Re: The Chase is over, Rangi on his way... : Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:52 pm  

pmarrow wrote:

Now are you Cas fans going to take a and realize this point or are you all going to have little tantrums about our youth set up and need us to continue pointing this out.

Unfortunately, it's the only thing we have to be proud of, and therefore will defend it to the hilt.

Re: The Chase is over, Rangi on his way... : Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:54 pm  

pmarrow wrote:

Fair enough. he did haggle Cas down from there 350k price though, which suggest to me he isn't going to through stupid money about. If that was the case he would have got Chase earlier in the season.

From what i hear he haggled down to only just under 350k, fro Cas' asking price of roughly 400k.

Re: The Chase is over, Rangi on his way... : Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:00 pm  

pmarrow wrote:

Fair enough. He did haggle Cas down from there 350k price though, which suggest to me he isn't going to throw stupid money about if its not 100% warranted. If that was the case he would have got Chase earlier in the season.

Silly money is a relative term though.
The point I was making is that he is throwing money about.
I didn't mean large amounts in general but just a fair few more 'we want him so here have some cash' than normal.
I do honestly think that this splurging will stop though as it isn't in his nature to do it long term (Look at his 2 terms and City and his term at Derby as proof) He likes to run a tight ship, It's just the way the man works.

Re: The Chase is over, Rangi on his way... : Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:09 pm  

Anakin Skywalker wrote:

Silly money is a relative term though.
The point I was making is that he is throwing money about.
I didn't mean large amounts in general but just a fair few more 'we want him so here have some cash' than normal.
I do honestly think that this splurging will stop though as it isn't in his nature to do it long term (Look at his 2 terms and City and his term at Derby as proof) He likes to run a tight ship, It's just the way the man works.

I agree thats why I see it more as him pleaing to the missing FC fans to comeback and give the ones who stayed some renewed optimism as opposed to him just trying to look the man. Its just something Hull supporters needed.

Re: The Chase is over, Rangi on his way... : Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:29 pm  

pmarrow wrote:

I agree thats why I see it more as him pleaing to the missing FC fans to comeback and give the ones who stayed some renewed optimism as opposed to him just trying to look the man. Its just something Hull supporters needed.

It can be viewed either way depending on your POV.
It seems we are not going to agree here as my view is that he is playing billy to try and get as many fans in as he can now IMHO what happens if his splurge doesn't pay off is a little more hazy.
I will say however that I do smile to myself when I read how some FC fans seem to have deluded themselves that it is a bottomless pit of cash.
Like I say AP doesn't work that way.

[Kosh]

Re: The Chase is over, Rangi on his way... : Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:02 am  

Anakin Skywalker wrote:

Sorry Kosh but he is talking like he is billy big testicles.

No he isn't.

Anakin Skywalker wrote:

He has been in the sport about 6 months? and so far he has all but told the RFL how to run the sport and pretty much stated that he is going to buy FC to the top of the sport.

No he hasn't.

You might want to try listening and reading what he actually says and not jumping to conclusion based on the club that he owns.

[Kosh]

Re: The Chase is over, Rangi on his way... : Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:11 am  

Anakin Skywalker wrote:

Like I said as an FC fan you are not in a position to see how it looks to others.
He sounds like a billy to me.

I genuinely believe that you have not properly listened to a single one of his interviews nor properly read a single report of his statements. It's the only explanation I can come up with for why you are so shockingly wide of the mark.

Never mind. I'm pretty sure neither AP nor most Hull fas will care too much.

Re: The Chase is over, Rangi on his way... : Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:25 am  

Gronk! wrote:

For such a supposedly rugby mad city there's hardly any players in the league from Hull.

Where as small towns like Wigan & Cas can produce a large amount of players who are dotted around pretty much every team in the league and McRae the hypocrite with Pearson's money are going to poach these players instead of trying to produce local talent themselves.

That's been something of an enigma for decades now. The Hull area can produce teams at school, youth and open-age amateur level that can more than hold their own against the best of West Yorkshire, Lancashire & Cumbria. What goes wrong once these same players sign for the pro clubs is anyone's guess but few seem to kick on from their amateur success.

I honestly can't recollect a Hull-born & bred, international class half-back in the 50 years I've been following the game

Re: The Chase is over, Rangi on his way... : Sat Jul 21, 2012 6:24 am  

Kosh wrote:

No he isn't.

No he hasn't.

You might want to try listening and reading what he actually says and not jumping to conclusion based on the club that he owns.

Yes he is.

His club had nothing to do with it.

Re: The Chase is over, Rangi on his way... : Sat Jul 21, 2012 8:09 am  

Landlords across the East Riding must be cursing UKBA right now. McGoldrick and Westerman will have to pick up the slack.