I have expected us to lose this one but we started brightly and then threw it away. To concede 28 unanswered points is disgraceful. I'm sure Radford will make changes for the derby but they will probably be the wrong changes. Whiting should not play at centre again. Why not start Sa there. Green doesn't look good enough and it's not looking good for Cunningham if he can't get on the bench even with Heremaia injured.

We're actively looking for a hooker for next year.

Why did Hull let Pitts and arundal play that was just asking for trouble saints wouldn't let Gardner play even though he was never going to feature for them again It's not rocket science that they will up there game against the team that's binned them off

I believe they need somebody to bring the kicking tee on at batley.

A defeat against Rovers after another two weeks of "superb training " may well be enough !.

Radford got the starting squad wrong and the tactics, cunningham should have interchanged with houghton, sa should have started

Tactics wise, pitts and arundel should have been told no game today, but not yo use the strong wind in tge first half to your advantage is criminal, going in at half time, even though we were in front I said that bradford will win the game as they will kick us to death in the second half, which they did, radford should have made this a priority in the first half, conditions would have tired the bulls out going into the second half

Regarding Arundel and Pitts playing, it seems this was put to our players to decide and they all said they wanted them to play.

Remarkable.

Not really shocked at this result tbf, the bulls have scalped a couple of the top 4 so to get this result against FC should be no shock to any.

The loss wasn't a surprise. The performance, however, was depressing.

That's the Jekyll & Hyde in a poor team who have no real structure & lack in confidence.

I know standee may be a little over the top,but basically he's right. Radford is totally clueless tactically,he admitted it early season when asked what he was going to do to put things right,and replied he didnt know.Other than a few decent performances we have been shocking and are not improving at all. They say the league table dosn't lie,well it does,because we should be nearer relegation,than the table shows.If my team is poor but gives 100%,I can accept that,but when players dont put effort in and look uninterested,thats my season finished as well.We deserve better!!

He wasn't referring to tactics when he said that.


Why?

Bradfords points deduction?

That old saying...we deserve better..because we are owed it! Annoys me real bad when fans of any club think & say this..the players need to have pride in the job.. & not just turn up & milk a wage..if it happened in other careers would they still be employed?

Exactly,we can only ask a player to give 100% and its not happening.

Ah. We're playing the old 'alternative Universe' card.

There's no telling how things might have panned out had Bradford not had their points deduction, or had it overturned part way through the season. It might have been the kick up the pants we needed. You can't change one factor and assume everything else would have played out the same way.

And in any case - in [ithis[/i Universe Bradford [idid[/i get a points deduction, so we are exactly where we should be. Which TBH is plenty depressing enough.

10% would be good, but (B)Radford couldn't motivate an undertaker in a care home, the "man" is useless.

I genuinely thought last week might be a turning point, and that even if we didn't make the 8 we would finish the season with a bit of momentum and we would all feel a bit happier going into next season. But no, one week later and it's back to square one. Pathetic coach, pathetic team, pathetic season.

I know what your saying its just so frustrating to watch certain players just going through a game and not looking interested.Ellis,westerman,whether they play well or not give it a go,when plenty around them dont.

well if its not happening its down to the coach to sort it out as the effective manager of the players - you either get them to do it, or find some other players who will do it, or you give someone else the chance to manage them. as all FC fans know defeats are acceptable if the players all put in 100% effort. this just hasn't been happening this season. we've gone backwards in almost every aspect of the game. the lack of consistency in particular should be concerning to the owner

there is a real danger of relegation next season if this sorry mess isn't sorted out sooner than later.

I couldn't agree more. And given that [isome[/i players are capable of turning in a performance it can't be entirely the coaches fault.

I honestly think Radford had no idea what he was taking on. Seems he thought it was just Gentle doing it wrong, and once he was gone the players would buy in to the new regime without a problem. Now he's reaping what he had a role in sowing.

Thats unbelievable, surely the coach should make this decision, also that would juts motivate the players more.

What next, players vote who plays what position, this is a sports club, not Big Brother.

Good idea. Doubt Whiting would nominate himself at centre.

There was a comment from Radford about how he players had worked hard and talked about what they needed to do to win the game.

So why can't they bring that onto the field?

And if it's about talking up their plans and knowing what to do, they had enough time behind the posts to discuss it further in the second half.

All comes down to game management again I've said it for a couple of years now but we must have the dumbest set of players in sl. 12-0 up with a strong wind all we had to do was kick early in the set and feed off bradford's mistakes. For all of Radford's failings these players should be able themselves to do the basics