rynny Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 https://www.hullcitytigers.com/club-statement-the-athletic/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Sounds like the journo has done their job well and the club have just made themselves look properly silly here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkleyram Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 1 hour ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said: Sounds like the journo has done their job well and the club have just made themselves look properly silly here. Just to provide a (little) balance........ Hull have been pretty transparent in publishing both the original email and the response. If technology skills have let them down then they wouldn't be the first to have failed on that score - I wouldn't have a clue how to click through to the pdf and then copy the text elsewhere, neither would I have thought of doing so. And in fairness what else can they say other than details of contracts and contacts are confidential? Notwithstanding that they are clearly a club at war with itself (and we've been in that position a few times over the years) and in financial trouble because of relegation plus, now, CV19, but the Allam family are correct that football clubs have to live within their means - and yes, if I were a Hull fan I too might object to the family receiving consultancy fees and large interest payments on loans. I wish we were better balanced financially and so, I dare say, does Mel. In the end that impacts on playing staff as the most expensive employees and thus on team performances. Football as a whole in my lifetime has got itself into even more of a right old mess than it was in the 60's and 70's driven largely by the (over) ambition of many and the financial excesses of the PL, most of which appears to have been spent on players' wages. Whether CV19 will give the game a way out I doubt. But I hope I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipley Ram Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 I occasionally have to redact documents for work. You mark the area's for redaction first, then apply them. It looks like they forgot to apply the redactions. It's easy to do esprcially if you don't do it often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 I just skimmed it, but this does seem more details of things that are tough for players/club than any kind of wrongdoing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richinspain Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 So, as I can't be bothered to actually do what it says you have to do, what is it all about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 4 hours ago, richinspain said: So, as I can't be bothered to actually do what it says you have to do, what is it all about? Fans increasingly frustrated at the lack of ambition and the Allam’s pretending to want to sell up. Over three seasons (16/17, 17/18, 18/19) they posted a £61.5m profit. Then selling Bowen and Grosicki in January without replacing them. Topped off by Lichaj and Jackson (captain and vice-captain) returning on the first day back from the COVID break and being told they aren’t wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 12 hours ago, Ghost of Clough said: Fans increasingly frustrated at the lack of ambition and the Allam’s pretending to want to sell up. Over three seasons (16/17, 17/18, 18/19) they posted a £61.5m profit. Then selling Bowen and Grosicki in January without replacing them. Topped off by Lichaj and Jackson (captain and vice-captain) returning on the first day back from the COVID break and being told they aren’t wanted. So it's just a poo show of a place to be right now rather than any specific allegations of wrong doing. And probably Lichaj and Jackson getting their retaliation in first if they're needing a new club. Could have handled with a lot more class by Hull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Reminds me a bit of the Oystons not signing anyone for Blackpool on the grounds that they wanted to drive middlemen out of football, so refused to deal with agents. All very altruistic, until you realise they were taking millions out of the club in fees....the ultimate middlemen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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