Tony Smith and Stanley Gene have left the building..

[Old Frightful]

Bloody marvellous!

[Worzel]

2 minutes ago, Old Frightful said:

Bloody marvellous!

I can't believe they both left before the mission was complete. I'm asking Stanley for a refund right now. 

[MZH]

Just came to post this myself. I haven't seen anything official but I've heard it from a couple of people who don't tend to spread unsubstantiated rumours.

All our problems are obviously not just down to him, but I think its the right decision on the whole. We haven't improved in one single aspect. In fact we've gone backwards in most areas.

I always liked and respected Tomy Smith, and I still do. It was probably the wrong job at the wrong time for him. I hope his legacy isn't too dented by his time at our basket case of a club.

[MZH]

It is official now. Simon Grix and Francis Cummins being put in temporary charge.

[phiggins]

I know Leigh have had a few injuries, but this seems pretty desparate!

 

(c) @Leyther_Matt

[DoubleD]

I wonder how much money Pearson has spent on paying off coaches in the past few years

[Damien]

It's hardly a surprise given Hull's performances this season. They really need to get the next appointment right.

[MZH]

8 minutes ago, DoubleD said:

I wonder how much money Pearson has spent on paying off coaches in the past few years

I think his contract ended at the end of this year anyway, so in this case probably not that much.

[Wellsy4HullFC]

5 minutes ago, Damien said:

It's hardly a surprise given Hull's performances this season. They really need to get the next appointment right.

How many years has that been said?

[Wellsy4HullFC]

I'm hearing there's more news to come.

I hope so. We've gone backwards in pretty much every metric in the last year and a bit. On the field has been the worst it's been since we moved to the new stadium. For those that say you can't blame the coach for that, I say you can't not blame him for any of it. He's still got to get the players playing, and he's just not done that in spectacular fashion. 

There's a lot of people that need to leave our club, and a lot that need to come in. That won't happen unless the people coming in first are new investors. 

Please, let the new people coming in be new investors!

[LeeF]

This may be the start of the solution but it’s a very small part. There’s quite a lot of other changes required

[GeordieSaint]

Seen the rumour of Davy Litten to Hull KR today…

… I do hope FC sort themselves out. Like Leeds, SL needs them to be strong. 

Edited April 11 by GeordieSaint

[dkw]

2 minutes ago, GeordieSaint said:

Seen the rumour of Davy Litten to Hull KR today…

… I do hope FC sort themselves out. Like Leeds, SL needs them to be strong. 

Is Litten likely to be one of the very few sellable assets they have? He`s a quality player, big loss if true.

[Ant]

How many coaches will Hull sack until they figure out that maybe it's not a coaching issue? 

[Cumbrian Fanatic]

6 minutes ago, GeordieSaint said:

Seen the rumour of Davy Litten to Hull KR today…

… I do hope FC sort themselves out. Like Leeds, SL needs them to be strong. 

Cousin of Jed and big mates with Mikey Lewis, so may want to play there, or possibly the cause of the rumour 

[DavidM]

They can get Demetriou from next week 

[Wellsy4HullFC]

1 minute ago, Ant said:

How many coaches will Hull sack until they figure out that maybe it's not a coaching issue? 

Like I've said, there's definitely more to it than just coaching. But that doesn't mean it's not coaching also. 4 drubbings on the bounce and only 1 win (just) since August tells a lot.

[Just Browny]

Hull's performances have been horrific and I did think this must have been coming, and that Smith was clearly failing to have any impact on the squad.

That said, I've felt a lot more sympathy since I saw how little Hull are spending vs the 8 or 9 teams you would see as their competitors. Unless there's a way of fixing that no coach is going to be able to make them real contenders.

[johnh1]

As a Salford fan, this announcement worries me.

[Eddie]

I tend to think Hull could and possibly should be as big as Leeds, Saints and Wigan - yet they get it wrong again and again. 

[Damien]

44 minutes ago, Wellsy4HullFC said:

How many years has that been said?

Doesn't make it less true.

[MZH]

In the club statement there's a quote from Pearson saying that further restructuring of the club will happen in the coming days. I very much hope that part of that is that new investment has been secured.

[Lowdesert]

17 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

Hull's performances have been horrific and I did think this must have been coming, and that Smith was clearly failing to have any impact on the squad.

That said, I've felt a lot more sympathy since I saw how little Hull are spending vs the 8 or 9 teams you would see as their competitors. Unless there's a way of fixing that no coach is going to be able to make them real contenders.

Agree with this.  
They have had an excessive amount of serious injuries, some to key players.  Secondly, they missed out on signing a decent halfback.  Clifford was was very good but only for 1 year.  Nu Brown has also been signed for 1 year.   Continuity?

 

 

[Segovia Carpet]

27 minutes ago, johnh1 said:

As a Salford fan, this announcement worries me.

No don't worry.  Paul lives in one of the nicest houses in Worsley and its a 6 hour round trip if he decided to go.

[Jill Halfpenny fan]

Seems like this guy had an annual moan about relegation, this season he's got a club who can't be relegated and this happens. Such is life.