I dont need to watch stage managed questions.

What happend to Radio Phone ins, fans forums that were free entry.

Why wasnt this a SL Show int done by Tanya or the impossible Levy on Look North?

He's fine thanks,is jason crookes still bowling them women over ?

Decent interview, some of the things he said I didn't agree with and he seemed to have too many poor excuses for us being poor this year. There has clearly been something going on with the players behind closed doors, which has effected performances slightly.

I honestly think the amount of money AP has invested and his long term commitment he is prepared to out in will see me get a pass next year.

What is it with u and Greg Eden, did he turn down your advances in pozition or something. Seems you can't go more than 2 posts without mentioning him and you're embarrassing yourself.

I dont need to, your chairman jumped off his bar stool to have a pop at him in public.

You'd think the "young" "man" would keep himself out the limelight

No he's NOT a prop he's a back rower ffs!!!

That and the Scott Taylor knowledge sums him up.

Who's Scott Taylor?

Oh the plodder?

A few people seem to have watched a different interview to the one I saw. Or maybe the same one through some filters.

Taylor didn't look like he was plodding when he carried half of our defensive line over for a try last week.

Anyway, he is already signed, so I shall look forward to your back tracking when it's announced.

He said they expect the squad to be top 6 but as the season went on some deficiencies became apparent. Basically the poor performances of the halves reading between the lines. Don't see much controversial there? Oh - and he specifically states that we've underachieved (at around 30 seconds in) and then goes on to call the season 'awful' at around 2mins 50secs.


This is the bit of the interview I struggle with TBH. I don't see any evidence of a general reluctance among Aussie coaches to playing youngsters where required/appropriate and not specifically with Gentle either. Very odd. The comment about loan players could be taken as meaning he was asked to provide them, refused, and youngsters were used reluctantly instead I suppose.


At no point does he hold this year up as being better than last year. He mentioned the poor performances at the end of last season - including the losing run - as a reason why despite a top 6 finish and a CC final appearance he still felt that things were not right.


I think they're better in so far as they haven't wasted as much cap on ordinary players. In terms of quality there are still some question marks I agree.


This simply isn't true. All through the interview he brings up poor game management and a sub-standard kicking game as the main reason we've struggled and specifically states these as the reason we lost so many close games. The only two games where he mentions the refs calls as factors are Wire and Saints.


He also blamed himself for letting Gentle/McRae make such a mess of things.

If he believes what he's saying then I despair and if it's spin meant to somehow persuade us that all is well then he's got a low opinion of the intellectual capability of the fans - then again maybe that opinion will be proved to be right and they'll be back for their jam next year.
Keeping Yeaman and losing Crooks? Wimpish Aussie coaches , loan signings no good but cr@p permanent ones ok and don't keep the youngsters out? The new format for SL next year is now fantastic and just what the game needs , when did that change? As someone said , sounds like the ramblings of a madman and just so disappointing cos I really thought he was going to be the intelligent , savvy , reasonably wealthy owner we'd been looking for. And if AP is going to do an "interview" then surely to have any credibility the questioner shouldn't be AP's employee who has a responsibility for Club PR!

i'm sorry, that whole thing was so safe it was unreal. sadly that was exactly what i expected. He needs to front up to the fans either at a forum or on a q&a session on the likes of this board (which would be fun, though never likely to happen). its funny the fans forums only seem to happen when the team is doing well

What I have a bit of a problem with is the saying the squad should be top 6, but then saying they realised that it wasn't capable, when it's not all that different to a squad that did indeed finish 6th. I don't see how that claim works alongside blaming the previous coach, it's inconsistent. Either the squad is that good, and the current coach is doing something wrong, or the squad is pants, which would mean the last coach did a very good job with poor resources.



It's a lot of nonsense that I personally find a little insulting if he thinks we're daft enough to believe it.

Loan players, if he refused then he's not really backed the coach. Just didn't ring true to me anyway though with Gentle's selection policies. He wasn't frightened of playing the youth at all. He even did it without injuries, look at the Yeaman furore. And as also said, why is signing Colbon & Carvell on 1 year deals not the same sort of thing?



I never said he said it was better. I just don't understand the inconsistency of finding a 5 game losing run and some thumpings so offensive last year as to warrant sacking the coach, but have so much unshakeable faith in Radford after an even worse season.



I'll not guess at what they earn, I'm just bothered about quality and IMO they're not better as he claimed.



He also hinted at Paea's ban being a factor in the Widnes debacle. He just needs to drop it for a bit. Concentrate on getting our house in order for a bit.



As he should. I just think he's over-attributing problems to them. There are plenty of things this year that are nothing to do with them, but he seems to be wanting to lay everything at the door of their tenure.