Re: Pearson : Mon Aug 19, 2024 9:24 am  

HU8HFC wrote:

It's because he doesn't take accountability, he now has someone else who he can pass the blame to in Myler who ultimately cops the slack on social media, rather than the one who has overseen the sad demise of this club.

It isn't often I use the word hate for someone, but I have had a genuine hatred for Pearson for years. His attitude and demeanour reflects why we are such a laughing stock in this sport. We had some bad results prior to Radford's departure, however his sacking on live TV has proved to be a significant turning point in this clubs recent history, everything since that point has been negative, bad managers, bad staff, bad players, bad results, reducing pass numbers and attendances.

The one thing that has kept this club going is the core group of supporters it has, it stayed loyal during covid and has been patient during quite frankly shocking times, however more and more fans who i consider as 'hardcore' are giving up and losing interest, without them this club is nothing. Have we ever had an apology from Pearson? has there ever been a fans forum where he can at least talk and explain to fans on the situation? No, he sits in silence until its pass sales time to tell us about the amazing 6ft aussies we've signed.

Going back to Covid, every other SL side survived the Pandemic, some such as Rovers, Salford and Leigh are now flying. Why? because their owners weren't afraid to source outside investment. Pearson has been the sole owner of a club in a minority sport for 12 years, and then complains about how little money there is and the financial burden placed on his shoulders. The decision to seek outside investment should have been made years ago, the 2016-17 team should of been the selling point, instead he took the glory for himself and remained a sole owner.

I just don't believe a single word that comes out of his mouth anymore, at least we are now finally getting investment, but is it really going to be significant as originally suggested? Nobody really knows, its cloak and dagger like it has been for years. I will be happy when he finally leaves the club.

Good post and I echo everything you say, I can't stand the bloke and don't believe a word he says, even to the point I don't even read his dribble anymore.

Re: Pearson : Mon Aug 19, 2024 9:53 am  

B0NES wrote:

The more this season drags on , The more I feel cheated .

I don't feel cheated at the start of the season I said we needed a 7 to guide us round the park and it would be a long hard season but I really didn't think we'd have only won 3 games but expected bottom four finish, we've cut corners and done everything on the cheap and it's caught up to us now.

Re: Pearson : Mon Aug 19, 2024 9:57 am  

Not sure Pearson is untouchable, he's had plenty of criticism from all places.

Not sure what can be done, he is here to stay unless someone comes in with money and wants to be the front person.

Re: Pearson : Mon Aug 19, 2024 11:12 am  

If anyone has around £2.5m sat doing nothing and wants to repay his loans to the club I'm sure pearson will be happy to step aside

Re: Pearson : Mon Aug 19, 2024 11:19 am  

Jake the Peg wrote:

If anyone has around £2.5m sat doing nothing and wants to repay his loans to the club I'm sure pearson will be happy to step aside

If he's hoping for repayment via club profits then he'll be waiting a long time. Even when the club is firing we only make a small profit and crowds are about to nose dive.

If he has no money to offer what else is he offering as Owner/CEO? It certainly isn't good staff recruitment skills we can say that for certain.

Re: Pearson : Mon Aug 19, 2024 11:30 am  

HU8HFC wrote:

It's because he doesn't take accountability, he now has someone else who he can pass the blame to in Myler who ultimately cops the slack on social media, rather than the one who has overseen the sad demise of this club.

It isn't often I use the word hate for someone, but I have had a genuine hatred for Pearson for years. His attitude and demeanour reflects why we are such a laughing stock in this sport. We had some bad results prior to Radford's departure, however his sacking on live TV has proved to be a significant turning point in this clubs recent history, everything since that point has been negative, bad managers, bad staff, bad players, bad results, reducing pass numbers and attendances.

