Looks like we were in for Zak 5 years ago before Leeds put their hats in the ring.

Wonder if they found out what Hull were offering or if Hull had to pull out?

Pearson has made some mistakes but at least we should have seen the end of the disgraceful behavior from Uncle Kath

Zak was the best prospect this side of the Pennines when he was at Fev. It wasn't exactly a secret. Every club in the league would have been interested in him, and wouldn't have needed Kath H to rip them off. Leeds paid a big transfer fee to get him, and presumably offered him the best chance for development too. Looks like he made a good choice.

*tip them off, not rip them off...

Perhaps your right,

As well as saying that Leeds were one of the last clubs to come in, the article also says that the Fev Chairman and Gary had a special relationship.

I don't see what the disgraceful behavior is here?

As young L. Bristoe definitely insider trading and pawn to get Tom .

Agar wanted him, Kath said no. He only wanted £30,000 a year at that time too.

Could have been worse, Justin Morgan turned his nose up on the grounds he was 'too skinny'

Amazing that 5 years down the line, you choose to let out this little gem.

Personally, I reckon you have simply made that up.

This forums Jimmy Milner was the Fev reserves coach at the time that Hardaker arrived there. He was 16 at the time i think. Before he turned pro, Jimmy alerted Rovers (and i think Hull) to his talent and availability. They did nothing....
Plenty of examples of these mistskes over the decades. I remember Darrell Powell trialing for Rovers A in the 80s. If we had signed him then we could have had an international class back and during the 80 and 90s and the best coach in the league now!

Is this thread for real????
I can't believe the level of conspiracy theory on here, it's quite frankly embarrassing.
Zak chose Leeds over us, big deal it happened.
I think most talented youngsters would choose a larger more successful club over us.
This anti Hull agenda some make up is a joke.

To be fair it's only really one fan with this conspiracy.

One thing is we must keep an eye on talent in the championship, two of the MOS contenders (And Chris Hill must have been up there) came from the championship.

Oh don't be such a bloody drama queen.

Hardaker said “Leeds were one of the last clubs to come in but once I heard they wanted to sign me I jumped at the chance. Fev played a massive part. The relationship between their chairman Mark Campbell and Gary Hetherington was special - they wanted my career to kick on and not for me to disappear".

Too many students in Hull, and Fuel wouldnt want the bother

Hull did put in a serious bid for Zak and were in the driving seat to sign him but his agent told him to not sign anything until after Fev played in the championship GF he had a blinder and the rest is history.

so, a player decides not to sign for Hull, 5 years ago, and that is somehow Hull's fault????