Radford's contract

Quote: Mrs Barista "I sort of agree, but I still think there's a bigger picture to consider which is what Pearson's appetite/ambition is for the club after this season. Five years down the track and we're in roughly the same position as we were when he took over with Agar in charge and an underperforming side in the 6-9 bracket. Loads of cash wasted and potentially limited appetite to keep squad investment levels at this level with gates sub 10k. If he's a bit jaded with it all, thinking he'll not only keep Radford but add the incremental cost of McNamara might be stretching it.'"

Yes it will be interesting to see how Pearson views his time at the end of the season.

Obviously the season has to still run its course and hopefully we'll improve to justify his current strategy of Radford leading a Hull based strategy. An indifferent mid table or lower finish, may result into him considering his options.

Overall, I have always liked Pearson and admire his investment and backing of Hull. I think his Coaching decisions have restricted his ambition. I think he has always appointed upon his best instincts at the time and also supported his coaches despite fan opposition. In his defence, I'm sure he'd cite McDerrmott, Wane, Cunningham and Paul Anderson as former players turned coaches who have been successful. However,, I think not recruiting an experienced coach has been his biggest limiting factor. At some point this year he needs to address this and then he should see a better return on and off the pitch that his investment deserves.

I can see him move for McNamara on the belief he is more experienced, but retain Radford citing perhaps it was too early. I doubt Radford is on a high salary compared with other coaches, so may be accommodated still as a No 2. As I said, this is not a combination I would welcome, but can imagine that it is something that we could end up with, as opposed to going for a clean start with an experienced coach.