A big decline in attendance next week v widnes may open pearsons' eyes

Be lucky to top 8 or 9000

Doubt it. He's got 20k there tonight and is talking about the club breaking even. We've been here before.

I've asked this before but what happened to the arm round the shoulder approach? Seems it's needed right now with a few players

Pretty much our entire fan base saw the game tonight either live or on TV, there couldn't have been a bigger stage to flop spectacularly on. Can't see any paying supporters for Widnes on Friday so that's 7k pass holders only and its the longest trip of the year (excluding Catalan obviously) for the Widnes fans

Couldnt agree more .

What he said.

Listening to his after match interview dux anyone hear radford apologise to the fans? He mentioned pearson and the coaching staff but nothing about us poor sods who had to pay good money to watch that shower

I heard that abt the fans someone from the club should come out and say sorry

Noticed he missed the fans out too, but wasnt surprised as he made several digs at the fans in interviews when he was a player. He's an East Huller don't forget!

Stop winding people up mate.You know he`s a Rovers supporter.

His after match interview on RH was an embarrassment. Waffling on about white boards and running out of ink. Is he too thick to realise that the players either don't understand what he wants or , if they do, they're not buying in to it

I wonder if this is the root of the problem?

I think it could be the problem .We have got some decent players who must be wondering what the hell our game plan actually is. I don't believe in player power, seems to have happened too much in the past, but in this case I'll make an exception if it means the end of Radford.

Lots of coaches use the arm round the shoulder approach,radford uses the arm round the throat approach.
Dosn't it seem strange to the rest of our fans,gentle sacked after two 6th place finishes and a cup final,and radford given the job seemingly sine die by pearson,even though he's failed miserably.Its a toughie to figure who put the boot in for gentle dont you think ??

It was obvious at the time what had happened, as they all, including Radford, leaped aboard the happy bus for Blackpool shenanigans even as we were slumped in the supporters coaches returning from Huddersfield and Gentle was summoned.

I think the players are playing for him, they are putting the effort in each week, its just the complete lack of ideas that is the issue. I think the problem is all of the coaches and several of the players have been at the club so long they have got trapped in this bubble and believe they are top players & coaches playing/coaching a top club. Everyone at the club seems to think they are a big top4 team that's just having some bad luck!

When was the last time a player or coach at HullFC won something? Ellis winning SL with Leeds in 2008? none of them know what it is like to be part of a winning set-up.

All players who've spent 10-12 years under top class coaches, & are probably the better players because they don't bother with
Radfords `instruction sheets'

But we've bought game management

Must admit mate after Thursday last I did think the same. Funny old game eh ?

8 points from 10 games - the minimum for me before season start but he gets my support for the rest of the season. Top 8 failure would see him go himself anyway I believe.

Win the next 3 (Hudds, Salford and Wire) and he'll get my full backing. Hudds and Wire are sturggling for consistent form just as we are, and Salford have just lost two of their best players Chase and Hauraki to suspension, so all 3 are winnable. Win those and we'll go in to the business end of the regular season in form and with confidence. But sadly it'll only take one more poor display for the negativity to kick back in.

How fortunes can change.

Agree, if we win at least two of the next three league games (we'll also have the game in hand to come with Wakefield) and chuck in a couple of cup wins, then we'll be nicely mid-table and in the Quarter Finals of the cup. We'll then have a whole different set of ambitions for the rest of the season.

It's a very tight competition this season and we shouldn't lose sight of that.

I think they may have just found some form, beat Wakey 80-0

Makes you wonder what Powell could do with our squad of players? Definitely as these cas players, playing to full potential so far in this game

Who cares he isnt,