Terrific post which sums up I think what many of us are thinking!

Getting to 8 from 15 would mean winning 5 of the next 6. 14 from 23 would have been optimistic pre-season, and now requires 11 from the remaining 14 pre-split games. That's a tall order.

especially when we rarely, if ever, win 2 games in a row under Radford, we are now going to be required at some point to win 4 in a row to achieve the target

Yep, well, shouldn't have lost 6 of the first 9 then!

One win doesn't make a season, nor does it change the big picture.

Lee Radford has now been in his post for over 18 months and his performance should be reviewed over the progress made over that period.

At the start of last season, I thought we were still suffering from a Wembley/Hudderfield Play Off defeat hangover and some tolerance could be given to Radfords initial tenure.

However, this season it's his squad, his playing style etc. Monday's win was obviously welcome and potentially give's Lee a chance to still make it as Hull's Coach. He'll definately be in charge for the next two games now. Two wins against Widnes and Wakefield (currently the other weakest clubs in the league), will take us to between 7th and 10th in the league and provide real hope for a Top 8 finish. Defeat in either, will proably resign us to the Middle 8.

With the Saints win, he's now earned the right to see how we go in the next two games, however to me I'm still not convinced. I'm not sure Hull fans will ever really warm to him as a coach. He has not had the best of starts and he comes across as very dour. You only need to compare his manner to Chris Chester, rightly bubbling with joy after their Deby win and also happy to beat Huddersfield, but reflective on the performance.

On Monday, Radford should have at least raised a smile. Not a celebration, but at least a start and opportunity (with the games coming up) to develop a run. Instead he unemotionally went through the motions. He may argure, he doesn't get excited when we win or lose, but I'd rather see that he had enjoyed the victory and was hungry for the next one.

I hope he will go on to prove me wrong, however I still suspect we will be having the same debate at the end of May, when our fate will almost be sealed.

So what, exactly is your argument? Are you sure your not a bi-polar woman?

That in order to reach an acceptable (to me) amount of points in the first 23 games of 24/26/28 points, the team is going to have to go some. A return of 20 points is not acceptable for the squad he has.
27 (twice) & 26 (twice) has been enough to make the 8 in the last four years. Now given the reduction in games this year I think 22 will make it. That's why i'm saying that 20 is unacceptable, because I think that will mean we don't make the 8.

Sadly I don't think we will make the 8 now as we have made such a bad start and other teams who might have been targeting a 6th to 8th finish have all been picking up points.

I don't think Pearson is set to sack Radford any time soon so unless he walks he will be our coach till the end of the season.

I can only hope that Pearson and Tony are already looking for a new coach for next season.

I hope Lee and the team prove me wrong and make the 8 but I can't see it.

That may well be the case, but you only have to look at the club over the river to see what 3 wins on the bounce can do for you. Far too early for doom and gloom.


That's probably true, although I think if we don't make the 8 Radford will walk.


I doubt it.


As do we all. I think, anyway.

The other day Dave K said that if we lose tomorrow, Radford should go. You reckoned that this made him one of those that Radford was talking about changing their mind from one week to the next. This post and the other you mention state that 4 from 10 is the minimum for Radford to keep his job.

Given that we are 3 from 9, can you please enlighten me as to how tomorrow being decisive for Dave K suggests he is fickle, but vindicates you as sensible and measured?

I didn't think that was the case at all. What he said may not have been wise but it was very much an emotional outburst, I don't see how anyone could say otherwise.

Cheers Dad for looking out for me, I am looking forward to his response though his response though, hopefully it will as good as when the Rovers fans made him look a fool about his Campese comments.

I am disgruntled but I was at Saints. I like the social aspect of FC matches but it will no longer be top priority for me to attend, but will where I can.

I agree the club is becoming divided, or probably a better description is apathetic.

I don't personally believe Radford is the best man for the job, but I don't also think his after match interview was as inflammatory as some are making out. Some people on social media go too far, that is how I took it. Should he have said it? Probably not as was irrelevant but for me showing he cared actually did mean something.

Spot on Wormy.

Hope it didn't come across as patronising to you. I'm just noticing a hell of a lot of inconsistencies in reasoning used to criticise people on here recently, particularly as ways to have a dig at those of us seen as the negative crowd, and this was a good example IMO.