew passes are killing the club. (Exact words)

Losing sponsors.

Staff being made redundant this week.

He's had to invest more money.

Gates lower than Rovers. 6,400 against Huddersfield. Free tickets given away against Catalans.

Radford works incredibly hard and is a great technical coach.

Still committed and excited about new signings, especially Pritchard.

Merging the academy with Rovers and continuing to employ Radford is royaly fooking this club over! Add in clubs poor commercial department, joke board, shocking coaching team and its no surprise its in a mess - a much bigger mess than when Kath and co was here imo. But Pearsons too pig headed to do anything about it and that will be the clubs downfall as far too many fans see through all the crap he peddles.

Pearson is destroying Hull FC, not the fans

Well Seb my Mum used to tell me a story about 'The boy who cried wold too often' and this is a classic case of that, because no one believed him when there really was a Wolf until it ate them all!

I think a lot of the fans think its all crap, as it has been in the past and now can't see when it isn't. Why should they anyway?

I agree that he has brought some of this on himself in many ways but more through naivety than intent. The merger is a classic example instead of saying it was a move to save cash we got all that rubbish about how there was no talent about! Hudgell continued yesterday to say it wasn't about saving money, while Adam told a few last weekend that it was.

It seems that asking for voluntary redundancies must have fallen on deaf ears then, so now the next bit unfolds. I don't know what else the bloke can say to convince people, if they want to be convinced at all.

Perhaps those who still don't believe what's happening should talk to a few of the staff instead. Getting worse by the day it appears but some won't accept it, some never will, personally I find it very worrying its going to be a long winter, with this and the continued pressure from 'The home of the Tigers' making it more and more difficult to make money. latest 'rumour' is strictly tickets only available in advance and none available on the day next year. So I'm a bit worried but as I say that's just my personal view!

Indeed. If we go tits up we can't say we weren't warned and didn't have the opportunity to help.

Fans who don't renew killing the club? Is he for real. Always backed pearson but the guy is losing the plot and will be losing more fans with idiotic statements like that.The fans have stuck with his next season will be the season bull for how long.After the leeds play off we all loved the "never again will this club come to leeds and be embarrassed,and scraping into the play offs will not be excepted "speech ( unless its 2015 and thats our main aim ). We've had the building a british based side with future internationals speech ( which means overpaying unproven players on long contracts then having to pay them off,or its 2016 and we need to look to the nrl for our recruitment).Then we got the home grown wigan approach with the club hull speech ( until we decide to merg our academy with our biggest rivals despite more lads stepping up to first grade than ever) . Throughout all these false dawns and grand statements we've turned up more times than the team. Now he pulls out his ace card "the fans who don't renew their passes are killing this club". I'm not disputing it won't have a drastic effect on the club but to lay it at the fans feet is a joke..I'd ask the question if he's been watching the same team as me. If he has it can't be to hard to see why people aren't renewing anymore. Sorry adam but this situation is down to you more than us. Best intentions? Yes. Terrible decisions? Yes Trouble ahead? Most definitely

So, despite his best intentions, you come up with a post like this?

Not knocking his comitment but its not the fans that have put us in this situation. Its largly down to the decisions he has made. Yes he put his trust is some people who never repaid that trust but those were still his decisions,not the fans. I hope and prey it all finally comes good for him but he's the man who appoints the guy in charge of recruitment and the head coach. Don't expect everyone to agree but i know i won't be the only fan upset at that comment.

Its not the fans who got the club into this mess but it seems only the fans can get it out of it.

Time to stand up and be counted. I'm in.

A bit of gratitude and possibly some humble pie on the part of the owner would be nice though.