Utterly pointless.

Dave's a smart man & sees the clubs heading forward. He also sees the moaners for what they really are. Tedious,repetitive & very boring.

I have real difficulty agreeing that Gentle set us back, personally. The bottom line is that we were better when Gentle left than when he took over. For me, he undeniably improved us, the only question is whether it was by enough.

I think the question of getting rid of Radford is like Gentle 2 years ago. If it's for a better coach it might (probably will) be the right thing. If we're going to get an inferior replacement then what's the point? I do find it a little hard to think that we couldn't do better, though.

Radford and Tony do deserve some credit for some of their recruitment. I'm not quite convinced that this year's squad is better than the 2013 one, though. In fact apart from the halves and 2013 being another good prop short, I personally think 2013's was better. I don't really want to get back into the whole Gentle v Radford comparison, TBH, I think I've said my piece and it's clear how I think about it. All I initially wanted to say was that I think the recruitment under Gentle was not as bad as is now painted, nor really any worse than what has come since so far.

Here's Adam Pearson speaking a year ago, how much of what he said was right?

rlhttp://www.hullfclive.tv/interviews/exclusive-interview-adam-pearson/rl

The lack of balance is daft. Who amongst the fanbase predicted top 4? Hardly anyone. We've finished the regular season 7th and had the toughest of QF cup draws. We're not a top 4 team, don't have the resources. That said Pritchard, Taylor and Fonua are impressive signings which will likely strengthen us.

Tony Smith said his squad could win silverware. Koukash has made outlandish claims for a couple of years. Mike Smith said Rovers not making the 8 would be a "total disaster". Overstatement of unfounded ambition is not uncommon it seems.

you actually believe that?

I'll have a half of whatever you're having.

That's not a very good idea.

We are buying players that are as good off the field as they are on it, the youth is doing really well also.
Salford have spent a fortune & done nothing.
So it's about getting the balance right.

The trouble with Radford is that he wants to build a side that simply bullies the opposition, people say it all the time but it's impossible not to draw comparisons with the Bradford side he played in, excluding one massive difference of course, they won everything in sight.

Radford is holding the club back in so many ways he has to offset this with short term success on the field. He has little interest or desire to work with and bring through any talented young backs, he has no desire to see any pace in the back line and has no desire to play exciting or entertaining rugby, these are big issues for RL fans. On the flip side regardless of what anyone on here claims, if he got the side finishing in the top 4 and challenging nobody would here about the lack of creative freedom or care about the structure of attacking play, winning games however 'ugly' would offset that. I don't think the squad is good enough on paper, but think with his approach we will need to finish in the top 4 next season, he's creating a rod for his own back and doing it the hard way in my opinion.

You sound more and more like Standee each day, I prefer to look the positives, pretty much how I seemy life. But you carry on moaning about the same thing every single day.

See ya.

I'm afraid you'd fail a GCSE-level Critical Thinking exam with skewed interpretations like that. A classic example of perception bias.

Pearson has specifically blamed Gentle & McRae for specific things - lacklustre recruitment and a lack of professionalism mainly. At no point has either he or Radford claimed that the squad was a disaster or that Radford was starting from scratch. Neither have they implied such. When Pearson has defended Radford he has always banged on about the 'hard work' Radford is doing and all the stuff 'behind the scenes' that he's having to sort out. He has never directly blamed the squad.

I don't really moan Dave, I do more disagreeing with the blind optimism that you and a few others on here (You are getting fewer by the way) continue to show. Yes its boring and tedious like your term removed pointed out. But its just sooooo unbelievable after 2 years of watching the same e as the rest of us, that people continue to defend the indefensible, its ridiculous. And this is a discussion forum, seems to me that the "moaners" are just labelled "boring" and the delusional are somehow not, I don't get it.

Not having that sort of thing thank you. This is a discussion forum as you point out, not a playground. And the AUP applies too.

Chris

Grow up.

No-one is blindly optimistic. You appear to be the one with vision issues as you continue to fail to grasp what people are posting.

Not sure if your delusional or a moaner, but your definitely boring, 16000 posts and ive not read a decent one yet.