.. and we "rested" at least 7 players.

You don't think that, for example, another [ivery[/i big defeat could be enough to see Radford's position come into greater doubt? Or that a win could be enough to see him safe to season's end?

Radford will remain as coach if we lose all our remaining games 100-0. There was far greater pressure for him to resign a few years ago, before he'd won back to back trophies. AP has form for mixing it up and delivering silverware with Radford at the helm. He's promised change before and kept his word, so my expectation is that he'll do the same again. If he starts talking about a 5 year plan, then failing and just starting a new 5 year plan each season that leaves us in the drop zone year after year, I'll start to worry about his credibility as it would be shot.

But it is surely possible for a person's mind to change when circumstances do, without them losing credibility. Indeed, Pearson's plans were changed by the performance on Thursday. If your losing streak runs to the end of the season (11 games and 3 months) [iand[/i you get any more performances like Thursday's... well, we'll probably never know but I think we'd be more likely to see Pearson react like he did at the end of Gentle's reign than how he did at the start of Radford's.

There seems little point in using logic in a discussion with Mrs Barista. Her 26,000+ posts demonstrate that the lady is not for turning.

She did start her latest post with “Radford will remain as coach if we lose all our remaining games 100-0”. Should that unlikely scenario happen Pearson would be beside himself and almost certainly take action. Over emphasis does tend to devalue the point being made.

isn't that the norm for Hull fans

I know Steve well and trust me even at his age he wont need any help should one of the Hull fans fancy a pop at him

Or are you gonna have a go if he hasn't got a steward watching his back?



May'be Scott Taylor might have a go too after Steve's derogatory comments about him being selected for England's trip to Denver rather than his son

Looking forward to the game as always over at your place,you can't beat a couple of pints and a laugh prior to kick off time

Hopefully you're right but he's also told us in the past that we wouldn't be suffering humiliating defeats any more and we are.

I don't think radford should be at risk at this stage but we need to see a good start to next season and a massive improvement in our away form and form against the top teams or he does need to be looking over his shoulder but I think he would walk before he got the bullet anyway

He did say that, but his personal form has been to act when things go wrong. I doubt he has new players lined up at this precise moment but I see more reason to believe he'll make changes to the playing roster than to assume he's lying about doing so which seems to be the accepted wisdom of some on here. Just my opinion.

I don't think he's lying but he has form for shooting from the hip and I think he'll find both moving players on and recruiting players of the right calibre a challenge. He's spoken in the heat of the moment and actually putting his words into practice will be a lot harder than speaking them

Of course, but he's also put a longish time frame on his plan to replace those he intends to smoke out.

He has time but unless he's going to pay transfer fees I doubt there are many quality players who aren't signed up for next year