but easthullfcfan knows everything, don't you dare begin to question or criticise until you've shared a pillow with Lee

YAWN

Back to your old posting style, Standee?

I do watch the rugby, I also played for 28 years. I know we don't play the best consistent brand but we've slowly got better other than the odd blips in games, your even knocking the club for avoiding the middle 8 & assuming we would struggle in them. I personally think you are negative & a drain on the club.

A drain? I've played the game and been going to FC games since 1978. I know the difference between good and bad rugby and good and bad attacking play. I also coach the game. Your constant positivity smacks of "here's my money, take it, I don't want anything in return, just the odd narrow win".

The assumption we would struggle is a real one. We narrowly made the 8, unless you think it was all a ploy to lull the other 7 into a false sense of security?

Under Gentle we finished 6th and in another Wembley final. We have an expensive and better halfback pairing and we're still not attacking to our ability even as we approach the end of the season. There was no hype surrounding Radford, so there was no pressure to perform. He hasn't.

Sling your cv in I reckon you'll go great! I coached & went 3 years unbeaten but that was u8s-10s but I'm not applying. That final was embarrassing id rather we didn't get to it. I get peed off as the next but behind the scenes the club is healthier & more professional as it's ever been. Soon it will pay off. But you wouldn't like that would you?

Two good wins in the Cup in 2013, including one at Catalans (although they lost six at home that season, IIRC). Fantastic semi win of course.

The final was deplorable though. That together with the abomination at Huddersfield were two of the poorest performances in the club's history.

What's the point of getting to a Cup final and losing? To me that's no different to considering a sixth place finish a success.

Exactly we finished 6th but was humiliated. Got to the final but again humiliated. We've finished in the play offs this season but not been shown up yet & dumped out the cup by the team I believe will go on to win it. But he likes to compare & try & make the current coaching staff look bad so he can say I've said it all along.

Look, I'm not saying that two sixth position's should necessarily be considered a success and I agree with others saying that the CC Final and playoff defeat to Huddersfield were indeed humiliating. But an 11th place finish and an 8th place finish (based on current position) is not a success either. On the face of it we're worse off than we was. And I'd say there's been a few performances over the last two seasons that rival the Wembley and Hudds fiascos.

For my view, we've gone backwards. Under Gentle I felt we was on an upwards trajectory for the most part but I have never felt that way under Radders. Now easthull fc fan may be right and we may be better off behind the scenes than we was and we may soon see the benefits of this. I certainly hope that we do. But the problem with behind the scenes stuff is just that: it's behind the scenes. We as fans can't see that, we can only see what's happening on the pitch and that simply has not been good enough overall and in my eyes has not justified Radders position. It's a results based business and on that front I think he's done a worse job than his predecessor.

Just my opinion of course. No one has to agree but we're all entitled to them.

good post doc, hopefully next year esp with that pack where going places, COYH