Missed the drama last night, I've just watched the interview, thought is was a good one to be fair, very honest, heart of the sleeve from a man who is very passionate about the club. I think it's obvious he didn't want to do it, but he knew he has to with his pre season statements.

Want to thank Lee for all his work, you cannot deny that he loved the club and put his heart and soul into this job, just cannot take the club any further, unable to improve players and making the same mistakes IMO.

Need a strong character (Who can take some tough decisions) and someone who likes play some rugby to utilise our strengths.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co6WMzDOh1o It sure is!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co6WMzDOh1o It sure is!

It was time for a change , just surprised Pearson has done it and this early . Just hope we get the right appointment now , because they is potential with this squad .

I hope not, I'd hate to lose 14 in a row and get walloped 100-0.
2 CC aside what really over his tenure did he achieve?
Inconsistent error strewn, 1 dimensional rugby predominantly.

He's gone, get over it, we move on.
The new guy may or may not be better but 1 thing for sure a new guy will bring optimism and galvanise a crumbling fan base.

I can’t believe those who are backing the way Pearson did that! Never had a great deal of respect for him since the Huddersfield debacle but this leaves him with zero.
To do it like that without preparing, without allowing a coach who has won the club silverware the dignity of leaving the stadium before announcing it on live tv is a joke. He admitted in the interview the players didn’t even know!
He could have just come out and said, radford had a lot to discuss was in the changing room and he was doing the interview in his stead. Then announced the next day.
Showed a lack of respect to the man for me. and a lack of respect to the players. Top prospective applicants who have other choices will view the way that was done. They will be thinking I don’t want to work for such a *****
Twitter is full of players, ex players, coaches and rugby support staff commenting on it being wrong.
Next Thursday will be interesting!!!

Apart from silverware? Surely that's the primary aim of any head coach. I'll be delighted when the new coach exceeds Radford's tally, that's for sure.
Is the fanbase "crumbling"? I thought numbers had held up OK but I could be mistaken.

People saying why would anyone work for AP

Maybe they wouldn’t mind working for an owner who backed his coach through record breaking defeats and losing runs?

I don't agree, I think as fans we deserved to know, it would have got out anyway.

I don't think there is a person in the city who respects Radford more than Pearson, he has backed him so much over the last few years, I honestley don't think he wanted to do it at all, but the fans pressure and risk of losing money has pushed him into this, which I think is the right one.

Not sure why fans of other clubs are getting so worked up about this one.

Expect a respond on Thursday to be honest, although getting a few bodies back in Sao and Ma'u will help that.

Please read exactly what happenned before making stupid statements

What is the issue? AP & LR had a discussion at the very end of the game and decided to part ways immediately. He then is asked by SKY to do an interview and he clearly is emotional about parting ways with a Coach he has backed continually and clearly not a decision he wanted to have to make.
LR had plenty of time while to tell the players while AP was doing the interview. Its laughable to say he was sacked live on tv as even when you watch the interview AP states clearly that he and LR had spoken agreed to part ways.

Why would waiting until the morning make any difference when they had both agreed to part ways? Do you think Lee, the players or AP are going to feel any better for waiting before any announcement.

Fully support AP in what he has done & the manner he did it. Style of play 20 years out of date, no clue or ambition in attack.

A style of play which takes its toll on the poor guys being run into brick walls again and again !!

AP been incredibly loyal & supportive of LR, he pays the bills & has bought an all star squad which was destined for an awful season. He has acted decisively & just might rescue this season, fingers crossed. His emotion & mixed feelings were clear for all to see, I really respect that honesty - he is absolutely showing respect for us fans & clearly shares our pain.

Thanks to both for the 2 CC's - can we now PLEASE push on to the next level ??

Right decision - been saying for a long time that Hull are one of, if not the worst, coached teams in the league.

Desperately hoping you get the next appointment right as Hull should be a big, succesful SL club and a strong Hull FC means a better competition.

