Surely the change in preseason games this year is the club ( and coach) admitting that they got it wrong last year which is the first step on the road to improvement and has to be applauded. I was very critical of the selection of Radford last year but will be happy to be proved wrong in a spectacular manner.

Agreed. Its better to acknowledge your mistakes and change things rather than press on regardless insisting you're right.

I think Radford has found out the job is harder than he thought it would be and its good that he recognises that he too needs to learn, change and adapt, not just the players.

I'm hoping he'll be a much better coach next season than last. He'll certainly be better for the experience.

Funny that. I was once involved in an administrative role in an RL club at a much lower level in a semi pro comp overseas. The clubs sponsor/owner was heavily involved with the club. Now this guy certainly knew business running a successful large construction company and nobody doubted his commitment, enthusiasm and desire for the team to win. He was also of the opinion that all management is the same and easily transferable between different areas of work. So he saw it as one of his motivational duties was to give a pep talk at half time during the match. Only problem was this guy was an American and while these speeches may well have gone down well at US college football game they certainly didn't go down well with the players and coach.

Moral of the story is I don't have any confidence in people with no RL experience making grandiose claims on their ability to manage a Super League team without at least some knowledge of the dynamics involved. The other thing I learned from that time is that there's an awful lot happening behind the scenes with player's life in general that nobody knows about but which sometimes can lead to what the public sees as an inexplicable preference for one player over another for example. You are dealing with young men who fitter and stronger than average and in many cases yet to learn that they aren't bullet proof or infallible. I appreciate that its difficult and have little respect for those who think its easy. These people making the claims wouldn't say that they could play better on the field than anyone in the current team as they would rightly be laughed off, however similar applies to off the field as well.