Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:40 pm  

FC Wembley 08 wrote:

No mate,

Agar has that in the bag before he even gets a chance!!

I conceed you may be right

Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:52 pm  

EXPRO wrote:

Uneeded as Nicks is viewed as a better option and one we know all about, if needed he can play both as he did in his amateur days too, very very good footballer with great hands , also working close with Westy so what does that say??
we have lots of cover this year if needed but buying like for like makes no sense....
The Sammut deal is far from dead

Whats the latest on Sammut deal?

Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:07 pm  

slideby wrote:

I think we all realise an academy is judged on the players it produces, not where it finishes. im sure hulls academy would finish higher if briscoe and lynn were playing but thats not the point. 5 or 6 players had way too much 1st team exposure because of a poor squad last year, without this i think our academy may have done a little better.

its they only thing we can praise steve mac for. He put some excellent foundations in place and now we have a steady flow of youngsters and have recieved c100k for unproven players just this year.

But I also think that Macca was on a hiding to nothing - the club was a mess when he took it on and he did okay with the tools at his disposal.

Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:12 pm  

monkeyshoes wrote: i believe we're taking about him playing 6 in the absence of horne if he turns out a better prospect than briggs/moore then i'll be very happy Bradford bound http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 358784.stm

monkeyshoes wrote: i believe we're taking about him playing 6 in the absence of horne if he turns out a better prospect than briggs/moore then i'll be very happy Bradford bound http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 358784.stm

Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:31 pm  

i agree re macca, i think he did an exceptional job with what he had. Signings like worrincy, sheriffe and reardon happened because we had no money and half our crowd expected players on 20k to do better than the likes of scott donald on 100k+.

my biggest complaint is that we put our eggs in one basket last year but it looked to have paid off at 1st. the batch of kids coming through does look exceptional now.

Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:39 pm  

EXPRO wrote:

absolutely spot on!!
Unfortuinately not all forwards are tackle busters, some have to be sheer grafters and all SL teams have them!
As Radders once said "I am a player built to stop others playing" that says it all,
total commitment
fearless and fears no one
hard as they come
and a decent football brain too
and a class coach !! as the guys who have played under him!

his stats say it all for me

I'm more than happy with Radford, he is a key cog in our squad and whilst he might not be the most pleasing on the eye I reckon his teammate value his work enormously.

Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:01 pm  

FC Wembley 08 wrote:

I'm a fan of Radford also... He's a tackling machine and players simply don't like running at him!! His work rate is amongst the best in the Superleague!!

Radford gets targetted in defence which inflates his stats, watch his work on the floor and how often players get quick PTBs on him or he falls off the tackle and ends up out of the next play.

Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:09 pm  

Radford cost us because of his stupidity in the Leeds game when he was messing about and wouldnt let Bailey up. And Then hit him while he was on the floor(brainless let him up first)...That Took everything out of the players and cost us 4th then they was flat against kr due to putting everything in against leeds. But he gets rewarded with a 2 year deal is a joke. He seems to always need a breather after 5 minutes as well. Hope He has a great year but i aint holding my breath.

Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:13 pm  

Tongan Mafia wrote:

Radford cost us because of his stupidity in the Leeds game when he was messing about and wouldnt let Bailey up. And Then hit him while he was on the floor(brainless let him up first)...That Took everything out of the players and cost us 4th then they was flat against kr due to putting everything in against leeds. But he gets rewarded with a 2 year deal is a joke. He seems to always need a breather after 5 minutes as well. Hope He has a great year but i aint holding my breath.

Or got elbowed in the face and retaliated to the thug known as Ryan Bailey?

Re: Did someone hear a rumour? : Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:20 pm  

tommyfromhull wrote:

Or got elbowed in the face and retaliated to the thug known as Ryan Bailey?

Im not a Bailey fan but it was quite clear Radford was messing about and holding him down.
Bailey then was trying to get a penalty by flailing legs and elbows.
Radford then took offense to it and smacked him while he was on the floor.

If it was the other way round would bailey have been sent off?
Of course not as he doesnt wear the black and white and smith is a T@at but still you dont expect that from a senior professional.