Quote: BP1 "Agree with this.
I've said this before (when Hoy and Brown left for example), but the club has to take some of the blame for this situation. It goes without saying that, in particular, the first three months of the season have been a nightmare of catastrophic proportions for everyone concerned. To fly half-way round the world and find yourself working for a club which appeared to have completely lost any sense of direction cannot have been easy for anyone, let alone a young rugby professional.
It easy to say he should have knuckled down and worked hard, but life doesn't always work out as easy as that. I suspect the atmosphere around the club (Feb - May) made it very easy for players to become disheartened fairly quickly, heaven knows we supporters were in despair at what was happening, why wouldn't a player feel the same way as us?
I too think Pele has potential to be a decent player for someone, and hope it works out well for him, be it at Bradford or wherever. Think it was simply wrong player - wrong club - wrong time in this instance. Think this is best for player and club. Let's hope it works out well all round in this case.'"
Sometimes signings just don’t work and that was probably always going to be the case with Pele. He probably would have gone okay under a top set up where fitness and conditioning were of high importance and , as has been said, in a squad where he could develop into a good player . We just weren’t the right club for him and if anything , his fitness may have actually deteriorated under Tony itsnotmyfault Smith because as Clifford publicly stated preseason was “a piece of pi$$” at Hull. Just glad we have now appointed a seasoned coach , who has already laid down a marker with his comments on fitness. I dread to think what level Smith night have taken us to had he still been in charge .
