James Webster

Any coach that has to work with no youth coming through, their best player being crocked for 90% of the season, see odious people like Ben Cockayne on a daily basis, have a bitter chairman barking one-eyed "must beat Hull" orders at them all year and have Jameh Peacock make all the important decisions for you, deserves to be up there. Awful conditions.

Keep going James.

Radders has done a fantastic job this season so far
I bet plenty of FC fans are squirming from some of their rants about sacking him in recent seasons

What do fans know eh?

I think each and every one of us is eating humble pie (including myself), with some having a bigger portion than others. You'd have struggled to find a fan this time last year that wouldn't have swapped him for another coach given the chance.

Some fans overstepped the line massively in their personal remarks about him. Most put forward their concerns and disappointment, but nobody was happy.

With hindsight, Radford had a hell of a task when he took over. Apathy amongst the fans after being crap for 6/7 seasons was rife, nobody believed he was the man for the job after such a short tenure as an assistant, and the player roster represented one of the worst cases of salary cap mismanagement we've seen at the club.

But credit to him, he's turned it around. The squad/salary cap issues have taken the 2/3 seasons to weed out, recruitment has been very good, morale seems at an all time high and we're playing some decent rugby. I hope it continues as long as possible, but there's a long way to go yet before any silverware gets handed out.

never mind last year, wasn't there a 'Radford out' banner after the Widnes game?
There was certainly lots of teeth gnashing and whining over on the Hull board.

I hope when he leads them out at OT he sticks 2 fingers up at those who have been on his case for what seems like years, some of it pretty nasty and personal from memory.

Nope. I think you're making that up. I was at the game & didn't see or hear about that. We came into the Widnes game following narrow defeats to Cas & Wigan, so not really reason for anyone to create a home made banner to take to Widnes.



It was a pretty terrible performance and people were rightly disappointed about the manner of the defeat. Ironically, it seemed to kick start our season. "Teeth gnashing & whining" is a bit over the top as usual, maybe one or two of the usual suspects, most were level headed, realised it was very early in the year and in the previous 4 games we'd done alright.



He'll metaphorically stick two fingers up at them just by getting there.

You're right, some of the comments about Radford, albeit from a very small handful of known idiots on our board, completely crossed the line. Personal abuse, made up allegations of him being a bully to the younger players, and even a childish online petition signed by about 100 people. It's sad that people felt it necessary to lower themselves to such levels.

That petition was an absolute cringe-fest!, same as when someone on one of our facebook groups did one

this could be the banner i was thinking off, i apologise if i have my timelines mixed up

That looks to be at the KC so I would guess from a prior season.

As much as I think Chester has done a sterling job with my team, if Radders continues this form and gets FC to the Grand Final then he should win it for me.

It's certainly not at Widnes, or this season.

I didn't say it was at Widnes, i said it was after the Widnes game.
I am sure i saw a Radford out banner at one game this year, although, like i say i could be wrong.
But let's face it, a majority of Hull fans have wanted Radford out for the last few years, although usually after a defeat or a bad run.

Get over yourself. He got HKR to a CCup final and a 9th finish - hardly a pigs ear. Ever thought it was the players who made a pigs ear of it, I mean they player like schoolboys in the final and I don't think any coach can be blamed for that.

If you want a tit for tat just wait until Websters anti magic really kicks in. He had a good start with us when he took the reigns halfway through the season - then bang, when he had to put his own team together the following year every wheel he had fell off.

Wasn't all his fault but he is for me the worst coach we have ever had and we've had Agar and Roe coaching us!

All that said, unless we have a second purple pact I wouldn't have Chester as COTY to be honest - more of a "commendation for a good start".

How is he, when did we last reach a CCup final - they all loved him at that point.

I actually think he deserves more credit for getting a very poor Rovers team to the CCup than what he's done at Wakey - most of which is down to Brian Smith preparation IMHO.