He picked up a knock against rovers

I've heard there has been a sickness bug going around the club and feka was one who it affected also he picked up a slight strain v kr so not worth the risk on a heavy pitch

Thank you.

They are obsessed with us. Look how many of them are on here. Pity there is nothing to discuss on their board.

Do you think that's a problem?

Won't happen though as they will continue to be played. Major respect issues when one of the boys becomes the boss

Quite. Worst initial fear over his appointment seems to be bearing out.

Time for Radford to start as he means to go on, after his rant in the paper needs to be seen to act. Only glimmer of hope is with Pearson holding the purse-strings it's either him (Radders) or them. Will he find the strength?

the only strings AP is holding are Radfords

Oh, the irony

Quote: WormInHand "Quite. Worst initial fear over his appointment seems to be bearing out. Time for Radford to start as he means to go on, after his rant in the paper needs to be seen to act. Only glimmer of hope is with Pearson holding the purse-strings it's either him (Radders) or them. Will he find the strength?'" Good point interesting early test of our new Coach after a shocking display at Featherstone, sat there watching was a soul destroying experience and whatever anyone's says the attitude was totally unacceptable if not sadly very familiar!It appears that with relegation this year and the League of death the next there could well be more Managerial movement mid season than we have seen for a while in RL, as the old panic will start to kick in if Clubs are failing. if not quite the dreaded vote of confidence Pearson is certainly monitoring things closely already! www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-FC- ... story.html

Quote: WormInHand "Quite. Worst initial fear over his appointment seems to be bearing out. Time for Radford to start as he means to go on, after his rant in the paper needs to be seen to act. Only glimmer of hope is with Pearson holding the purse-strings it's either him (Radders) or them. Will he find the strength?'" Good point interesting early test of our new Coach after a shocking display at Featherstone, sat there watching was a soul destroying experience and whatever anyone's says the attitude was totally unacceptable if not sadly very familiar!It appears that with relegation this year and the League of death the next there could well be more Managerial movement mid season than we have seen for a while in RL, as the old panic will start to kick in if Clubs are failing. if not quite the dreaded vote of confidence Pearson is certainly monitoring things closely already! www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-FC- ... story.html

With season pass sales down I think there is an indication that some are already begining to waver. A very poor pre-season coupled with very poor weather, Sky cameras and a not so inspiring first game (in terms of atmosphere. I personally feel its a potential 4 pointer as Catalans will be battling positions 7, 8 , 9 with us this year) will I have no doubt see our lowest league attendance for a number of years.
We then move onto Saints and Wire and there is the potential that we could be looking at the next home game against Bradford as having a very embarassing crowd.
So I would say that a far from inspiring pre-season may well have serious effect on the crowds. Add in what we ended on last season and the mood gets darker.
With questions about attitude already appearing it is no wonder the glass is half empty for many.

Worst initial fear over his appointment ? Surely it's a fraction early to be casting doubt over the coach when the season hasn't even started yet - as bad as some of the pre season friendlies were.

I have no doubt that Pearson has installed Radford as the man to sort out the underlying attitude and approach issues with some of Hull's first team squad by ruling them with the stick. I've read some hand-wringers (not on here) worrying about Radford already laying into his squad in the paper etc. IMO that's exactly how Pearson wants Radford to react - he's not talking about all the players he's talking about a select few who seem to coast from one season to the next by playing to their potential in only around half of the games. There was evidence of this yet again on Sunday. We now also have the captain in the paper talking about adding his two penneth as required down the line in the same context.

I didn't see Pearson's piece in the paper today as a 'vote of confidence' - more a serious measure of support that Radford will be backed with what he needs to alter the lazy culture that some seem to cling to. Let's face it as I said the other day we've had a succession of coaches right back to McRae (the first to talk about the 'cancer' at the club) who have failed to a greater or lesser extent to solve this issue. I think Radford is a medium-long term appointment by Pearson to ensure that the crop of young players coming through now are left in little doubt as to what's required in terms of preparation and attitude to be a pro in SL. Some of our more established players with question marks hanging over them may find themselves playing at Donny or Gloucester as well. I think Pearson judged that Gentle would never have tackled this issue and Radford in his judgement might do.

It will be interesting how things pan out but at this stage it's pretty hard to judge Radford either way until we actually see him coach some games. Team selection in particular (players in form/showing the right attitude not players by name) might be a good indicator. As ever injuries will have a big say in that.

See above - will be interesting to see how it pans out.

"The only friendly that really mattered was the Hull KR game and we turned up okay for that, so it's been a lesson learned for me. Read more: www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-FC- ... z2sLQIPdvy No worries, the only one that mattered you triumphed in

"The only friendly that really mattered was the Hull KR game and we turned up okay for that, so it's been a lesson learned for me. Read more: www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-FC- ... z2sLQIPdvy No worries, the only one that mattered you triumphed in