I was on holiday for the home game in 2011, at least I know I am not going mad..............YET!

Not enough. That is why we are in the position we are in.

Hull FC could be in a similar position if the 14,500 don't turn up.
You would need a fan base of around 13,600 and a derby gate of 19,000.
A tough ask in the current climate.

It is certainly a tough ask. Not impossible though.

We need some good cup runs too over the next few years. Our record since 2008 is terrible. If we reached the Cup final it would be worth something like £250k which would be very handy.

Fair point.

I was surprised when the figure of 14,500 was first announced.
I thought that put Hull in the same situation as Rovers.
Pearson looks like he has the money and enthusiasm to give it a go.
At least for a few seasons anyway.

Back to the OP. I'd like to know if anyone else thinks Hudgell is a "legend" and why.

His talk about not being in SL next season is suicide in my opinion, you haven't put season passes out there yet and his master stroke is to more or less say, "Don't buy, FFS! We might be lining up against Fev and Halifax next year"

Hudgell has proved to be out of his depth when dealing with players and agents and is alienating them too. Fans of clubs never make good owners. They think they know it all because they watched from a terrace.

Of course we're going to be in SL next year. The club is just taking stock and realigning itself - most likely by trimming the wage bill.

Hudgell took over a moribund NL team, that under his stewardship got into SL, avoided relegation, put together our best team in about 20 years, and got into the play-offs 3 years in a row. A 'passionate Rovers fan' who 'started with ambition and vision, and had the drive and intelligence to turn unlikely dreams into reality.' as Andy Wilson said during our run to 4th in the table in 2009. He's stuck in a fair chunk of his own money with no prospect of a return.

The last couple of years haven't quite hit those heights, but that these are now the bad times shows how far the club has come since he took over. When I started taking a serious interest again in 2006 this was what I hoped for - small club mentality perhaps, but we were a small club. That I'm a tad disappointed with 2012 shows how dramatically he's changed my perceptions.

edit - and the north stand is going up, which was the single biggest issue for 2012 (and '11 and... but the point is they did it into a pretty awful economic headwind).

Hudge can`t be knocked for being a passionate fan, its his obsession with trying to pull the rug from under Hull that gets on my paps.

I love the way so many Hull fans believe that Hudgells driving force is to get one over them, he doesn't want to make Rovers more successful, he just wants to beat Hull, he's not bothered about winning the challenge cup, he just wants to get further than Hull. Win the league? Nah not Hudge, he just wants to finish above Hull lol.

Lol all you want bud. He nearly had an orgasm when he got Cooke off us.Not saying its the be all and end all ,but he does like to get one over,like it or not.
Anyhow not to worry,its all part of the East/West divide.

Wonder if Hudge has one more share than AP in their joint business venture?

You said it.