What's his odds for coach of the year?

Just wish the focus would turn away from the coach and be more to do with the players and the club as a whole. Positivity is what we need not the constant knee jerking every time we lose. I was disgusted sat at Widnes with some of the garbage I was watching but I remembered that I had seen a decent, if not awe inspiring, start to the season in previous games.

We have our best squad for ages this season and I hope there's more to come. Most of us predicted 4th-8th (I said 6th) so at the moment I'm reasonably happy. The best thing is that in the last 2 games we've come out the right side of close scores, unlike the Cas and Wigan games. It's small margins and we need everyone pulling together. Fans were brilliant today.

Really pleased for him, he's very passionate about the club, it's great to see.

Indeed

55 minutes into Friday's game he was writing his resignation, what a difference the next 100 minutes have made.

As he says above, small margins between success and failure.

The attitude of the supporters have no bearing on the players? You've got to be kidding me, it does indeed make a huge difference. The crowd is behind you it makes a big difference, any proffesional sports player will tell you as such.

About the same as me dating Jennifer Aniston.

Think he played a blinder with his squad and team selections over the weekend. Managed to rest people, trust the youngsters, wrong-foot Smith and still have a decent squad in reserve for Friday. Bit of a gamble, but a calculated one for sure, and the players have paid him back in spades.

Well done, Radford.

I think we've seen in these Easter Monday games the value of fresh legs, which by the final quarter can be worth more than senior but knackered ones.

Totally agree. What's the point in having a strong squad if you aren't going to utilise them at the most criticised period in the season!

Things are looking and feeling brighter.

My view was always to see where we were after Easter Monday. Fifth in the league, certainly feels like an improvement, however on like for like fixtures, our points tally is the same on last season - one which most felt was unacceptable.

The next few games gives us the chance to convert our potential into points and then we will see a tangible improvement in our true league position for this season.

Widnes aside, performances look better than last season. We seem to be learning how to win the narrow games, 2/4 this season v 2/7 last season and ultimately its converting narrow margins like that which could determine 4-5 league positions come the end of the season.

I was worried during the Widnes game (Lee's half time body language) and the players meeting afterwards, that Lee had lost the dressing room, but that's now looking more like a blip and hopefully a turning point.

Lee's certainly earned the right to continue until the end of the season. However, we've achieved nothing yet and therefore we shouldn't be rushing into hastily arranged contract extensions - we've done that before and regretted it. Lee's safely protected with his current contract and there's nonone likely to be headhunting him any time soon.

We are only ever two defeats from a crisis on this forum, but hopefully we are also just a few wins from achieving the improvement that was probably promised following Gentle's sacking.

I wish Lee well and think he finally showing signs of becoming a good coach. With regards to a contract extension, I think it clearly needs to come down to Top 6 or bust for Lee.

We've now got the squad to achieve the Top 6 and feel we now have every chance of achieving.