ha that is tight she got it a size smaller so I can't take it off!

Some Warrington fan on Twitter is convinced Tony Smith is leaving and coming to Hull, although maybe at the end of the year. I really hope so, either as head coach or to work with Radford.

Easthull, give lee a ring and see if there is any truth in this please

Just have he's just having a pot noodle & watching shrek then he's ringing me back.

must be true if its on twitter mate , i mean they dont just let anyone have an account on there

all joking aside Dave he is favourite on william hills at 6/1

reguardless of knowing the guy i think Lee Radford deserves to at least put his own team together and play before hes hung drawn and quartered

Good stuff, I knew we could count on you, I'm waiting in antisipation, thank you

4 words.

Brian noble done deal.

4 words " Lee Radford new contract"

Is that a cousin of constipation.

I don't know him PJ.. I make it up what I put on here apparently....

Peter Gentle didnt have his own team in his first season either.He finished 6th and won a play off game can you really see Radford achieving or bettering what Gentle did.

I'd like to see Radford stay on in a coaching role, back as assistant again.
He has a lot to learn but still feel in time he could become a good coach. He's just been thrown in the deep end too early it.

Although he didn't put this team together. He was there as Gentles assistant but still doesn't know his best half back partnership. I know I'm contradicting myself by saying ya can't play players out of form but we do need some stability. A lot of players look frightened to make a mistake. Ben Crookes looks shot already

The betting for next fc head coach is no longer available on the William hill website.

I wasn't using Radford's inexperience to excuse anything.
He is quite clearly out of his depth.
What I was trying to point out is that even, top coaches make mistakes. It was obvious to a lot of people that losing players of the quality that Wire have, would cause them problems, surely such a good coach would have seen it coming, and done something about it before it happened. Especially when they seem to have such spending power.
Leeds probably have adequate replacements coming through the ranks, Saints also have, they just had a gap between old and new.
Re Man Utd, Ferguson had seen it coming, that's why he left, and hadn't bothered to to do anything about it, because he knew he was leaving.

I fully agree that Pearson needs to do something, and now.

I wouldn't worry, watching him in the ring and on the rugby field he punches like a fanny and couldn't hit a cows with a banjo..I've already had a poster say he'd flatten me (LR) for telling him what I thought to his face..laughable really just like this East Hull fan.
As for the abuse, ifamily members of staff & players, well that's got to be a final warning or immediate ban hasn't it?
Telling the players and/or coaching staff your feelings regarding their on/off the field performances has been going on since year dot, I think as paying fans you earn that right to criticise and to question their commitment, pride and a few other things that don't seem to tally up. Stuff like, you're robbing a wage, load of garbage, out of your depth, show some pride, stop telling lies/hiding the truth are acceptable..what others think is for them to decide.

ATEOTD Radford should have the decency to realise he IS massively out f his depth and fall on his sword, Pearson is culpable for where we are at this moment in time..

I hope they are right.
And like you I hope it's true.

Don't think Smith was given a lot of choices. Moran seems to have locked his chequebook away. Didn't sign anyone for 2013 and this year they added Asotasi and Penny. Hardly inspiring!

And its not just his smirk that annoys, its the way he can't look the interviewer in the eyes when he's talking. Looks very shady!

Agreed. Seems to be seen as some sort of uber-coach on the basis that he apparently did a good team-talk once, but his record is not that great.

How do you know Wire don't have 'a gap between old and new'? Success goes in cycles, and very few teams are constantly at the top of their respective sports. Sometimes successful teams need dismantling and rebuilding.

And as for the bit about Ferguson, I'm sorry, but that's just nonsense. I don't like the guy, but there's no doubting the fact that he loves Man Utd. It's his club. The idea that he simply 'didn't bother' rebuilding the team because he wouldn't be the manager is laughable.

My thoughts behind wanting Kearney are that he is just one of those guys that everyone respects, and unlike Radford he doesn't have to intimidate his players to get them respecting him. He might not not be the best tactical coach, but of everyone who we might realistically get he is the most inspiring. I've spoken about attitude on this forum a lot, and I think he would be the most likely to improve the attitude at the club.

He coached NZ to a World Cup win and has worked with the very best in the game. The only blot on his cv is his time with Parramatta, but he had a hopeless squad of players. They won the wooden spoon the year after he left aswell.

I personally believe Radford's days are numbered. Pearson stated after the disgraceful playoff loss at Leeds at the end of Agar's era that 'it would never happen again'. Well, it's not just happening again, but the club is in steady decline. The beatings at home to Widnes, Salford and Wakefield were as bad as anything we've recently served up in terms of demoralising defeats. The Wakey game seemed to be a watershed moment for fans and players...with the apathy shown against Wigan the result. This weekend is a MUST WIN.

Chopping and changing the team has left the players demoralised too. The thing which annoys me is Radford taking to the radio to say 'the players aren't doing it...there's a problem that's been here for years..etc etc'. Well Lee, you've been at the club since 2006....you've been a BIG part of that as a player and a coach.

We all wanted you to succeed. We all had hopes you could sign a top halfback, we all had hopes we could improve consistency, we all had hopes we would gain momentum through the season and play like a unit. He hasn't been particularly helped but he doesn't help himself either....fingers crossed we get a win on Saturday but I think it'll just paper over huge cracks!

How come William hill have taken it off there site ?

If Radford is going to be sacked any time soon then I can't see it being after the derby or even Leeds next week. Derbies are unpredictable at best and I don't think anyone is expecting us to beat Leeds. I think the earliest AP will pull the plug would be the London game if we were to lose that one.

It's not knee jerk though. It'll be at the end of a long line of poor results

I'm willing to wait and see, but even if we win, I still think it's a stay of execution for him.