Radford needs to keep dropping those that aren't reaching the standards. What good is it if he just decides to let things slide now? He'll lose any respect he's gained from the players. If players continuously fail to reach the required then they are moved out. This culture at our club has to stop, players have been allowed to coast for years. Yeaman being a prime example.

Can you really see Radford shipping out his mate Yeaman

Radford knows who can't tackle - the problem is there's no one to take their place.

tbf yeaman was far from one of the worst players tonight!

Lack of a long-term plan with transfers and contract extensions under Sharp, Agar & Gentle and under Hetherington & Pearson has played a large part.

We still haven't effectively replaced Cooke 7 years on! and i've lost count of the amount of players we've paid to go early.

I appreciate that the changes to the exchange rate and tax rules, and NRL salary cap means its much harder to get quality Aussies & Kiwi's to come over...but we seem to panic buy year after year. Little thought is put in to what we want the team to look like in 2-3 years time and we must be the only team in SL/NRL to spend more money on 2nd rowers and wingers than halves and hookers. Just about every other team gets 6, 7 & 9 sorted then builds from there. We just panic buy a load of squad players and try and fit them all in.

So.... Out of the cup at the first round and struggling to stay with the top 8 after a third of the season, yep I'm convinced!!!!

Yeaman's a lost cause now, this young crop coming through need to grow in a culture that doesn't accept mediocrity.

Yeaman has been finished for a long time. We need a settled pair of quality half backs, a quality winger and two strike centres.

Our squad is not good enough and is made much worse by having an out of his depth coach (again) who thinks he can bully his way through the season. I don't think (or hope) that he'll see it out.

Answer to a different question, that.

Can you see [iRadford[/i shipping out his mate, Yeaman?

No. (even though he is e)

And therein lies (partially) our problem.

Yeaman is a prime example of bad contract decisions by Hull, clubs like Saints only hand out 1 year deals to anyone who is over 30, even if they are a club legend, even if they are playing well...they keep their options open in case that player becomes old and past it quickly. Hull give out new deals out of sentiment, we extended Lynch's contract a year early for example but early in to the 2nd year of his deal (never mind the extended 3rd year) he was looking knackered. We're lucky Cas wanted him as otherwise we'd have been paying him this year to play a very limited role.

I reckon he'd love to. Where does this 'mate' stuff come from? I (sort of) know them both and they're hardly best buddies, no more than Radford and Houghton are. Radford knows Kirk isn't top class, but we just don't have any other option at the moment, Ben Crooks is woefully out of form and Arundel isn't good enough.

Saints signed Willie Manu on a two year deal.

The bin man is our best three quarter.