Re: Pre season. : Fri Feb 10, 2023 3:56 pm  

[quote="Yippee try yay"]That can't be right surely? According to all the in the know rovers fans we can't use the ground for anything other than match days [/quot

dont worry they will soon be back in their cages after they get walloped by Wigan

Re: Pre season. : Fri Feb 10, 2023 6:01 pm  

https://twitter.com/hullfcofficial/stat ... UJLgg&s=19

https://twitter.com/hullfcofficial/stat ... UJLgg&s=19

Re: Pre season. : Fri Feb 10, 2023 7:19 pm  

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... mc-8135390 Whilst Friday's session was more of the same, the fact that Hull FC's relationship with the SMC has improved to the extent that they're allowed to use the facility for training again is huge. It allows the players to get used to the pitch dimensions, width, and markings ahead of their first run-out next week. All in all, it shows the progress made, with Hull beginning to talk about future leases and everything else. Steady progress when you consider that Marc Sneyd wasn't even allowed to practice his goal-kicking under the old regime.

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... mc-8135390 Whilst Friday's session was more of the same, the fact that Hull FC's relationship with the SMC has improved to the extent that they're allowed to use the facility for training again is huge. It allows the players to get used to the pitch dimensions, width, and markings ahead of their first run-out next week. All in all, it shows the progress made, with Hull beginning to talk about future leases and everything else. Steady progress when you consider that Marc Sneyd wasn't even allowed to practice his goal-kicking under the old regime.

Re: Pre season. : Fri Feb 10, 2023 7:41 pm  

Really positive they can now do that, and a very good sign going forward.

Re: Pre season. : Sat Feb 11, 2023 7:53 pm  

Irregular Hoops wrote:

Really positive they can now do that, and a very good sign going forward.

All we need is some really bad wet weather in February and March with two teams playing on the surface and they may change their minds

Re: Pre season. : Sat Feb 11, 2023 11:10 pm  

bonaire wrote:

All we need is some really bad wet weather in February and March with two teams playing on the surface and they may change their minds

Haven’t you ever seen how they water the pitch before games and at half-time for football. I’ve often commented how the arena smells like a pond. City practice on it all season, it’s not like FC are going to tear the pitch apart, practicing on it.

Re: Pre season. : Sat Feb 11, 2023 11:35 pm  

wonder if its part of the new lease agreement, we weren't getting use of the facilities we were paying good money to use/play in


also noticed in the interview with Pearson, the only debt the club has is the loan to the government!

Re: Pre season. : Sun Feb 12, 2023 9:44 am  

number 6 wrote:

wonder if its part of the new lease agreement, we weren't getting use of the facilities we were paying good money to use/play in


also noticed in the interview with Pearson, the only debt the club has is the loan to the government!

Technically it’s a loan from the RL, I believe. The government handed a lump sum to the RL and they made cash sums available to those clubs that applied. I wonder when the cash has to be paid back to the government because this will impact the RL. Are they in a position to reimburse without the clubs coughing up. If the clubs need to reimburse prior to the loan being paid back, I can see a few clubs floundering.

[Mild Rover]

Re: Pre season. : Sun Feb 12, 2023 10:39 am  

Armavinit wrote: Technically it’s a loan from the RL, I believe. The government handed a lump sum to the RL and they made cash sums available to those clubs that applied. I wonder when the cash has to be paid back to the government because this will impact the RL. Are they in a position to reimburse without the clubs coughing up. If the clubs need to reimburse prior to the loan being paid back, I can see a few clubs floundering. The RFL took on responsibility for administering the loans, along with Sport England and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gove ... gby-league That was 2020 and loans worth a further £16.7 million were made available to the men’s professional game in 2021, alongside £1.45 million in grants to the community game. https://www.rugby-league.com/article/57 ... gby-league The terms of repayment were not made public but I haven’t seen anything suggesting that the RFL acted as a guarantor… or, in fairness, that they didn’t. When Rugby Union club Wasps went bust, the tax payer took the hit for their £14.1 million COVID survival package loan going unpaid, suggesting that the RFU wasn’t responsible for repayments. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/63874443

Armavinit wrote: Technically it’s a loan from the RL, I believe. The government handed a lump sum to the RL and they made cash sums available to those clubs that applied. I wonder when the cash has to be paid back to the government because this will impact the RL. Are they in a position to reimburse without the clubs coughing up. If the clubs need to reimburse prior to the loan being paid back, I can see a few clubs floundering. The RFL took on responsibility for administering the loans, along with Sport England and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gove ... gby-league That was 2020 and loans worth a further £16.7 million were made available to the men’s professional game in 2021, alongside £1.45 million in grants to the community game. https://www.rugby-league.com/article/57 ... gby-league The terms of repayment were not made public but I haven’t seen anything suggesting that the RFL acted as a guarantor… or, in fairness, that they didn’t. When Rugby Union club Wasps went bust, the tax payer took the hit for their £14.1 million COVID survival package loan going unpaid, suggesting that the RFU wasn’t responsible for repayments. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/63874443

Re: Pre season. : Sun Feb 12, 2023 2:38 pm  

Armavinit wrote:

Haven’t you ever seen how they water the pitch before games and at half-time for football. I’ve often commented how the arena smells like a pond. City practice on it all season, it’s not like FC are going to tear the pitch apart, practicing on it.

The pitch was in a right state last season before a rugby ball was kicked !