Salford v Hull 9th August Headlngley

Quote: Lang Park "I understand that it's disappointing but we have to bear in mind that this was Last's first ever game as a head coach.
He's going to take time to get used to the role and make the adjustments he's been talking about in the press.
AP has indicated he's got until at least the end of the season so I think we owe him a duty to get behind him and not write him off before he's had a fair crack of the whip.
Hopefully things will pick up over the next week or two and at the end of the season he will be able to clear out a few, that TBF should have gone a while ago, and really make it his team.'"

We OWE Last absolutely nothing, it's this out of date faux loyalty that makes us less effective and sticking to players/staff that will continue to mean we don't get the right staff on/off the field and thus not getting results.

Last has been at the club for over a decade in a coaching capacity, the lead youth team coach and assistant at a top tier club for years, he's apparently being stricter with the players https://www.totalrl.com/hull-players-fa ... ng-regime/ with apparent approval from the captain and others, he's had plenty of experience in a coaching capacity so excuses on the basis its his 'first game as head coach' , it simply doesn't wash!

From TRL

The interim coach revealed last week that he had implemented a system of fines to ensure the Black and Whites’ playing squad were being held accountable for their actions on a daily basis.

Houghton, who admitted to falling foul of the system already, said it had helped instil a different environment within the camp.

“That was one of the biggest things that needed to change,” Houghton said.

“I think everyone’s application and how they’re going about things is top-drawer at the moment.

“We’re only in our second week of training, so that’s going to be the test, when boys start getting tired and fatigued later in the year; that’s when the standards need to be kept high and the senior boys need to drive those standards and make sure we don’t slip, because we’ve tended to slip too often in previous years.

“It’s a big thing moving forward for this group to get to the next level and competing where we were.”

When asked to elaborate on punishable offences, team-mate Josh Griffin butted in and said: “Breathing!”

“Yeah, you’re not allowed to breathe in camp so that’s a big problem for all the boys,” Houghton joked.

“But no, just tightening things up really, not leaving things lying about, not being late for appointments, being on time for training, all those small things.

“We’re just trying to tighten all those little areas to make us more accountable for what we do on a daily basis, rather than letting small things that don’t count too much slip in, which in the past has maybe had an effect on the field.

“It’s been good and the boys have bought into the changes.”