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| Hi everyone, as it’s quiet, a thought on future replacements for Mini & Sika, they have been outstanding since arrival, and without doubt a driving force for our recent super Challenge cup victories, and our close encounters in two semi final misses for Old Trafford.
Now assuming they have decided it’s their last season, we must already be on the lookout for two quality backrowers, difficult to see who these could be, I am hoping with our recent signing of Savelio, he is not thought to be a like for like, as much as I like the way he plays, and his development could be a fine acquisition for us, I feel we will be hard pushed to replace these two greats, and just wonder if AP has the ambition and drive to move us forward again, or will we as we have in the past, stand still.
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| Quote: Mild mannered Janitor "Watts was at Hull fron 2012 and played well for many years. Radford was his Boss from 2014 onward. It’s widely accepted that Watts should have been called up a few years ago.
Powell has not got more out of Watts and has been his manager for 12 months. Watts now plays for his home town. To bag Radford for this is wrong.'"
Yet he is now in the England squad under Powell
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| Quote: bonaire "Yet he is now in the England squad under Powell'"
And the point is what exactly???
Watts has not improved as a player. He is playing the same as he did when he was at Hull. To suggest that Powell gets something different out of Watts is just plain wrong.
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| Dont think Watts is playing any better under Powell than he was under Radford but I think his attitude has certainly improved. I think Radford was always an aggressive type player and has tried to instill this in his players and perhaps Watts has reacted to this more than other players. Also people say Radford is a bullying type of person which may also be the reason Abdull left. Different people need managing in different ways and I think Radford only knows one way
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| Quote: Mild mannered Janitor "And the point is what exactly???
Watts has not improved as a player. He is playing the same as he did when he was at Hull. To suggest that Powell gets something different out of Watts is just plain wrong.'"
Ask the England selectors
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| No better player think he as on the verge a couple of times, then did something silly on the pitch, seems to have stopped that at Cas Hull selling him might have given him the kick up the backside
If anything Radford really improved him, when we signed him, he was a decent prop with potential and during his time at Hull he became one of the best props in the league.
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