AP is far from a happy man and he didn't hold back from letting them know it. No player is safe from being shown the exit door if what's been told is to be believed.

What about the coach?

Houghton doesn't need a hairdryer

Hodgson hasn't got it in him to be like that. After the Catalan game, Reynolds told him that he needs to get angry and rip into the team and tell some home truths but his response was 'that's not how he coaches and it won't make any difference'.

Pearson wasn't at the game yesterday due to illness so after hearing about that display he must have crawled out of his death bed to get to the training ground.

Ahh we're at this stage of the season again, the annual dressing down from Pearson and threat about being shown the exit door *unless you're club hull / a high wage long term contract

This is it. It sounds like hot air. If he's serious Houghton shouldn't be renewed. Griffin and Taylor should be off as they're past it.

Where's the likelihood is it'll end up being a fringe first teamer that bears the brunt of it as they're cheaper to release

That's one of his biggest problems that he is too laid back and nice. He doesn't seem to or hasn't got it in him to in still discipline within the playing and more than likely is seen as a soft touch because of it, hench why they are clearly not listening to him.

The same person did tell me over weekend that Houghton and Griff wont be here next season and that was prior to the Dwyer rumours coming about.

If you're right, it's a step in the right direction.

I was told months ago that Griff was moving to SR to replace Ma'u and Houghton had signed for another year. But as I say, this was months ago and things may have been escalated.

Watch him walk out on Friday with a full head of hair