I personally think that's exactly what happened.

As long as we see a visible improvement on the pitch, in attack. I'll be content.

I thought Pearson targeted the cup. Can't imagine Gentle did so without his say so.

To be competitive in every game.

To look like we have organisation in attack.

We could quite easily finish outside the 8 next year or as high as 5th. Depends if Radford is any good

Yep if we are exciting to watch and competitive then I'll run with that. The record books may show that FC had a reasonable year in 2013, but bar a handful of games the product was cr@p to watch.

There have to be some targets which are next season unlikely to be shared in the media, but I expect to finish 6th or thereabouts, doubt we will be fortunate enough to make a CC final two years on the trot but it is important that we are competitive and have an attack that can post more points than this season.

Even if we lose more games?

Does Radford have the capability to coach an effective attack? If he does why hasn't he been doing it?

Its hard to see the likely squad beating the top teams like we did Leeds and Wire this season, but I hope we will be able to beat teams like Wakey, Cas, Salford, Bradford, London and Widnes. How many points did we drop against them this year? Think it was 11 but stand to be corrected.

I was thinking the same , don't think we"ll lose as many as we have against the likes of widnes , London and wakey but I'm not sure if radders will be good enough to beat the top teams consistently . Time will tell I suppose , but if we can turn them defeats to lower teams into wins our position in the table shouldn't change to much .

Possibly because this season his main responsibility was defense

becuase it wasn't his job to coach attack

Great attitude that would have been, probably his first word to Pearson too. 'I do the defence boss, it's not me'. Classy.

I'd be happy to watch a team full of heart playing some half decent rugby.
The rest will take care of itself.

The disgruntled are apparent.

Ultimately Radders may show his limitations as were glaringly apparent under our ex-coach.

Clean slate and all that for me.
Hope Radders goes well like I hoped PG would.
Massive pressure on him from the get-go.
It appears some knives are already sharpened on here.

Yes.

What would be a major improvement, our mentality against the 'lesser' teams.

AP said, when the 16/19's started training, with the first team, the first team was shocked, of the intensity of training of the 16/19's

Maybe it was the 16/19s that PG was always refering to when talking about training well then & not the 1st team.

correctamundo

When did he say that?

Just before he was 100% certain that he was staying?

Acceptable return for me would be an improvement in the consistency of our weekly performances and a sign that our attack is improving. I would even accept a lower placed finish next season if it meant that the team are starting to gel on the pitch.

Another one prepared to give Radford an easier ride than Gentle had.

A lower placed finish would mean we were less consistent. If the team are 'starting to gel', we should win more games and finish the same or higher. 6th with a higher points return is the absolute minimum he must deliver.

What if other clubs (Salford, Saints and Hkr) are stronger?

You're really ed aren't you?

Why shouldn't Radford have the same leeway as Gentle? PG wanted his squad and he and McRae built it. They put together some truly appalling performances with his team. Allow Radford at least a year before you all start creating terrible, rudimentary MS Paint avatars.