Re: Radford out : Fri Sep 06, 2019 7:15 am  

edinburgh yorkie wrote:

I think I read somewhere,that he is on a rolling contract,but I could be wrong.

It's also my understanding that he's on a rolling comtract, so we wouldn't need to pay compensation to get rid. It would be great to have a coach who wasn't a forward in their playing days!

Re: Radford out : Fri Sep 06, 2019 7:16 am  

edinburgh yorkie wrote:

I think I read somewhere,that he is on a rolling contract,but I could be wrong.

It was an interview in the HDM,with Radford, but a day later was deleted from the HDM's website.

Re: Radford out : Fri Sep 06, 2019 7:21 am  

There aren't enough external influences in the coaching team. radford is the one who has been here the shortest time and he's been with us since 2006. horne, last and yeaman even longer. Since then they've worked under sharp (Who they all rave about so I guess that there is still a lot of his thoughts and methods in what we do), agar and gentle so hardly much in the way of forward thinking. We definitely need fresh ideas and a new approach.

It's all too cosy for me and I suspect a small core of players probably wield a lot of influence with the coach

Re: Radford out : Fri Sep 06, 2019 8:19 am  

I have a mate who travels 70 miles to watch Hull at home ( a pass holder for the last 9 year's.)
He's not renewing his pass for next season.

Re: Radford out : Fri Sep 06, 2019 8:35 am  

TommoHFC wrote:

I have a mate who travels 70 miles to watch Hull at home ( a pass holder for the last 9 year's.)
He's not renewing his pass for next season.

With all due respect, it shouldn't matter whether you travel 70 miles, or 70 yards to the game. What we have had to endure this season is not what we sign up for. That's their choice and that should be respected.

I travel a round trip of about 110 miles for home games. I'll buy a pass next year. I have seen us in a much worse state than this in the past. The frustrating thing is that we have the playing personnel to be much better.

Re: Radford out : Fri Sep 06, 2019 9:01 am  

I just googled "Adam Pearson Hull" to see if there was any reaction from him in the media to last night.
The top news story has the headline "Hull FC owner Adam Pearson launches stinging attack on players letting club down and says they'll be released"
It was only when I clicked on it and started reading I realised it was from September 2018 after the Warrington defeat.
It's like groundhog Day

Re: Radford out : Fri Sep 06, 2019 9:24 am  

Radders has done well but he's simply at the end of his shelf life with Hull. With there being no London next season, relegation is a genuine threat with the form we show at the back end of the season. I had no excuse not to go to the game last night. I had the time and the money but I simply couldn't face what I expected would happen. Not losing so much, but embarrassing ourselves. I worry about the impact the end of this season is going to have on our attendances, and how in turn that will impact an already very stale home atmosphere. I like Radford, but we need some kind of catalyst to change.

Re: Radford out : Fri Sep 06, 2019 9:51 am  

Well he certainly won't be going anywhere this week, it will depend on what we do next week. Saints may field their reserves again and we may end up scraping in to 5th. Which Pearson would probably hail as a major success. Personally I hope Saints deal us another record defeat and hammer the last nail in his coffin. But realistically I know he is still going to be here next year regardless.

I don't get to many games these days anyway. I work and spend most of my time in Scotland. I will go when I am in Hull for the week, or if it's a big game I will make the effort. But until something changes, that's me done. I don't mind us being rubbish, I've seen far worse teams and have stuck by them. But what I can't abide is all this talent going to waste. We have the squad to be real challengers. This year a GF spot was just begging to be claimed, but instead we just embarrass ourselves week after week. Next year we have recruited great but it will just be the same again. I just hope that alot of others are feeling the same as me and decide to keep their cash in their pockets. Maybe then Pearson might wake up and see what is obvious.

[Chris71]

Re: Radford out : Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:05 am  

Mild mannered Janitor wrote:

With all due respect, it shouldn't matter whether you travel 70 miles, or 70 yards to the game. What we have had to endure this season is not what we sign up for. That's their choice and that should be respected.

I travel a round trip of about 110 miles for home games. I'll buy a pass next year. I have seen us in a much worse state than this in the past. The frustrating thing is that we have the playing personnel to be much better.

That is the problem and the rightly should cop the criticism for their failure to perform when needed, however the Coach also shoulders that responsibility as he is the one that is there to ensure they go out on the field ready to perform and if they do not then it his job to make the changes and correct what is going wrong.

This is what is not happening and it seems to be coming pretty apparent that it is more player lead in the way we actually play and perform than the coaching team.

A lot gets said about the 2 cup wins and that's what LR brought us but yet the poor performances its the players? That just doesn't wash anymore as the same traits in the way we play are there in 6 years LR has been in charge and the players have been changed the only constant within is the coaching staff.
Looking back was it LR that was so instrumental in the cup wins or was it more to do with the players lets not forget the infamous dressing room lockout in 2016.

Re: Radford out : Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:13 am  

Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:

Well he certainly won't be going anywhere this week, it will depend on what we do next week. Saints may field their reserves again and we may end up scraping in to 5th. Which Pearson would probably hail as a major success. Personally I hope Saints deal us another record defeat and hammer the last nail in his coffin. But realistically I know he is still going to be here next year regardless.

I don't get to many games these days anyway. I work and spend most of my time in Scotland. I will go when I am in Hull for the week, or if it's a big game I will make the effort. But until something changes, that's me done. I don't mind us being rubbish, I've seen far worse teams and have stuck by them. But what I can't abide is all this talent going to waste. We have the squad to be real challengers. This year a GF spot was just begging to be claimed, but instead we just embarrass ourselves week after week. Next year we have recruited great but it will just be the same again. I just hope that alot of others are feeling the same as me and decide to keep their cash in their pockets. Maybe then Pearson might wake up and see what is obvious.

Sums it up for me, travelling hundreds of miles to see 5 drives and a kick, as has been said, doesn't matter if it's 100 miles or 100 metres, FC are not entertaining, Ellis said "the effort was there", Sorry Gareth, it wasn't, Sika wandering back after tackles and other players stood with hands on hips.

McRae said there was a cancer at the club, looking at recent weeks it is no longer in remission. We watched the 2017 CC final the other day, where has that passion gone?