#backtheblackandwhites : Tue Sep 19, 2023 9:01 am  

In my opinion, all club stakeholders have been guilty of complacency since the 2017 season and the club is now at a crossroads. In traditional Hull FC fashion, we built a club structure, fan base and first team that should have been the foundation for continued success but allowed the potential to go unrealised and results and performance to deteriorate.

I've said on other threads that I understand the frustration amongst supporters but, having seen all this before, I personally relish the challenge in front of us as it's only when you've been through the difficult times that you can fully enjoy success when it finally returns. Our friends across the river are testimony to that and, at the risk of showing them too much goodwill, I think they've provided a blueprint for how a club and supporters can work in harmony to build a fan base, a first team and resources to achieve relative "success" (albeit with a little help form HCC and the wolf in sheep's clothing that is the Sewell Group and as yet unrewarded by silverware).

There will always be a mix of supporters. For some it's in the family, the blood and for us, not being there supporting is beyond contemplation. For others it's a matter of cost (in time and money) versus enjoyment provided. Others will arrive with success and leave just as quickly. Regardless of our stance, we're all valuable assets to our club and the game in general.

My question is:

How, as supporters, do we "rally" (not around but to surround the Robins!) to ensure that a positive vibe enables the club to develop and improve? I'm not suggesting that we become a set of happy clappers but it's perhaps time to galvanise and coordinate our passion, knowledge and I suspect many talents. After all that's the real job of a supporter.

#backtheblackandwhites anybody

Re: #backtheblackandwhited : Tue Sep 19, 2023 9:04 am  

Sorry, topic name should be #backtheblackandwhites my data input skills are very poor!

Re: #backtheblackandwhited : Tue Sep 19, 2023 12:18 pm  

Great sentiments but we as fans have been trying to do just that for years or generations. AP is the latest in a long line of custodians of FC. The difference this time is he’s the sole owner. He needs to be coerced into getting outside funding by trying to bring other’s capital to bear. There again as Wilf posted on another thread we don’t know what he’s been trying to do post Covid. It’s obvious that the Government loans have to be repaid and as AP suggested last year, it may well push some clubs over the edge. Unfortunately and certain posters on this forum don’t seem to be able, we’re going to have to be patient and hope that AP and TS can turn us around. Short answer to your question is carry on carrying on, in other words buy your passes and do what the generations before us have, hope for the best and fear the worst.

Re: #backtheblackandwhited : Tue Sep 19, 2023 12:41 pm  

EtonStreetRifle wrote:

My question is:

How, as supporters, do we "rally" (not around but to surround the Robins!) to ensure that a positive vibe enables the club to develop and improve? I'm not suggesting that we become a set of happy clappers but it's perhaps time to galvanise and coordinate our passion, knowledge and I suspect many talents. After all that's the real job of a supporter.

#backtheblackandwhites anybody

I just want some transparency as per the State of the Nation thread. I don't care what it is - if we're in bottom 3 on squad spend then fine. What's the real financial position and what does that mean. Is the club up for sale? It goes without saying that like any SL club we want to be "challenging" but what is the actual plan - financial, youth, off pitch, retail, community, stadium? Vacuous statements about Smith bringing youth through to form our core are fine but if that actually means we need to wait 5 years, and for it to be true we need 2 players a year of genuine SL quality to come through and be established then we can assess how realistic that is.

[Chris71]

Re: #backtheblackandwhited : Tue Sep 19, 2023 12:51 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

I just want some transparency as per the State of the Nation thread. I don't care what it is - if we're in bottom 3 on squad spend then fine. What's the real financial position and what does that mean. Is the club up for sale? It goes without saying that like any SL club we want to be "challenging" but what is the actual plan - financial, youth, off pitch, retail, community, stadium? Vacuous statements about Smith bringing youth through to form our core are fine but if that actually means we need to wait 5 years, and for it to be true we need 2 players a year of genuine SL quality to come through and be established then we can assess how realistic that is.

Exactly this, its not like us as fans want to know the full breakdown of the club etc but it would be nice to actually hear from AP and the club about whatever plan/route they are taking rather than be kept in the dark on the promise of things being better next time (as that's just like a broken record).

Re: #backtheblackandwhited : Tue Sep 19, 2023 1:18 pm  

Clarity is all that I think reasonable Hull fans want from the club.

The communication between the club and the fans feels like an all time low. I've mentioned previously that discussions were had regarding improving the atmosphere at the MKM, since putting ideas forward well over a year ago to people at the club I have yet to hear anything back since.

Re: #backtheblackandwhited : Tue Sep 19, 2023 1:35 pm  

At the POTY awards last night, AP said that the final COVID payment is under discussion with the government and be dealt with early next year which will put us on a firmer financial footing.

Re: #backtheblackandwhited : Tue Sep 19, 2023 2:16 pm  

RockNRolla wrote:

At the POTY awards last night, AP said that the final COVID payment is under discussion with the government and be dealt with early next year which will put us on a firmer financial footing.

Was anything else said by AP last night?

Re: #backtheblackandwhited : Tue Sep 19, 2023 2:44 pm  

Chris71 wrote:

Exactly this, its not like us as fans want to know the full breakdown of the club etc but it would be nice to actually hear from AP and the club about whatever plan/route they are taking rather than be kept in the dark on the promise of things being better next time (as that's just like a broken record).

Think Adam Pearson has run out of options and reality has kicked in hence the silence.

Re: #backtheblackandwhited : Tue Sep 19, 2023 3:37 pm  

pearson should count himself lucky we still get 5 figure crowds,i dont know another sl club that would still get 5 figure crowds after the last 3 years in the bottom 3,with plenty of 50 plus drubbings to boot.