I’m only expecting one result here

Lee has worked his magic in the Media
He’ll have flogged the lazy good for nothing players so they’ll be itching to make amends
Even the Chairman has sprinkled his motivational best over them like a protective blanket

There can only be one outcome

FC by 20 for me

So am I.

Cas by 40 (minimum).

If you blame the players continuously and never ever take responsibility then the next time the players play they won’t play for you

Well less than they already aren’t

Vicious vortex downwards

After the last big loss at Wakey LR said we’d see a performance to put pride in the badge v Rovers

Are we going to hear that again for the Cas match ? If not, then what ?

I’m intrigued re this match
Pride has long gone

It’s almost Management versus the Players to see who’s going to keep their jobs
And a small matter of a rugby match going on

Fascinating to see what sort of response your team gives here - this game really could be anything, and it feels absolutely pivotal to your future direction.

From my perspective it is tempting to draw comparisons with our 6-84 reverse against Wigan in 2013. However, our form around that result wasn’t atypical. Also, Hudgell indicated he was considering his position whereas Pearson looks to be responding with further immediate spending, so the parallels don’t run very deep.

Interesting times.

One thing is for sure, I am going to make sure I am drunk in time for kick off

I’ve heard worse plans. Do you have your ‘16 and ‘17 Cup final programs? Take one for each half?

What a load of nonsense

As pivotal games go in our recent history, this isn’t one of them.

Will Liam Watts’ dad have his own steward?

We need a BIG response from the players, for it was they who were responsible for debacle last time out.
I've yet to be convinced they are capable of keeping the score respectable let alone win the game.

A team battling it out for a home semi final spot against a team who have shown they have no spine, aren't playing for each other, the coach or the club, and can't be assed to bend their backs. Only 1 winner here and by a lot. I'd be amazed if we keep them below 50 and watts will run rings around us all night

Our own 80 point defeat was offset a bit as we’d won the derby on the Friday and rested players for the game so we’d already given up the game Hull played a team that 5 days earlier had played a cup final with themselves having a 2 week break saying that it wouldn’t surprise me if they turned Cas over

It wasn’t 80 it was more

.. and we "rested" at least 7 players.

You don't think that, for example, another [ivery[/i big defeat could be enough to see Radford's position come into greater doubt? Or that a win could be enough to see him safe to season's end?

Radford will remain as coach if we lose all our remaining games 100-0. There was far greater pressure for him to resign a few years ago, before he'd won back to back trophies. AP has form for mixing it up and delivering silverware with Radford at the helm. He's promised change before and kept his word, so my expectation is that he'll do the same again. If he starts talking about a 5 year plan, then failing and just starting a new 5 year plan each season that leaves us in the drop zone year after year, I'll start to worry about his credibility as it would be shot.

But it is surely possible for a person's mind to change when circumstances do, without them losing credibility. Indeed, Pearson's plans were changed by the performance on Thursday. If your losing streak runs to the end of the season (11 games and 3 months) [iand[/i you get any more performances like Thursday's... well, we'll probably never know but I think we'd be more likely to see Pearson react like he did at the end of Gentle's reign than how he did at the start of Radford's.

There seems little point in using logic in a discussion with Mrs Barista. Her 26,000+ posts demonstrate that the lady is not for turning.

She did start her latest post with “Radford will remain as coach if we lose all our remaining games 100-0”. Should that unlikely scenario happen Pearson would be beside himself and almost certainly take action. Over emphasis does tend to devalue the point being made.

isn't that the norm for Hull fans

I know Steve well and trust me even at his age he wont need any help should one of the Hull fans fancy a pop at him

Or are you gonna have a go if he hasn't got a steward watching his back?



May'be Scott Taylor might have a go too after Steve's derogatory comments about him being selected for England's trip to Denver rather than his son

Looking forward to the game as always over at your place,you can't beat a couple of pints and a laugh prior to kick off time

Hopefully you're right but he's also told us in the past that we wouldn't be suffering humiliating defeats any more and we are.

I don't think radford should be at risk at this stage but we need to see a good start to next season and a massive improvement in our away form and form against the top teams or he does need to be looking over his shoulder but I think he would walk before he got the bullet anyway

He did say that, but his personal form has been to act when things go wrong. I doubt he has new players lined up at this precise moment but I see more reason to believe he'll make changes to the playing roster than to assume he's lying about doing so which seems to be the accepted wisdom of some on here. Just my opinion.

I don't think he's lying but he has form for shooting from the hip and I think he'll find both moving players on and recruiting players of the right calibre a challenge. He's spoken in the heat of the moment and actually putting his words into practice will be a lot harder than speaking them

Of course, but he's also put a longish time frame on his plan to replace those he intends to smoke out.

He has time but unless he's going to pay transfer fees I doubt there are many quality players who aren't signed up for next year

Turn he clock back to May, when OOC players could have been contacted and assume Pearson had made the same statement then. Who would you have suggested back then as possible signings?

Watts was signed up, yet he was sold within contract. OK, we have been on the wrong end of that from a playing point of view, but I can only assume there are a few other loose cannons out there at other clubs who could be picked up mid season / within contract.