Old Frightful 5,512 Report post Posted October 22 Whilst I admire the efforts and initiative of two of their fans to set up the "Hull KR Fans Marquee Player Fundraiser", I can't help but think it may well fall short of it's £100,000 target. I think it's the following line that gives me that impression... "As of 7.30pm on Tuesday evening the fundraising page has so far raised £1,681." https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/rugby-league-news/hull-kr-crowd-fundraising-marquee-3455883 I wonder if it started out with two blokes having a chat over a few beers, thinking that if they generated a little backing from some cash strapped fans, then perhaps Neil Hudgell and his fellow Hull KR board members may feel as though they ought to show a bit more willing and pump a few quid more into the club. I doubt Hudgell will feel much guilt though, he's poured an absolute fortune into the club and Hull KR owe him a debt that can simply never be repaid. Quote SL Steve Prescott Man of Steel 2016 - Danny Houghton SL Top Gun 2016/2017 - Marc Sneyd (83%/89% goal success) SL Hit Man 2016/2017 - Danny Houghton (1,289/1,123 tackles) SL Club of the Year 2016 - Hull FC SL Coach of the Year 2016 - Lee Radford RL Challenge Cup Winners 2016/2017 - Hull FC All in all, not a bad couple of years, I suppose... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marty Funkhouser 226 Report post Posted October 22 3 minutes ago, Old Frightful said: Whilst I admire the efforts and initiative of two of their fans to set up the "Hull KR Fans Marquee Player Fundraiser", I can't help but think it may well fall short of it's £100,000 target. I think it's the following line that gives me that impression... "As of 7.30pm on Tuesday evening the fundraising page has so far raised £1,681." https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/rugby-league-news/hull-kr-crowd-fundraising-marquee-3455883 I wonder if it started out with two blokes having a chat over a few beers, thinking that if they generated a little backing from some cash strapped fans, then perhaps Neil Hudgell and his fellow Hull KR board members may feel as though they ought to show a bit more willing and pump a few quid more into the club. I doubt Hudgell will feel much guilt though, he's poured an absolute fortune into the club and Hull KR owe him a debt that can simply never be repaid. If that is so the lads who dreamt that this was doable must have been having drinking the same stuff as a few forum users. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oliver Clothesoff 2,696 Report post Posted October 22 Isn’t this just effectively a Squadbuilder type enterprise? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tre Cool 1,316 Report post Posted October 22 (edited) Even if they raise 2k fair play to them for trying and im sure any club would appreciate it. Edited October 22 by Tre Cool 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wellsy4HullFC 3,686 Report post Posted October 22 5 minutes ago, Tre Cool said: Even if they raise 2k fair play to them for trying and im sure any club would appreciate it. Maybe for an amateur club. £2k won't make a dent in a SL club. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barry Badrinath 108 Report post Posted October 22 6 minutes ago, Wellsy4HullFC said: Maybe for an amateur club. £2k won't make a dent in a SL club. I dunno, its a chunk towards the 10k fine for breaching the salary cap 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quinskolar 331 Report post Posted October 23 I find these marquee signing a bit in tents Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LR23 91 Report post Posted October 23 Isn't a marquee signing over £250k? Who pays the rest? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oliver Clothesoff 2,696 Report post Posted October 23 27 minutes ago, LR23 said: Isn't a marquee signing over £250k? Who pays the rest? Wasn’t Drinkwater on an alleged £150k? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tre Cool 1,316 Report post Posted October 23 20 hours ago, Wellsy4HullFC said: Maybe for an amateur club. £2k won't make a dent in a SL club. ok ill try offering Hull FC £2000 sponsorship money and see if they turn me down..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LR23 91 Report post Posted October 23 3 hours ago, Oliver Clothesoff said: Wasn’t Drinkwater on an alleged £150k? Yeah just checked and if classed as a marquee anything over £150k doesn’t count on the cap. So if they are raising £100k they are still well short of what is needed for a proper marquee player for just a year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oliver Clothesoff 2,696 Report post Posted October 23 25 minutes ago, LR23 said: Yeah just checked and if classed as a marquee anything over £150k doesn’t count on the cap. So if they are raising £100k they are still well short of what is needed for a proper marquee player for just a year. If they reach £100k, they can still sign a player or at least put the money towards the signing of a player or a designated marquee player. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clogiron 1,349 Report post Posted October 23 I should imagine SKD is taking 1 of the marquee player places and if that is the case the club shouldn't be trusted with anymore money to splurge on suchlike 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wellsy4HullFC 3,686 Report post Posted October 23 5 hours ago, Tre Cool said: ok ill try offering Hull FC £2000 sponsorship money and see if they turn me down..... Why would anyone think they'd turn you down? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Copa 3,428 Report post Posted October 24 9 hours ago, Quinskolar said: I find these marquee signing a bit in tents I see what you did there.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HKR AWAY DAYS 165 Report post Posted October 29 On 23/10/2019 at 22:18, Clogiron said: I should imagine SKD is taking 1 of the marquee player places and if that is the case the club shouldn't be trusted with anymore money to splurge on suchlike That is incorrect. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave T 13,387 Report post Posted October 30 On 23/10/2019 at 21:25, Oliver Clothesoff said: If they reach £100k, they can still sign a player or at least put the money towards the signing of a player or a designated marquee player. Yup. The club may be happy to pay up to £150k per player, but a £100k donation allows for a £250k player. Be interesting to see how much they raise on this. Remember it needs to be for more than one year, so we are talking a couple of hundred grand at least. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oliver Clothesoff 2,696 Report post Posted October 30 31 minutes ago, Dave T said: Yup. The club may be happy to pay up to £150k per player, but a £100k donation allows for a £250k player. Be interesting to see how much they raise on this. Remember it needs to be for more than one year, so we are talking a couple of hundred grand at least. Well, Jackson Hastings was only supposed to be at Salford for half a year, so it is something they could address at a later date. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie 901 Report post Posted October 30 Why would anyone deride this initiative? Even if they do only raise £2k so what, at least they’ve given it a go instead of spending their time running everything down on an Internet forum. And I bet HKR would be chuffed with a free £2k anyway, they’re not exactly Real Madrid are they. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Denton Rovers RLFC 990 Report post Posted October 30 (edited) On 22/10/2019 at 21:10, Wellsy4HullFC said: Maybe for an amateur club. £2k won't make a dent in a SL club. Only a couple of grand more and that gets you to the level of making phantom/unbelievable excuses as to why you've gone over the salary cap, seriously though raised monies can always make a difference, even £2k at SL level can get you something that makes a positive difference. Fans doing stuff for their club, that should be the headline and discussion not trying to score points against a rival club that sounds just a wee bit lame, how much monies raised is kinda irrelevant tbh. Edited October 30 by Denton Rovers RLFC 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
