Id just like to apologise Lee. I went off on one far too early against Rovers and when I saw e team for Wire I really did fear the worst. Well done. What a week. What a feeling. Keep this up boy . Awesome

half time on friday, i wanted radders to go! going to eat humble pie and give him massive credit

today he out coached tony smith, instead of bleating to the press and everyone who would listen, he got on with it and picked a team today that, in the end out enthused and had more energy than the warrington team that all apart from 2 players i think played friday! so well done radders and next time smith, have a little more faith in your squad and used fresher players! (if you had, i reckon wire would've won)

Radford out lol

Be very careful - The last Radford praise thread was followed by three losses

BUT well played Lee and the boys for a magnificent easter!

Whatever he keeps saying to those players at half time keep saying it

Knee-jerk reactions always seem to come back to bite you on the ar$£. Always best to let the dust settle, whether that's after a bad loss or a great win.

I said at the beginning of the season Radders had until after Easter to prove to me he's the man capable of taking this side that extra step. 8 games was only fair IMO, and I thought we should have had 6 wins from that, so slightly below where I wanted.

There are still doubts, I'm not convinced by any means, but he's done enough to see the season out IMO. Easter was make or break for him in a lot of ways, and he's come out of it in a decent position. I'd hope Pearson & the board see where we are come R23 before entering into contract extension talks though.

One of the most promising things about Radford is he does learn & adapt. Tactically he got it bang on today.

Evening Adam.

Massive question is, does he get another contact, I know it is still early, but you need to plan for next year. I would be looking at making a decision early May,but expect Pearson to give him a new deal soon.

too early for me, i reckon pearson will wait until we enter the challenge cup and see how we fair, possibly only realistic chance of a final/trophy

Really pleased for Radford. I may be on the few people who didn't call for his head, I felt we had the recovery in us. I must admit the first 60 minutes of this weekends rugby had me in doubts of my opinion, but glad he is proving the usual boo boys (a huge problem at our club in terms of morale) wrong.

AS long as we carry on the way we have get him signed up,

Hahahaha a huge problem, im pretty sure us boo boys dont effect the players morale ha get a grip! Still not happy radford doing is apprenticeship whilst in charge, but cant fault our posistion in the table, and he must take massive credit for todays win, to early for a new contract in my opinion

What's his odds for coach of the year?

Just wish the focus would turn away from the coach and be more to do with the players and the club as a whole. Positivity is what we need not the constant knee jerking every time we lose. I was disgusted sat at Widnes with some of the garbage I was watching but I remembered that I had seen a decent, if not awe inspiring, start to the season in previous games.

We have our best squad for ages this season and I hope there's more to come. Most of us predicted 4th-8th (I said 6th) so at the moment I'm reasonably happy. The best thing is that in the last 2 games we've come out the right side of close scores, unlike the Cas and Wigan games. It's small margins and we need everyone pulling together. Fans were brilliant today.

Really pleased for him, he's very passionate about the club, it's great to see.

Indeed

55 minutes into Friday's game he was writing his resignation, what a difference the next 100 minutes have made.

As he says above, small margins between success and failure.

The attitude of the supporters have no bearing on the players? You've got to be kidding me, it does indeed make a huge difference. The crowd is behind you it makes a big difference, any proffesional sports player will tell you as such.

About the same as me dating Jennifer Aniston.

Think he played a blinder with his squad and team selections over the weekend. Managed to rest people, trust the youngsters, wrong-foot Smith and still have a decent squad in reserve for Friday. Bit of a gamble, but a calculated one for sure, and the players have paid him back in spades.

Well done, Radford.

I think we've seen in these Easter Monday games the value of fresh legs, which by the final quarter can be worth more than senior but knackered ones.

Totally agree. What's the point in having a strong squad if you aren't going to utilise them at the most criticised period in the season!

Things are looking and feeling brighter.

My view was always to see where we were after Easter Monday. Fifth in the league, certainly feels like an improvement, however on like for like fixtures, our points tally is the same on last season - one which most felt was unacceptable.

The next few games gives us the chance to convert our potential into points and then we will see a tangible improvement in our true league position for this season.

Widnes aside, performances look better than last season. We seem to be learning how to win the narrow games, 2/4 this season v 2/7 last season and ultimately its converting narrow margins like that which could determine 4-5 league positions come the end of the season.

I was worried during the Widnes game (Lee's half time body language) and the players meeting afterwards, that Lee had lost the dressing room, but that's now looking more like a blip and hopefully a turning point.

Lee's certainly earned the right to continue until the end of the season. However, we've achieved nothing yet and therefore we shouldn't be rushing into hastily arranged contract extensions - we've done that before and regretted it. Lee's safely protected with his current contract and there's nonone likely to be headhunting him any time soon.

We are only ever two defeats from a crisis on this forum, but hopefully we are also just a few wins from achieving the improvement that was probably promised following Gentle's sacking.

I wish Lee well and think he finally showing signs of becoming a good coach. With regards to a contract extension, I think it clearly needs to come down to Top 6 or bust for Lee.

We've now got the squad to achieve the Top 6 and feel we now have every chance of achieving.

I'm satisfied with how we are going at the moment but we should not be extending Radford's contract until after the end of the regular season.

I doubt any other clubs will be after him so there is no need to rush things.