You'll always get people that like a bit of a moan..... Leave em too it. They can stay at home and pretend they are washing the car while they have Humberside on LOL

You forgot the most famous lad to come back........ He has a little road named after him. And he beat us at Wembley too!!!

Ditto. Glad for Radders, but care more about the upcoming season now.

Top and bottom of it is that all of his critics are nothing more than self ed begrudgers that cannot find it within themselves to go and support him and say thanks for all your efforts in playing in the greatest game.

Rather than a favourite memory, am I allowed a future vision?

You climbing into a boxing ring with him.

Now that I would pay good money to see

And I'll again raise the issue of why it seems to be all Radford's fault that that was the case yet Fitzgibbon was some sort of superhero for doing exactly the same things in exactly the same role, just with a bit more polish and fitness. Neither offered the team enough (or were not able to through reasons out of their control), yet one is lambasted whilst the other is lauded.

I'm not a big fan of Radford, I actually thought we only needed one of him or Dowes and I preferred Dowes of the 2, but the venom with which he is ripped into in comparison to some others I find unfair and distasteful.

His biggest attribute was his work ethic and commitment, an excellent pro.

I also liked the fact that he wasn't scared to give the fans a blast. All this best fans, 18th bollox annoys me, we haven't been that in a long while.

Favourite quote about him was from Peacock's book - Noble addressing the players before a GF "Jamie you're one of the best props in the game, go out there and show em, Jimmy (Lowes) you're one of the best hookers in the game, go out there and show em, Lee....do your best"

Erm, he got paid didn't he? He left the club, gave his best years to someone else, then came back when he was past his best. Fair enough, that's his prerogative, but I certainly don't feel as though I owe him some sort of debt of gratitude.

It's not about him leaving then coming back, that much has been made abundantly clear: it's about whether he deserves a testimonial for having done so.

And i'll say the same thing again, where have i said it was all down to Radford ?

If they come back and do 10 years service they deserve a testimonial.

Before people come back and start moaning i know its from the RFL not HFC.

You haven't, but what I'm asking is why is one heavily criticised whilst the other was/is highly praised, when in their time here they offered almost exactly the same to the team? Purely in terms of what they did for Hull FC, what is so different to justify the extreme difference in how they are treated/regarded? One is labelled the epitome of everything wrong with the club for the last 5 years, the other one of the best signings we've made in the last 10.