He could have stopped at "We didn't do anything..."

Kind of loses the point he was making though.

Who do you drop for the Wakey game, based on last night could be a few?

Sneyd, but we have no one else
Logan but we have no one else

I'd certainly look to bring in Reece Dean who has a bit of zip about him, in place of Abdul who looked lost last night.

Good post for me!!

Give Reece a go. Naughton and maybe even Lancaster. Green in for watts and put frank back on the bench

Perhaps he felt he should start and perhaps he thought he could do a better job than the starting forwards and perhaps our coach didn't agree and perhaps he was left on so we could all see what he could do. But that's only my thoughts of course and perhaps they are a bit scewed as I'm b*ggered this morning! He was certainly on much too long for me however! Ellis the only one who came out of it with any credibility for me I'm afraid!

He should have played Yeaman in the Centres . Carlos to standoff .
Abdull now where near ready.

Yeaman had concussion and had a mandatory 7 days off otherwise he might have!

Rather than posting straight after the game last night, in a state of utter embarrassment and disappointment after what I'd just watched, I thought I'd sleep on it in an effort to make a more balanced post. But even this morning it's pretty difficult. No Hull FC side should ever have 46 points put past them, it's simply unacceptable.

I think last night was a combination of two things;

- Firstly, most of the players were awful. Some really lazy defence, one side of the line moving up and the other static, shirt-pulling, awful reads. Attack was sloppy, kicking game almost non-existent, slow and easy to read plays.

- Secondly, I think our tactics have been figured out by the opposition. The first two games we were an unknown quantity to a degree & streamrolled Salford & Catalans. But since then, sides have realised they aren't beating us up the middle and are getting their fast men on the ball more, spreading the ball wide, kicking early etc, and I don't think we have a plan B. That's down to Radford & his coaching team.


I said before the season starts that I give Radford until after Easter Monday, which would be 8 games in (Salford, Cats, Cas, Wigan, Widnes, Wakey, Rovers & Warrington), a third of the regular season. That's a pretty favourable fixture list to start the season, and we should be looking at a 6 wins.

Obviously 6 wins from 8 is unachievable now, and Radford doesn't have the excuse of a decimated squad hit by injuries like Hudds, Rovers or Leeds.

Do we do what Rovers did, cut our losses and get rid now, or do we persevere for 3/4 more games and see if Radford & the players can regain some form? I think Pearson will do the latter. Jake summed the situation up at the start of the thread, if Radford does go, you can guarantee Richard Horne will be coach at least until the end of the season.

Fair points made there

Good post . Sums it up . Found out , caught Salford and Cats cold .
No playmaker , no plan B . Old Bradford Bulls tactics won't cut it .

The only slight caveat I'd make is that Ellis explicitly stated that they failed to follow Radford's plan for last night. Now whether he meant tactics or something else I don't know but the players are clearly not doing what Radford wants them to do for some reason. That's not absolving Radford of responsibility, just shifting the focus of his failure slightly.