Only played for 10-15 minutes and it was out of position at centre/wing wasn't it?

Probably in one of his "I'll only use 10 of the 12 changes and use 3 of the 4 available players for that" games.

Cunningham played in the Catalans away game under Agar.
Nicklas saw a 20 minute cameo at wing/centre under Agar.
Lyne got a few games on the wing.
I don't count players like Kent and Aldous who only got games in the early stages of the cup or in preseason.


For Gentle:
Bowden - several SL games
Green - couple SL games
Kent - SL/Cup games
Crooks - SL game
Ellis doesn't really count as he isn't an academy player and played all last season in the championship.


The main differences for me between the two are:

1) Agar would move the team around to always have his senior players in, regardless of them being out of position. Gentle does a like-for-like replacement.
2) Agar tended to give players 20 minutes off the bench. Gentle has offered them starts or 30-40 minutes.
3) Gentle's let them play in their actual position, not just shoved them on the wing/centre.

Gentle has done more for the future of the club in 5 months than Shergar did in 5 years. He has shown the youngsters that a 1st team place can be attained. You can see these young kids gaining in confidence and actually believing in themselves. Bowden is now an important part of the senior squad and doesn't look out of place. Kent hopefully will follow.

The big difference for me between the 2 is Agar used to always say they weren't ready when questioned about the u20's and gentle says he'll come in and do a good job for the team. (even if he doesn't always think they will)
How can you ever be mentally ready when your coach is telling the world your not?

or looking at it another way gentle has played 5 players from the u20s in just 3 months of the competition, agar played only 3 players in nearly 5 years

I think we're all in agreement that our club is moving in the right direction now. Professional at every tier within the club. Not just the now but the future all included in the business plan. In Rl weekly Gentle says we need an answer from Manu within the week so the club can make moves for next season. He says a lot of quality Nrl players are asking to play for Hull and the teams vision. Good attitude in my opinion.

yes its called man management something that was lacking with agar plus with gentles persona he can motivate these young lads to great heights and when the sharp end of the season arrives and we need someone to step up to the plate these lads will hopefully be ready