The one thing that has kept this club going is the core group of supporters it has, it stayed loyal during covid and has been patient during quite frankly shocking times, however more and more fans who i consider as 'hardcore' are giving up and losing interest, without them this club is nothing. Have we ever had an apology from Pearson? has there ever been a fans forum where he can at least talk and explain to fans on the situation? No, he sits in silence until its pass sales time to tell us about the amazing 6ft aussies we've signed.

Going back to Covid, every other SL side survived the Pandemic, some such as Rovers, Salford and Leigh are now flying. Why? because their owners weren't afraid to source outside investment. Pearson has been the sole owner of a club in a minority sport for 12 years, and then complains about how little money there is and the financial burden placed on his shoulders. The decision to seek outside investment should have been made years ago, the 2016-17 team should of been the selling point, instead he took the glory for himself and remained a sole owner.

I just don't believe a single word that comes out of his mouth anymore, at least we are now finally getting investment, but is it really going to be significant as originally suggested? Nobody really knows, its cloak and dagger like it has been for years. I will be happy when he finally leaves the club.

pearson came in for different reasons to other owners he is not a supporter and takes a salary out of his investement ,dangerous if it goes tits up.you need a rich fc diehard to come in,has bonaire got any isas maturing

Re: Pearson : Mon Aug 19, 2024 11:37 am  

supersport wrote:

pearson came in for different reasons to other owners he is not a supporter and takes a salary out of his investement ,dangerous if it goes tits up.you need a rich fc diehard to come in,has bonaire got any isas maturing

He doesn't take a salary, the club is presumably paying back the debt it owes him

He isn't going to walk away without getting his money back so any investment would need to take that into account, either pay him off or keep him around whilst the debt gets paid down as and when it can be afforded

Re: Pearson : Mon Aug 19, 2024 11:39 am  

The Cooke Report wrote:

There’s no such thing as investment in rugby league. Its donations. The so called donor has not agreed to anything and the funds that may or may not come is not what you all are praying for. He is not a charity and Myler is there for no other reason than to be paid. Funds are not coming in the scale you all think. See what happens in November. Sorry to burst your bubble. Make this post.

You should have a few more stabs in the dark then when one of them resembles what actually happens you can come back and try and pretend to be in the know

Re: Pearson : Mon Aug 19, 2024 11:42 am  

supersport wrote:

pearson came in for different reasons to other owners he is not a supporter and takes a salary out of his investement ,dangerous if it goes tits up.you need a rich fc diehard to come in,has bonaire got any isas maturing

His intentions were genuine, he spotted that Kath had got bored with the club and cutting costs. He thought he could invest and the club and SL overall would grow. He also had very good knowledge of the club and it's stadium deal as he was in the opposite side of the table as head of SMC when it was all drawn up.

I think he's misunderstood the politics in RL, he's promoted some ideas in the game that have gone nowhere such as SL getting investment from venture capitalists because SL chairmen usually just think about what suits them in the short term (such as more loop games)

He's then consistently hired or fired the wrong people only Radford can be considered a successful coach and even then if I was being picky it was 2 good seasons in 6 and Pearson didn't get rid after that long losing streak in 2018 that no coach would have recovered from. He then got the sacking right in 2020 but then hired another unproven assistant and we are where we are.

Re: Pearson : Mon Aug 19, 2024 11:47 am  

Dave K. wrote:

Not sure Pearson is untouchable, he's had plenty of criticism from all places.

Not sure what can be done, he is here to stay unless someone comes in with money and wants to be the front person.

Exactly this. Nobody has said anyone has to like him or the decisions that he’s made but the reality of the situation is that nobody with the means wants or cares about the club, he’s here until someone does. Maybe that’s changed recently but I’m skeptical about that. I know people think it’s a cop out but I genuinely think he at very least deserves respect for stopping us going to the wall with the Covid situation.


Fans getting angry at him is absolutely pointless and just adds to the toxicity at the club that’s already been used as a stick to beat us by outsiders. I think he said himself that if people are that desperate to get rid of him they need to help the club be an attractive proposition for someone to buy.