Loyalty to one club is what it should be about for me also. Horne, King, O'Hara etc.....

It might be a decent game tomorrow which is a shame because I won't be going to it.

favourite radders memory, when he signed for bradford


they had the best years from him and he probably had his there, playing in a good side, winning honours.

been a good pro, deserves this after 10 years in rugby league.

Never stood out as an outstanding player for Hull FC but one things for sure if I had to have a player beside me in the trenches during a war it would be Lee, safe to say you couldn't count 10 players like that to have ever played in the super League.
Always been a solid player for Hull, never took a backward step and always gave 100%....
I'll be there tomorrow, i'll be cheering him on with his testimonial shirt on my back, well done Lee, well deserved

I'm indifferent to him receiving a testimonial. I won't be contributing but understand if others want to.

Best Radders moment..... Being in his dressing room in the moments after he won the prizefighting night. Seeing his lads and wife and the pride on their faces was special.
To all those knocking his testimonial.... Remember this, RL is a fast, brutal career..... if any of you can say that you would've knocked back a much larger payday during this career then i'm guessing you are telling slight porkies ain't ya?
Well done Lee................ and well deserved. i'm sure all the young kids you have coached in the past also share this sentiment!

I did like the story of the way he asked Cooke to leave the east Hull coaching team

Is this the same Ryan Bailey that shivered outa a rematch in the ring..... AND THAT IS A FACT!!!!!

I don't know of a single person who has said that. What people have said is that he (or anyone else) shouldn't be entitled to the best of both worlds. If you chase the money during your career, fine - RL players have a limited shelf life and have to make as much as they can before retiring - but testimonials should be reserved for those who stay loyal to one club.

Did you go to the Lee Crooks game at Boulevard when he pulled on a Hull shirt just one more time?

Oh you you hate testimonials

No.

A million miles from FACTS Andy....... Radders is a Hull lad and is proud of this (He left for Bradford cos it was a big payday in a short career). Since helping him out with some of his testimonial stuff and actually speaking to the guy...... I have to add...... You know not what you say!!!

As chairman of the charity Lee is a patron of...... I've gotta add









well said!

What facts? I'm giving opinion. IMO when I've seen him asked about the Hull fans he has been less than complimentary. I've never met him so can only go on what I have heard from him in these circumstances. I don't particularly agree with him getting this testimonial for reasons others have given and I'm pretty sure that if this wasn't a Hull FC game the vast majority of those saying they want to "support" his testimonial wouldn't be going. Just like the vast majority won't be attending his other testimonial events.

Would be interesting if he didnt come back to Hull would all these Radford lovers attend his testominial ? After all everyones saying its because off what hes done for the sport and the community.

And if we sign Luke Briscoe back in a couple of years what will people say then?

I'm guessing people hated having Divorty back

And what about Lee Jackson second time around?

I'm not going tomorrow because I'm a "Radford lover", I'm going because my team is playing.

Well,,,,,,, We have sold quite a few Radders testimonial shirts, his 'Ladies night' is gonna be a massive success and his race nights and poker night at Napoleons are probably gonna do well too.
The thing about us Hull folk is we respect (well most of us do

) our club representatives, wether they be 'prodical sons' or not..... we admire the way they cet up after being knocked down by 18 stone of grunt and muscle. Lee Radford has had his fair share of being tackled and tackling over his career...... He is now back at his home club and what i've witnessed in training... He is excelling in his new role! So credit where its due.... He is gonna wear the Black n White tomorrow for the last time. He is proud to do so, so support him.

You'll always get people that like a bit of a moan..... Leave em too it. They can stay at home and pretend they are washing the car while they have Humberside on LOL

You forgot the most famous lad to come back........ He has a little road named after him. And he beat us at Wembley too!!!

Ditto. Glad for Radders, but care more about the upcoming season now.

Top and bottom of it is that all of his critics are nothing more than self ed begrudgers that cannot find it within themselves to go and support him and say thanks for all your efforts in playing in the greatest game.

Rather than a favourite memory, am I allowed a future vision?

You climbing into a boxing ring with him.

Now that I would pay good money to see

And I'll again raise the issue of why it seems to be all Radford's fault that that was the case yet Fitzgibbon was some sort of superhero for doing exactly the same things in exactly the same role, just with a bit more polish and fitness. Neither offered the team enough (or were not able to through reasons out of their control), yet one is lambasted whilst the other is lauded.

I'm not a big fan of Radford, I actually thought we only needed one of him or Dowes and I preferred Dowes of the 2, but the venom with which he is ripped into in comparison to some others I find unfair and distasteful.

His biggest attribute was his work ethic and commitment, an excellent pro.

I also liked the fact that he wasn't scared to give the fans a blast. All this best fans, 18th bollox annoys me, we haven't been that in a long while.

Favourite quote about him was from Peacock's book - Noble addressing the players before a GF "Jamie you're one of the best props in the game, go out there and show em, Jimmy (Lowes) you're one of the best hookers in the game, go out there and show em, Lee....do your best"

Erm, he got paid didn't he? He left the club, gave his best years to someone else, then came back when he was past his best. Fair enough, that's his prerogative, but I certainly don't feel as though I owe him some sort of debt of gratitude.