Underachievement had nothing to do with it.
Your chairman has gobbed off to anyone that will listen for the past 2 years. He talked himself into a corner that he couldn't get out of without sacking your coach.
His tone of language has changed now Gentle has gone so I imagine he has learned his lesson, lowered his aims and will probably stop trying to wind you all up into a frenzy thank god as his spin was rather annoying.

Hudge on the other hand set realistic aims which Sandercock has lived up to so a new deal was the appropriate outcome.

Lee Radford has to win the Challenge Cup next year doesn't he? I heard Pearson say they are going to win it when Gentle was in charge but I haven't heard him say otherwise

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I'm just happy to have an owner who's expectations match the supporters, and won't be happy until its achieved.

Super! I think I can speak for most of on here, when I say if you're happy we're happy!

So, everyone's equally deluded? Great.

Is there a collective noun for this type of thing?

A bedraggle of Bel13vers.

So, you expected Pearson to say "We'll be happy with top 8" or "We're aiming for top 4".

I'd much rather have a chairman who sets goals to reach for than one who gripes about losing too much money and "We don't even know if we'll be in Super League next season".

Didn't he also state that his aim was to be a feeder of young talent to top teams?

That's ambition.

Medical condition innit [iMythomania[/i A mythomaniac is a compulsive fantasist for whom the lines between fantasy & reality can become blurred, often ending with them bel13ving their own stories

Wow, severely misread that, didn't you? It was Hudgell I was referring to.

How many players have you had to sell to pay the debts this year? Not really a good thing, especially when trumpeting, "We are not a selling club" before shipping out Taylor.

we haven't sold anyone do you get everything wrong and I would start worrying about your own teams money worries its not looking good

That was last year?

No I didn't misread it, I assumed you were referrring to your own Chairman, as ours has never been quoted as saying we are a feeder team to other sides. As Edith says, we haven't sold anyone this year. Anyway, Taylor out, Walker in last year was smart business, we have a better player and made 85K on the deal.