After years of using the media and the conventions within professional sport as a shield someone's bitten back! Strong words and a bit unorthodox to say the least but hard to disagree with much of it ! www.hulldailymail.co.uk/hull-fc- ... story.html

After years of using the media and the conventions within professional sport as a shield someone's bitten back! Strong words and a bit unorthodox to say the least but hard to disagree with much of it ! www.hulldailymail.co.uk/hull-fc- ... story.html

To be fair to Raiders he's come across as fairly measured during his tenure, even during the tougher times.
Sounds like fathead has really p!ssed him off this time though.

absolutely brilliant

Hilarious but schofield just does it for effect so personally I'd have laughed it off and asked how many lance todd trophies judas won

the response sounds like it's from someone that is under pressure and the comments have really got under his skin, i don't know why 2 games in.
Yes we had a ropy performance last week, very few in the team were at the races and I'm sure MS recognises that he and the rest of the team can do better but responding as he has falls into GS hands IMHO.
And as annoying as GS is and is a loudmouth gob sh ite, he had more skill/talent on his own than some SL teams could muster as a whole.

Whilst he has the right to say whatever he wants, it's an opinion after-all, it's far from being right based on one or two off days.

imo its just a bit of banter between the 2,

Not with the words he(Radford)has come out with, that isn't banter at all IMHO.

Radford is under pressure after just two games, dont talk daft.

I actually think Scofield has a couple of correct points about Sneyd, but has gone way over the top and not put in a professional way, as Jake says he does it on purpose and it's the only reason his stuff gets published as in reality he is a poor journalist.

I found Radford's comments a bit immature to be honest. He should just have glossed over Schofield's comments.

Tbf Schofield is on the money on occasion

Dont see anything wrong with a coach sticking up and backing his player. thats what radford has done!

Entertaining from Radders but in truth he'd would have been better ignoring it and denying our tubby chum the oxygen of publicity he needs.

What's all the fuss about. He's right ! Lol !

I'm showing my age here but let's be honest, he's no Peter Sterling and if you compare him to the likes of an Andy Gregory or Deryck Fox in their prime they'd have both made him look ordinary. But what do I know apart from sod all. Just my opinion. I think he's a little overrated.

Anyone else see the irony in the Ambulance chasers comment?

Yet these two you quote played against relatively unfit forwards who didnt get the benefit of an interchange rest during the game. Anyone who was fleet of foot and quick off the mark got noticed in those days.

Role of the scrum half has changed. I don't think its a fair comparison

Schofield may talk out his rear end but he was easily the 2nd best player of his generation - behind only Hanley. Did it in internationals, did it in the ARL and rated by the Aussies. His big mistake was to go to a Leeds, who at that time were the epitome of spineless, underachieving losers.

Now I think Gregory & Fox were very good players in British club rugby, but their impact beyond that was less impressive than Schofield. Anyway being a great player isn't a guarantee that they will be a great and intelligent pundit - as indeed Schofield often proves.

Very big on loyalty is the grudge - ask Larroyer and then start working down a long list of those who have received his kindness.

Schofield's job in his 'punditry' to court controversy, but I found the particular comments on Sneyd overly personal against a single player. There may be en element of truth in it, but I don't think the personal attack on him was warranted, especially as it didn't provide anything constructive or insightful to the reader to explain why he had this opinion or what he thought Sneyd could do to improve etc.

Schofield is nothing more than a loud-mouthed moron who's credibility as a pundit is at rock bottom. A drunk idiot watching the game in a pub shouting at the TV provides more insight.

I personally wouldn't have responded if I was Radford as I don't think it's worthy of one, but I can understand why he felt he needed to back his player and call the comments out for what they are.

I said it SOUNDS LIKE, not that he is, given the more than stern response, it's the response usually heard from someone under pressure who goes on the offensive.
Why LR has come out with what he has with his invitation and all the rest of it iincluding foul language is crazy. there's no need for it at all and just falls into the hands of GS.

Schofield is the Katy Hopkins of RL journalism and gets column inches by being controversial and trying to get a bite. Radford has given him exactly wht he wanted by biting back.

Pretty much it really. I'm surprised radford even bothered to respond let alone seeming lose his rag over it

What have we got to do with this thread, how did we enter in the debate !!!

Looks like Marc has rammed somebodys words right back up their big, fat, larddy @rse tonight.


Well done Radders for having his back.

Let's be honest, Schofield does have a point. Sneyd does go missing from time to time. The good news is that he's turned the criticism into a positive - now back it up with some consistency.