Taking the rumours out of the equation, if AP has made this decision based on results on the pitch then I'm not sure Gentle did enough this year to secure his position for another year as harsh as that may sound. I'm not saying I agree with this, I'm just offering a theory...

Okay, he got us to Wembley which is a great achievement and is a sign of progress but in terms of the league we are no better off than last year. In fact you could argue that we have gone slightly backwards as we finished with four less points. And the gap between our best and worst performances hasn't improved either. So whilst our CC run will have worked in Gentle's favour, the league and performances worked against him. When weighed up AP may have felt that not enough progress was made.

At the end of the day pearson has made his decision,rightly or wrongly and as he pays the bills its his right.There has to be a lot more to this situation than meets the eye,3 months ago there was an article I believe it was in the daily star saying pearson will be getting rid of gentle whatever happens and lo and behold he was right.Is he just a good guesser or was this situation cut and dried a while ago.Mcrae said there is a cancer at the club,was it gentle or is the cancer still there,all very cloak and dagger !

The cancer quote was from years ago I believe. Back when McRae was coach. Had nothing to do with Gentle.

The only cancer I can see is a small number of the so called 18th man.

Yes, I may not always agree with what happens at FC but I'll never give up supporting them.

Fair comment,I thought it was recent but the guy in the paper saying gentle was gone whatever happens seems odd.

Saw something on twitter which made me think.

If only the players held onto the ball better at wembley, Gentle could have been a Hull FC legend and not looking for another job.

Strange what a difference 80 minutes can be in Rugby.

It must have all been sorted out his morning then!!

The moral of the story is never, ever, believe what you're told...

Blake ayshford ‏@Blakeaysh 4m Dissapointing to see Pete gentle getting replaced at hull FC... Great coach shouldn't have a problem picking up a job somewhere else

Maybe just our players that didnt appreciate him then

...or maybe he wasn't that "great".

Or didn't get the support required from his coaching staff and players that every coach needs to do well

or maybe something else.

You really didn't like gentle did you

Well I hope we're not all having this same conversation in 12/18 months time as Radford is shown the door. He's not my preferred choice but he's got the job and I wish him well in it. However much AP is trying to play down his ambitions, those of the fans will remain the same, especially with certain ones who expect instant success. Fingers crossed that AP has made the right decision.

This could go on forever!

Well said Hessle Roader. I agree 100% with this. Best of luck to Radford.

When did I ever say that. I was just posting an alternative view, not the one repeatedly saying that it had to the players/Radford's fault.

The idea was to stop it in its tracks.

did you actually read what I put ..

Well if was some kind of riddle then you've lost me.

Why try and stop something this is a forum people as long as they don't break the forum's rules are entitled to talk about the why's and if's of what actually happened if they want..

No riddle you just made your statement I made the alternative also pointing out that even decent coaches need the backing of their players and staff..

Thanks pete fantastic bloke and would have loved for him to be a long term coach but the fact is he moved the club forward but not far enough. Some signs we fantastic but others horrendous. Under gentle i never thought we would get pasted, so after thursday no choice for AP. All the best pete

I didn't