And other than an poor individual error from the guy who many (including myself) called to be played at FB Widnes wouldn't have scored a try either. I've just driven 220 miles to watch what is arguably the worst performance I've ever seen by FC at the KC. But I know that had some players done the basics of what their job requires Hull would have won fairly easily - that despite having a seriously weakened pack.

I'm neither for or against Radford and I would have done some things differently in selection than he has. But to blame him for today's defeat is disingenuous as the team he put out created more than enough to win at a canter. Coaches come and go but the same weaknesses in the same players bite time and again. Time for further changes of personnel next week no doubt. We need a group who can consistently perform at the required level. It's only 7 games ago we lost 76-18 after all.

Spot on. All Widnes did today to win that game was score a drop goal. We gifted them a try, and conceded the penalty that got them to six points. We also commenced to bomb quite a few chances.
Nout to do with team selection really is it?

Are you being willfully dense
Attack for a start! Barring today granted. You've just brain washed yourself on today's performance! We've scored lots of tries from all kinds of positions. Our points for was decent before today. Defence if you open your eyes is a lot meaner and tougher in field, it's the structure that's changed and not helping by changing combinations each week. The togetherness of the team has been much more evident as well
Simply need to find best team and we need a pack. We're pretty unlucky in the props at min.
Today was grim. Until it's repeated a number of times I'm not gonna wet myself

Spot on.

Embarrassing thread.
After listening to his interview maybe he's the person to sort out the malaise that's been in evidence for years.
As mentioned earlier, Fridays squad selection will be interesting to see if the required changes are made, and if he carries his implied threat through.

Dear oh dear!!!
I'll let you carry on with the inane rambling.
You're a pro at it!

That's exactly how I saw it today. We were pretty hopeless but could still have won 36 - 4. We could also have won last week and at wire.

radford took a chance with his team selection today and it didn't come off. He needs to get heremaia back at hooker and we desperately need to get at least one more prop back for Friday. I don;t blame him for today's loss at all.

I do think he got his interchanges wrong (again) today. Our back row were struggling in the last 15-20 minutes and he needs better rotation. Stupid having a 2nd rower on the bench and not playing him.

There's a common denominator when it comes to the appointment of Gentle, McRae, Radders & Motu.

Best not mention that though.

Jurys out on the Pearson era, I like the guy but he's made several errors now...and goodwill with the fans only lasts so long.

Is it Carl Minns?
Can I punch him even if it isn't?

Lots of hypocrisy on this thread. People saying it is the players to blame for not winning. Yet those same posters lambasted Gentle when the players failed to peform for him. The alleged cancer has been at the club for a long time but our current coach was also part of this club at the same time.
It also does not fill you with confidence when the coach says he knows 5 players will do everything asked of the them, and that he doesn't know what went wrong.
IF Radford ultimately fails in his job Pearson has to stop listening to people within the club and have a complete overhaul of all the backroom staff.

Spot on. The crisis was always going to happen at some point, and, for me, the test of Radders was always going to be how he dealt with it once it came.

So far, he's proved me wrong with the way he's man-manged the team (I thought he was too close), but this is the big one.

Frankly, I think he'll do the right thing. He really hasn't a choice.

Aye. The coup to oust Gentle still sickens me. I do, however, now believe Radford can be strong enough to overcome such a threat to himself. I hope so, because we really can't afford yet another coach and new dawn. The fans' patience won't last another rebuilding period.

A lot of people said very much the same thing throughout Agar's tenure, as well.