www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... story.html Quote The Mail understands tentative moves had also been made to attract a former high-profile Super League player to lead the academy and develop players on behalf of both clubs.'" Any names crop up ??

www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... story.html Quote The Mail understands tentative moves had also been made to attract a former high-profile Super League player to lead the academy and develop players on behalf of both clubs.'" Any names crop up ??

Glad this maybe shelved.

McNamara?

I was thinking Garry Schofield with C**ke as his assistant

Happy to see this shelved, never quite understand the reasoning behind it and how it would work.

More good news, I really didn't like this idea. If the rumoured "draft" system was part if it that suits Rovers more than us, they don't have to try hard to attract local players.

Just seen the "Sculthorpe Car" being brought out of storage for a valet.

The main problem was that Hull and Rovers couldn't agree on when the partnership ended. Hull wanted it to finish after 15's but Rovers wanted it to end after the 17's season.



It was a ridiculous idea to begin with, the only way any partnership would work would be at 12-14 because no games are played and it would simply be core skill sessions aimed at a higher level than they may receive at their club sides.

I liked the idea. Players get used to playing at higher level so improvement is better. Plus economies of scale.



And I would think he kids would be more impressed with FC and sign with us haha.

I would imagine the fact that KR haven't got two shiny pennies to rub together also contributed.

whilst it is a good idea to look at sharing facilities, equipment, transport and even things like physios and admin staff the idea of one playing club with one coach was not really workable. will be interesting to see if there are any other academy mergers - wigan/saints or some of the west yorks teams for instance



and as standee says you wonder exactly what rovers would have brought to the table, rather than simply use the new FC training facilities then take some of the best young players in return!

Never understood how halving the number of games played in the city helped the development of junior players