Yep true heard the same this morning . Think it's more to do we need more size and experience after seeing what we have in the friendlys .

Wigan has been mentioned on here as a good model to example as a club to follow for pre-season and as a club.

This is their expcted team for Friday (Charnley injured)

Bowen
Burgess
Goulding
Sarginson
Thornley
Green
Smith
Taylor
Mcilorum
Flower
Clubb
Farrell
Oloughlin

Crosby
Pettybourne
Hughes
Powell

On paper this isn't an amazing squad, a team that is well organisged, well coached and works hard for each other.

I honestly don't think it is miles better than ours, but we seem to miles away from them on the field.

Seems unlikely - unless Bradford are in way worse shape than reports suggest.

Carvell would be an excellent signing, got size and power, we are now short on props and he is still as good as any other props in the league.

We should have signed him when he was available.

Seriously? How many of your first team would get a look in that starting 13? Based on form from last season as we have none to go by yet, only Paea, Lineham and Crooks would maybe get a start.

Please read my post properly please.

I never said we had better players, in fact they are better than us in most positions, but only just and not as much as the league table will show next year.

They still are in trouble and all there players are on offer to anybody . We was offered any of there players a while ago but turned them down at the time .

Wane and his staff have a great work effic there, their main goal is to win RL games.

He works within his players limitations.

... and here's me thinking you were one of the more sensible posters.

Fair enough - it hasn't come across that way to me, certainly not to the level you have picked up. Not heard the Feka interview but judging by some antics it could just as easily be a wind up. Indeed the owner himself spoke in the press yesterday ..

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I'm not picking up from Pearson there any indications that discipline will be meted out in the form of "fear, threats, and physical violence" indeed he seems to have totally bucked that theme ....

[iHe’s technically as good a coach as Peter Gentle was. He’s more assertive, has the respect of the players and works as hard as anyone

"Lee has made it clear to every player and every employee what their role is and what is expected of them.

“Hopefully, those standards will see improved performances.

“Lee will be given time. We've got a difficult start to the season, but there will be no dramas at this end. Lee is the right man, I know that, and I’ll stand behind him because he’s a top guy.”
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All pretty reasonable stuff really. I think at least as much of the stuff you allude to has been generated by the fans as the club on the back of Radford's playing image and his penchant (and ability) for boxing. Maybe Feka was just rolling along on that particular bandwagon (or having a laugh) ? Hard for any of us to tell based on us not being anywhere near training or the players themselves. Unless of course anyone has been down to open training and can report back ?

How on earth does AP know Radford is technically as good coach as Gentle? He is a football man and can't have picked up that much information/experience in such a short space of time. I doubt he has formed that opinion himself, has it come from the idiot McRae, the unqualified Motu Tony? I'm not believing that but I'm sure plenty are.

He'll know more than you so we'll just move on.

I doubt that very much mate as we all know on here Ruprix is a fountain of knowledge when it concerns Hull FC