If you post the [idirect quote[/i from Pearson where he states a break-even figure of 14,500 then maybe people (including Rovers fans) will stop pointing and laughing at you. Until then all you're doing is embarrassing yourself. Repeatedly.

why not ban the halfwhit?

Why would it be a powerful club? There is absolutely no grounding in that at all.

However, with much more investment still needed, Pearson says the club must get back towards the peak of 2007 – when the club averaged more than 14,500 fans – to balance the books.



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2010 crowd averages of 13,753 Hull FC post a £32,000 profit

2011 crowd averages of 12,418 Hull FC post a £250,000 loss

2012 crowd averages of 11,884 Hull FC post a £500,000 loss



Adam Pearson stated that he has had to invest a lot more money since taking over the club

so the slight profit of £32,000 in 2010 on the back of 13,753 averages would probably

need to increase due to the extra investment.



I don't think Minstergate is a step up from P&O and the club shop has a permanent sales on

so the other factors will not have improved profits.



What's your take on it?

I'll tell you my take on it. With FC fans on your board and KR fans on here all rambling on and on about the other teams finances, it tells me both sides aren't doing what we wish they'd both be doing - competing for and winning trophies. Bleak times.

Bleak, boring, a chore to attend games. NOt sure about anyone else, but I have reached the point where I don't actually care if the clubs merged. If it meant that we could have some success, some PASSION more than anything, then it would be better.

I imagine in a pipe dream, everyone cheering on kids from Hull, with a few choice overseas players, and I reckon it would be great. Something needs to happen, or the game is going to die. IMO.

I once went towards Hawaii but stopped short and stayed in LA

Well I wouldn't be a fan of Hull Kingston FC (or whatever) if a merger happened, not through some small minded bitterness or pent up resentment, but simply because I am a fan of my club and if it didn't exist I wouldn't be passionate about going to another.



I follow what Hull City do because I'm interested but I support Hull FC because it's my team, for no other reason than it "just is" and always has been from about age 0. It would be much the same if it didn't exist any more (cue the mindless Gateshead comments from a knuckle dragger or two....I'm talking about the team you care about as an entity here not back room politics/business). So I'd be passively "interested" in what HKFC did, hell I might even go to the occasional game, but I wouldn't be a fan, and as such it wouldn't get my support, I.e. passion, regular financial support and commitment.



Arguments about the good of the game etc are all valid, and to most points I completely agree, but for me they are all moot because passion isn't something borne from the head it comes from the heart, and in that situation my heart wouldn't be in it any more.

Great post, which I'm sure resonates with the majority. There is another thing to consider though. At some point none of us were Hull FC fans, but for many different reasons we fell in love with the club. I was 20 when I went to my first RL game and loved it instantly. I don't think people can really dismiss [uever[/u supporting a merged club. There are lots of things in life I love now that I was never bothered about before, embracing new ideas/concepts/relationships is as much a part of life as respecting tradition and as I said earlier the world's moving at pace. I can't see it working because of initial resistance, but I also believe that Hull as a city should be the front runner to challenge Leeds and Wigan, and with the emphasis on youth development, 1 call on that pool of young players rather than 2 could secure the best talent in one premium club. If there were the financial backing, of course, which is other show stopper.

Not read the thread, but it will never happen.

I hear what you're saying Mrs B, and for some I'm sure it would be something they could get passionate about in time. But for me I grew up loving the team and I'm not sure i could get over that and re-love another now I'm a bit/lot older!

Didn't Pearson come out in press and state he had budgeted for a £500,000 loss as of the investment in the training facilities??