This is bang on and is what AP & JC are doing. TS has, and will give every squad member a chance to prove they want to be wearing the shirt. If your attitude stinks or you don't play to his standards your out the team and eventually the club. That's what we have been asking to happen more regular over the last few years as supporters and sponsors, and now its happening. Anybody who is questioning anything TS is doing, or has done, needs to be a little more patient. WE don't work with these players every day. WE don't have them banging on our office door whinging and bitching every week. I quote one thing Brett Hodgson said in a conversation we had before he departed the club. 'Its like working in a Kindergarten with 30 kids every day. The problem is the older kids should know better and set an example to the younger ones.' The pressure valve was released on Sunday as TS was left alone with his coaching team, captain and senior players to continue to create a culture that is needed to succeed in professional sport. That has NOT happened in the recent past, in fact up to a few weeks ago.

i agree but why then come out and say he has a hand injury?
he is fit enough for the reserve game on Saturday.
I would rather a coach just say he is dropped and leave it at that

But only saved by the last game win

I remember Martin Edwards a few years ago saying that he still backed Fergie along with Sir Bobby but that the board at the time may have lost patience had Robins not got the winner against Forest in the 3rd round. Sparky Hughes then helped by scoring a equaliser late on in the final to earn a replay, then Lee Martin scoring the winner in the replay.

If I remember that correctly, Hughes hit one of his special volleys didn't he? Hull's rebuild will not be done in one season, but you can make giant strides in a short time. Look at Brisbane Broncos, they had an awful run in last season, losing their place in the finals, but this year, after 7 or 8 rounds , they are the side to beat. I am not saying we can make signings like NRL stars, but with some astute recruitment and retention, we can be a hard team to beat again. I think we will see a complete team in around 3 years time, but hopefully, we can have some great games on the way and make the fans want to attend , again and again. I must admit that renewing my pass is an easy option for me, the games I cannot get to, my son does, but it is vital that we retain memberships, for the club to remain solvent. With that in mind, I do hope the communication is better than it has been previously and I get the feeling with TS, going by the pre-match interview he did before the Giants game, which I saw last night, that it will be. He was honest, frank and , for the first time I have noticed, visibly tired. He looked like a man who has been working his socks off, and the work he puts in must be allowed to come to fruition. Willie Peters may well turn out to be a top coach, but that team is largely TS's, and they look the real deal now, so there is light at the end of it all, in my opinion. My hope is that he can assemble a hungry team, with an aggressive Wigan style attitude.

Game now up on FC Live

The first quote wasn't from me, something weird going on with the quotes today'"

For the 2nd week in a row Litten topped the whole league for most metres covered and intensity (metres covered per minute)

and i was criticised saying have seen more from Litten at full back than from Hoy

There was a guy called Fred Hines who used to call blunderside. What a plonker

Bar steward's. l can't believe anyone would be daft enough to criticise you