Good luck.

https://youtu.be/CR525IgepN0

https://youtu.be/CR525IgepN0

AP gets out of his seat to catch LR to sack him, then tells the tv world before LR had the chance to tell his team, even the official press waiting didn’t know.
Zero respect for a guy who bled b&w

I didn’t watch the second half, so didn’t see Pearson’s statement etc. What summed it all up for me in the first half was when Fash iirc played the ball and Houghton was stood looking the other way and talking and Warrington took the ball 10 yd’s from our own line. Dropping the ball in our first 2 sets is one thing but Houghton has no excuse for that.

Nail, head, hit.

look from the outside instead of from a bubble. Few are disputing the decision - but look how many Players, ex players, coaches and other staff within RL are expressing the view the way that this was handled was poor form.
The only ones defending the way this was done are FC fans. It’s tarnished the club but you are blind to see it.

Bullll tttt, ap did the right thing, letting radford do the post match sky interview then sacking him would of been worst. That killed AP to do that, he loves Radford, but was left with no choice for the good of the club

Of course it hasnt you dont like Pearson after the Connor signing and you are looking to point score, most of those ex players where posting straight after the interview, without knowing the full story, which we wont until Radford makes a statement.

I bet you anything we get a whole host of applications who will look at Pearson fir what he is, a very ambitious owner who puts his money where his month is and backs his coach, even when most others are against. A man who has brought more success than most other SL owners. You only to watch his interview to see how gutted he was to make that decision.

The main stakeholders here are the Hull fans who keep the club going, this wont make any different for us getting a decent coach, anyone with half a brain can see the bigger picture and what a good owner Pearson is to work for.

You mean all the band waggoners knee jerking who are saying he was sacked live on tv? which he clearly wasn't. All people who are not involved in the club nor where present before and after the game either.

Anyone watching the interview can clearly see and hear AP is upset about the decision and it seems that it was a mutual decision or quite possibly even Lee himself that made the decision.

My lack of respect for Pearson started well before the Connor signing. He’s constantly hit the low standards I expect of him since well before that time. And continues to do so.
The fact people got the wrong end of the stick still isn’t proof to you that this was badly handled then!
Anyone with half a brain can see that when the likes of tui is even commenting pearson got something very wrong somewhere. You don’t admit on live tv that the players don’t know yet. The mans crass.

We will have to see how this works out, massive overeraction mainly by other fans who just want a dig at the club.

Up to Pearson to get the right man.

And Talanoa wasn't there nor been part of the club for a while now either, he had a good relationship with Radders who gave him the opportunity so will be defensive to him. If you watch the very first bit of the interview it comes across as its may well have been Radford that called it a day. AP is clearly upset at the decision to part ways. He was not sacked live on air, nor has is it been a surprise after performances over the past few years and even with two Cup wins we were at times pretty poor.

Right decision and waiting 12, 24 or 72hrs isnt going make LR, the players or AP himself feel any better. Would having Radford face up to the media with awkward questions about his future and then announce it a few days later going to make everything so much better for LR? No it wouldnt.

i dont think anyone can complain, if you surveyed all of the hull fans that were in the stadium, 10 minutes before full time and asked if they wanted radford out, they wouldn't have given 2 tosses how it was done.

I admire pearson for being so decisive, rip that band aid off.

As mentioned elsewhere, radford has been very fortunate over the last few years that he hasn't already been given the bullet, and clearly they've spoken following the catalans game about needing an immediate improvement, and instead you got the worst possible performance you could ever put in.

No complaints from me regarding both the decision to part ways with Radford and the way it was announced.

Radford has been on borrowed time for a couple of seasons now and I think he knew that. Pearson has stuck by him during that time and he/the club have invested heavily in various areas to equip Radford for success, yet 7 games into the 2020 season the same issues were apparent. Looking back, you could see from his body language at halftime and during the second half that he felt that was it. I'll be eternally grateful to Radford for those Wembley memories and the sheer effort he's given to the role those years, that should never be undervalued or forgotten.

Reading AP's interview this morning in the Yorkshire Post, it's clear that the announcement last might wasn't from a malicious place, he was still upset about having to speak to Radford & make the decision a short time before. It would've been stranger having had the conversation with Radford, which sounded pretty mutual to be honest, Radford then comes out and fronts up to the press.

What's baffled me is the sheer amount of people that didn't listen properly and thought he was sacked there and then on air. Some people are so odd.

Anyway, cheers Lee and fingers crossed we get the right man in.