you actually believe that?

I'll have a half of whatever you're having.

That's not a very good idea.

We are buying players that are as good off the field as they are on it, the youth is doing really well also.
Salford have spent a fortune & done nothing.
So it's about getting the balance right.

The trouble with Radford is that he wants to build a side that simply bullies the opposition, people say it all the time but it's impossible not to draw comparisons with the Bradford side he played in, excluding one massive difference of course, they won everything in sight.

Radford is holding the club back in so many ways he has to offset this with short term success on the field. He has little interest or desire to work with and bring through any talented young backs, he has no desire to see any pace in the back line and has no desire to play exciting or entertaining rugby, these are big issues for RL fans. On the flip side regardless of what anyone on here claims, if he got the side finishing in the top 4 and challenging nobody would here about the lack of creative freedom or care about the structure of attacking play, winning games however 'ugly' would offset that. I don't think the squad is good enough on paper, but think with his approach we will need to finish in the top 4 next season, he's creating a rod for his own back and doing it the hard way in my opinion.

You sound more and more like Standee each day, I prefer to look the positives, pretty much how I seemy life. But you carry on moaning about the same thing every single day.

See ya.

I'm afraid you'd fail a GCSE-level Critical Thinking exam with skewed interpretations like that. A classic example of perception bias.

Pearson has specifically blamed Gentle & McRae for specific things - lacklustre recruitment and a lack of professionalism mainly. At no point has either he or Radford claimed that the squad was a disaster or that Radford was starting from scratch. Neither have they implied such. When Pearson has defended Radford he has always banged on about the 'hard work' Radford is doing and all the stuff 'behind the scenes' that he's having to sort out. He has never directly blamed the squad.

I don't really moan Dave, I do more disagreeing with the blind optimism that you and a few others on here (You are getting fewer by the way) continue to show. Yes its boring and tedious like your =#FF0000term removed pointed out. But its just sooooo unbelievable after 2 years of watching the same e as the rest of us, that people continue to defend the indefensible, its ridiculous. And this is a discussion forum, seems to me that the "moaners" are just labelled "boring" and the delusional are somehow not, I don't get it.

=#FF0000Not having that sort of thing thank you. This is a discussion forum as you point out, not a playground. And the AUP applies too.

Chris

Grow up.

No-one is blindly optimistic. You appear to be the one with vision issues as you continue to fail to grasp what people are posting.

Not sure if your delusional or a moaner, but your definitely boring, 16000 posts and ive not read a decent one yet.

This from someone who uses the term "=#FF0000term removed - Chris" to further his argument.

Fair enough, you win

I agree with you Dave. Unfortunately the boring and repetitive nature of the board is a reflection of the boring and repetitive interviews constantly given to the media.

If the club has commitments to provide media content they should look to be more creative and run things like player profile interviews, a behind the scenes look at the youth setup or an interview with LR where he provides genuine technical insight.

Continually serving up "next year will be special" type interviews has decimated the clubs credibility and they now just sound like Del Boy and his "this time next year we'll be millionaires Rodney" catchphrase.

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I hope you are 12 years old.

I just tend to ignore it and see what happens on the pitch.

I think the club are forced to do these kind of interviews to keep good relations with the press, or nothing would be said, most of it is the HDM and they like to make up stuff particularly the headlines, which often don't relate to the quotes and many fans don't read the quotes and then make assumptions that aren't correct.

Agree with this. It does feel like it's the same old rhetoric a lot of the time and some more creativity could be used.



Agree with this too. The press, particularly the HDM, will think that quotes/interviews about our current positions/ambitions will sell more papers for them. And they have been known to, for want of a better word, sensationalise their headlines at times with the article in question not matching the headline.

And I hope Scotland Yard's "Operation Yewtree" haven't seen your post.

Looking at the post again, it does look pretty bad doesn't it

Can we knock it off with the quoting - I've got work to do!

Sure.

So much heat and light generated by an article that basically says "Next season we'll have a better squad and will be expected to do better".

Grips in short supply on here as usual.

nail on head

Good summary. 2015 better than 2014. Squad upgraded and Radford in last year of his contract. Pretty straightforward to see what the scenarios are next season. We improve again or Radford is replaced.

Far to difficult for the hard of thinking on here.
Can you make it a bit simpler?

We are still bottom of the league