Neil Hudgell on twitter : Sun Apr 17, 2016 5:58 pm  

Neil Hudgell ‏@NeilHudgell 3h3 hours ago Hull, England
Forum date tbc tomorrow, come have your say. Frank exchange of views always welcome, it's your club, so come out from behind the keyboards

Re: Neil Hudgell on twitter : Sun Apr 17, 2016 6:10 pm  

What's the point?

Unless someone has a couple of million sheets knocking about down the back of the sofa it's just a talking shop.

Ultimately it's Hudgell and Crossland's club and (and I for one am happy about that) money, are they really going to listen to Joe Schmo of Preggy Rerd and implement their ideas?

Re: Neil Hudgell on twitter : Sun Apr 17, 2016 6:19 pm  

More than a year since the last one, speaks volumes that interacting with fans is only done when there's a risk of many walking away. Shareholder meetings which those who bought shares to save the club used to attend have also been canned.

We can expect talk about new emphasis on youth. Again. Injuries. That he is as frustrated as the fans, as if he is in the same position as us to do something about it or have avoided this disastrous position. Complaining about the RFL and the usual "fit for purpose" negativity which I'm sure serves the club well at Red Hall. No mention of mistakes made by him and Rob.

I'm baffled why as chairman of an organisation where trust and solidarity are so important believes attacking personnel at the club and suggesting supporters are keyboard warriors is a good idea. Particularly when we are in crisis. Like the steering group and the "big listen" it'll be announced with a fanfare of being close to the fans then not result in anything at all, just temporary PR.

Re: Neil Hudgell on twitter : Sun Apr 17, 2016 6:26 pm  

Can't disagree with either Sandra or Zook on this. What on earth do the club hope to achieve? I'm only interested in the team putting in a shift at Cas next week, I don't care if they lose, just try for 80 mins.

Everything else is window dressing.

Re: Neil Hudgell on twitter : Sun Apr 17, 2016 6:57 pm  

The previous 3 posts sum it up in a nutshell,pride in wearing the shirt would be a good start.

Re: Neil Hudgell on twitter : Sun Apr 17, 2016 7:14 pm  

There are any number of issues with holding a forum of this nature in these circumstances. Anybody who has sat at the front of a public meeting and had the general public telling them their job will fully understand this. I would love it to be a positive experience but it will probably end up as a slanging match and Hudge and co will have to put up with a whole load of nonsensical rubbish and we won't learn anything

Re: Neil Hudgell on twitter : Sun Apr 17, 2016 7:33 pm  

I'm split 3 ways on this.

The cynical part of me says this was a core fan suggestion from the Big Listen survey, which was canned as being irrelevant, given that the Board believed it had all on the field matters covered by highly paid employees and professionals.

The gullible part of me says that any attempt by an organisation to engage its stakeholders carries merit and value and should be embraced with open arms.

The experienced commercial part of me says that it is a complete waste of time and effort. If a Board has to indulge in a token part of reverse business consultancy by using fans in an unpaid capacity to help provide solutions, then it's questionable if that Board is fit for purpose.

As Stan says the team needs to put in an honest 80 mins shift at Cas and every game thereafter.

If it was me, and on the off chance that Neil Hudgell might be reading this, I would aim to be totally left field and radical. I would deduct a 20% proportion of the related weekly wage from those who collectively turned in such a shambolic performance in a Hull KR shirt on the pitch yesterday. That money can be used to reimburse the 3000 hardy souls who braved the cold in our name to witness the resultant debacle and humiliation.

[Mild Rover]

Re: Neil Hudgell on twitter : Sun Apr 17, 2016 7:36 pm  

Presumably it'll not be for a couple of weeks or so, so the anger will have subsided enough for some useful discussion.

It'll be interesting to hear what the guys calling the shots think, IMO.

Could be done with an interview in the hdm or on KRTV, but fair play to them on fronting up.

Re: Neil Hudgell on twitter : Sun Apr 17, 2016 8:37 pm  

I think it's a bit insulting for Hudgell to say get from behind your keyboards as there were plenty of fans venting there anger at the players at full time and rightly so my guess is Hudgell saw this and thought play to the fans arrange a forum let them get a few things off there chest agree with them because I'm a fan also blah blah blah like what's been said it won't change anything it's only the players that can do anything about it

Re: Neil Hudgell on twitter : Sun Apr 17, 2016 8:37 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

Presumably it'll not be for a couple of weeks or so, so the anger will have subsided enough for some useful discussion.

It'll be interesting to hear what the guys calling the shots think, IMO.

Could be done with an interview in the hdm or on KRTV, but fair play to them on fronting up.

Maybe the cup anger will have subsided. Maybe not so much the anger from pastings at Cas and Salford