That's been the message from day one of his appointment. Doesn't seem to have borne fruit so far.

We won't know until at least half a season has passed and we see how the coach actually coaches. Which was my main point really.

And since Radford has already affiliated with not one but two duAl reg clubs let's hope that is a sign of his intentions.

Some people seem to have written Radford off on the basis of 4 pre season friendlies and the fact that he's a good boxer. I've no idea how he will go as a coach but I'm prepared to let him coach a SL season first and then decide.

Not writing him off, I would love him to succeed. He probably still has every chance. The problem with the fear approach though is that it has little effect on the seasoned professionals that have seen it all before and it just intimidates the younger players to the point where they are scared to death to play creatively and you just end up with them playing within themselves so they don't make mistakes.

That would presumably depend on how the 'stick' part of the approach is used. For example it might focus on preparation, lifestyle and attitude rather than mistakes on game day. In other words it's more to do with a player's overall attitude to his career and employment responsibilities rather than his stats in any given game. Once the potential talent has been identified and an employment contract has been agreed it's down to pure hard work and dedication, and a willingness to be the best that you can be. Come in to training worse for wear and not in the right shape to work and you get the stick. As you say some of our seasoned pros won't be worried because they have already bought into that regime - some of them becoming internationals as a result. If Radford can build in a winning attitude and mentality to the younger players then he will have progressed the club. Whether he can who knows at this stage ?

That is exactly how it should work. But everyone has bad days and when the pressure starts to bite after a few poor results that strong discipline can easily spill over into becoming negative and a blame culture.

Imagine being 10th in the league after 5 games. FC are 4 points up with 3 minutes left to play and one of the younger players makes a clean break up the field and is set to go the length of the field. He has a player screaming for the ball on his inside as he approaches the opposition full-back, but backs himself and tries to run over the full-back, loses the ball in the tackle and within a couple of tackles the opposition have gone up the field and scored under the posts. FC lose the game by 2 points, how does that play out with an under fire coach that rules with fear.

Like I say it depends how that 'ruling by fear' is actually applied which neither of us know. And the scenario you paint could just as easily happen whoever was coach we've all seen it before

Are you suggesting Radford cannot distinguish between a genuine error in the context of a game situation and someone who's attitude and commitment as a whole not been good enough?

Ruling by fear is just a media line, Radford's nothing like that in reality.

It's certainly got some people believing it.

I'm gonna be terrified sat in the West stand near the dugouts.

More people are disappointed with the message than concerned about it's accuracy. At best it's condescending.

Can't say I share that assessment of it. And clearly some think that there'll be fists flying at every training session

Heard we're signing Carvell tomorrow must be bad injurys for watts n green if true

No chance.