As the leader of the club, Hudge has had to deal with some incredibly difficult times of the last couple of years and now with the added investment and new board members, he's maybe thought it's time to stop being conservative with his pre-season hopes.

First things first, despite Pearson's promises over the last couple of years such as signing 2 of SL's top-four half-backs, 6 internationals, finishing top-four, the 2011 play-off defeat will never happen again blah blah, all of these promises have not been met yet apart from some ridicule, those false promises have enabled the mugs to part with their cash for his benefit.

I think this statement of hoping we finish 5th or 6th is strategic for a few reasons:-

1) It shows he expects to improve on last season so we are moving forward as a club again.

2) The timing is perhaps targeted at those still undecided as today's price freeze deadline has been approaching.

3) The statement sends out a message to the local media that their attention should be perhaps focused the other side of the river.

4) The fact he's even dared to mention we could finish 5th is a small but subtle indication that he feels the squad is capable of breaking into that perceived impenetrable group.

Of the clubs fighting for the bottom play-off places, something has to give because one of Salford, Rovers, FC and Catalan will not make the eight.

I personally think that Salford will miss out simply because they don't have a lot of depth but it could easily be FC with their dodgy recruitment policy and poor salary cap management.

Happy days!!!

Go post it on the Hull board. Oh, hang on a minute..........

They are a sensitive bunch on the Hull board.

Or proving how easily people will bite at his posts perhaps.

Gavin your back, here to stay?

Does my post sound like a bite, I like DD, he is easy to make fun of.

Merry Christmas Rovers people.

I doubt DD is doing no more then a whole lot of you lot did when Morgan was asked what his 'aims' were one season and he said 'win every game', which was then taken as 'Morgan say's Hull KR will go unbeaten'.

I would guess that every coach has an aim to win every game and every competition, probably without having a point scored against them.

We should be thankful we don't have to endure him anymore on our forum then.

Really?

I wish the Hull moderators would stop banning these dolts, they never post on here until they get banned over at your end of the street.

It's probably an "old" poster, what can be more embarrassing than been banned from an internet forum for acting like a knob?

Been banned more than once.

I would imagine there are countless things more embarrassing than being banned from something where no one knows who you are.

Depends who you live your life I suppose.

I also presumed a lot of you knew each other from the other forum.

I don't, I managed to get banned from there without ever posting.

I presume it was for acting a knob on here.

Could you think of anything more embarrassing?

It's only because I'm mentally deranged that I dare show my bill.

Probably.