Some interesting points. However, I think to date NH has done a spectacularly successful job of running the club - as a club, if not a business. Would we rather be breaking even each year in the Championship, with no prospect of ever getting a SL licence or be where Rovers are today, warts and all? I believe the B&W assessments of NH are made because they are fans and it gets personal - who knows?
If it had been treated as a purely business venture, Rovers would never have got a SL license. Also moving forward, would it not appear more incongruous for a profitable business venture to be receiving public money in such straitened times, rather than supporting an important community asset?
Tbh, I don't think sports clubs should benefit from public support. But they do and I don't see why Hull KR shouldn't ask for a slice of the pie. Though it might appear to be petty rivalry, reminding people of the support Hull FC have received is a useful political tool. Just speculating, but the £300k that was secured from the for the east stand extension may not have been won by somebody uninterested in the doings of Hull FC - there is certainly a competition for resources. It is both useful and, sadly, easy for NH to present Rovers (and by implication therefore, East Hull) as having had the rough end of things in recent years.

However, I think to date NH has done a spectacularly successful job of running the club - as a club, if not a business.

I could have done that as well by going £450,000 over budget for 3 years with no real assets to secure the debt against. How can you say he has done a good job ????? Team has done well but what has that got to do with a loss of £450,000 each year. Look at Widnes

I think part of the problem is that there is not enough local commercial money in the city for three top flight professional clubs.

Who told you that? Was it the word famous "Wilf rent-free Rosenburg" by any chance?

I meant to say "world famous" but it works just as well don'tyou think?

You're assuming an investment budget of £0. And unless you are wealthy (ie would be willing and able to spend £1.35 million over 3 years), no you couldn't. On the other hand, I'm pretty confident that given a council-built state of the art stadium and a team that had just been to Old Trafford, that I could have matched the performance of Hull board over the same 3 year period.

I do look at Widnes - they are a very good comparator. They were rescued from administration by a wealthy benefactor in 2007. They have have a lovely, but rarely very full, stadium that was built in partnership with Halton Borough Council, where they host their Championship and NRC fixtures. All of which reflects rather well on the Stewardship of NH, IMO.

The team has done well and that has been crucial making the club more than mere SL makeweights. In fact many clubs use the performance of their team as an important metric of success.

You ask how I can say he has done a good job. Well look at where the club were when he started and look where they are now. I'm hardly a lone voice in the wilderness on this

It's a matter of public record.

That may be true for Rovers, [igoing forward[/i, but the fact 11 teams (I'll discount Bradford's very small loss this year) are losing money, shows that clubs are often not viewed as a business, were profitability is paramount. They have often been and will likely continue to be a way for wealthy men to get their kicks, [iin many cases[/i.
The link you seem to be making between the losses and NH's keeness to get one over on Hull, is a false one. They are not linked. Signing Cooke added quality to a squad struggling against relegation and Dobson was hardly a luxury signing - we need a SH and he has turned out to be a good 'un. If it hadn't been them, it would have been somebody else on a similar wage.
As for the businessman/fan approach - whichever works at the time. If the club needs to tighten its belt in coming seasons, so be it. A period of consolidation after one of rapid growth would not be the greatest hardship.

How many sporting clubs break even? Most of the premiership football teams don't. Any one putting money into a team will not expect to get it back; If you can find someone else to share the expenditure the that's what you'll try and do.

really..not sure that is the view by your board..Celtic not happening though he turned it down