and still a legend for fc

After reading todays HDM, I for one feel excited tbh..

In Radford and Last we have 2 players who are Black an White through n through.
Radford understands our feelings and he must know how much pressure he'll be under.

Bring on 2014..

You can't spin this and you can't polish a radturd , average player during time with hull, crap captain was never on the pitch long enough to be a captain, spent more time going off on interchange. re joined in 2006 when the decline started. This club demands a tried abd tested head coach now sick off assistants been given the ropes, iv come out of retirement to post this abd will now sink back into it. Money must be tight cos it stinks of cheap

What do you mean crap captain? pearson said he's an inspirational leader

Weve not had an inspirational leader since swain. You can't be a captain on the pitch when you spend the greatest bulk of the 80 Sat drinking Gatorade in the dug out whilst pedaling an excersise bike. Only time will tell if Pearson has made a good call on this....I suspect not

Weve not had an inspirational leader since swain. You can't be a captain on the pitch when you spend the greatest bulk of the 80 Sat drinking Gatorade in the dug out whilst pedaling an excersise bike. Only time will tell if Pearson has made a good call on this....I suspect not

I understand the concept behind the 'Homegrown' team, and I hope that it works, as it has at Wigan!

The only worry with Radford is inexperience, but, Huddersfield finished 7th, we beat them comfortably in the playoffs last year and, although they have a First time head coach in Anderson they haven't done too bad! The potential is there!

Ill reserve judgement but I admire the way AP is trying to set up the club, and if the Dual-Reg with Donny works and our young kids get game time and good attacking coaching from Cooke it could be a good bit of business!

Let's just see how things go next year, no big predictions, let's just try and enjoy a season for a change and enjoy whatever happens!

Expect nothing then everything is a bonus

I'd have preferred a proven coach but, I can understand why AP has chosen this route. I've always thought Radford would go on to be a good coach and Lasty deserves his promotion.

Good luck to them.

How much head-coaching experience did Paul Anderson have? Shaun Wane?

Both had significantly more as an assistant though

After initially being sceptical, I've been impressed by what AP and Radford said yesterday .
I reckon AP has made this appointment himself after watching how Radford has operated over the last couple of years.
He must now feel he was badly advised at the beginning of his ownership.
Hopefully we will watch a side next season that is full of heart and endeavour.

No idea whether this will work out, but wish them all good luck. A more Hull-centric approach, in a market where top clubs are doing similar and quality on the open market is poor, seems the obvious option.

since when were rovers trolls concerned about relevance on threads on here?

Why? I have little knowledge of him. I know by reputation that he's FC through and through and works hard. He's also been in and around a coaching set up for a long period where we've generally failed to bring players through or been able to take them on to the next level and where the players have been perceived to be soft and indisciplined. He's also come through the ranks with one or two of the senior players which I don't think is necessarily helpful and has no experience of life outside FC. His major qualifications seem to be he's here and he's from Hull.

Means absolutely nothing.

Maybe, depends on the quality and capability of the individual. Only time will tell

Lasty's done a great job with the young lads, if they haven't gone on to the the next level it's not his failing
My only worry about his new appointment is that he successor might not be as successful as him.

Rubbish. Unless you believe that people are born with the necessary expertise.

IIRC was'nt Radford in talks with the Dobbins when his last contract was running out & changed his mind when the assistant coach position was offered to him?

He has been very close to signing for the dobbins both as a player and a coach while at our club.

B&W through and through that kid!!!!!!

It's not as if it's a job though.

You're a ing barnpot.

"Loving barnpot"? WTF does that mean? Are you 9 years old?

Of course it's a job but a tiny bit of loyality wouldn't go amiss either. Unfortunately, Radford does not have one iota of it for our club, he's a total mercenary and a very average one at that. Not only did he put two fingers up to our club as a young kid, he's threatened to go to his beloved dobbins at least twice, while he was a player and then again as a coach!

He has the audacity to call himself a Hull fan. Please, do me a favour...........

He showed "loyalty" when he stayed.

You're wrong mate. Rovers have chased him yes but he knocked them back although he was on the brink at one point. He'll openly admit.

When he signed for Bradford, Hull did the same thing of not turning up for meetings and changing contracts at the last minute. I can't remember the exact details because it was a while ago he told me but they'd had enough of being mucked around so went to Bradford.

As an FC player I doubt anyone would question Lee's commitment.

I hope Radford knocks the players out of their 'comfort zone', like Maguire did at Wigan.

He achieved this, by sending the players, to an Army Commando base for 3 days, which entailed, teamwork,mental attitude,looking out for your mate,in bleak conditions.

Gentle mentioned he would do this,but it was cancelled.