Mild Rover wrote:
It is still merely a hypothesis. The only things I can cite as evidence are the concerns expressed last year by Pearson and, admitting this is circumstantial, the imbalance in your confirmed/widely assumed ins and outs for 2024. Those circumstances can and will change - the question is ‘to what degree?’. There’s been talk of a need for patience, which isn’t typically a good sign.
Your evidence pointing in the other direction… Grix in and Ellis out isn’t shifting the dial for me (I appreciate my dial is likely of limited interest to you, but just saying). Smith won’t be cheap but he’s not arriving new. The training facilities - I’m sure they’ll be good, but I think they’re perhaps more modest than imagined by many Hull fans, and only a small proportion of the capital expenditure is coming from Hull FC.
I very much doubt Hull will be cutting to the bone. However, for now, they’re keeping their powder nice and dry - however much there is of it. They might also be constrained by the new financial sustainability cap or whatever it is called.
I think no relegation after this season is also a factor, we have a loyal base of about 7-8k passholders and approx 1k walkups, our ticket sales dont fluctuate much.
Sadly from a business POV FC could plod along in the bottom half and be more likely to make a profit by spending less on the cap, whereas splashing out and spending more on players isnt guaranteed to lead to sucess or bigger crowds.
