Whilst a petty response ill ignore that to say this.

Was signing nobody a better option ?

Congratulations.
You are entitled to ignore what the fook you want.
I was just trying to make the point that Ellis is virtually irreplaceable.
Some of the kids might look up to the likes of Mint and Tag.
The kids, senior players, coach, and his staff, and our owner, all looked up to Ellis.

Is that the correct quote and context though? I heard the interview stuck in the traffic leaving the ground and it seemed he was more bothered with the sidewards movement with no go forward which blighted the first half display in particular. That such noted defenders as Crooks and Hall were untroubled by it suggests it certainly wasn't what Radford wanted or had planned and I can understand his frustration at those poorly executed plays.

As expected another well known Radford hater is giving it big on the Gaurdian match report. Radford has apparently taken Hull backwards now - must be true because we all remember all those trophy's that poured in before Radford took over.

…. including "fluffing" the treble in 2016.

Maybe bonaire should join him.

Congratulations to Halifax and Richard Moore a great achievement reaching the top four, on a budget presumably a lot less than the other three. Nice to see a club from the heartlands still fighting.

Radders interview quote.

“ to all the f@@@@@s who pass continually negative comments and never actually attend a match f###k reet off” unquote.

Motu Tony is a bigger loss to the club than we maybe realised at the time. Ellis isn't enjoying the role and all we've done is renewed existing players contracts. It is harder than ever to get experienced players from the Southern Hemisphere to join an SL club, so it was good to have Motu with his contacts and respect Down Under to unearth some gems like Talanoa, Fonua, Faraimo & Carlos. This years recruitment feels like we haven't look any further than our own dressing room.

Didnt take long for swear words to get involved,this board is improving.

As good as Ellis was he is not the only player to bring them qualities to a squad. We needed a big signing who was a leader and never got one.

Any suggestions?

Don't agree about masi think he us developing well, gevus hard to put down and him not getting out down is a real plus and something to work on, tough to compare him with Thompson as he is an outstanding player and could be one of the best props in the world, plus Masi hasn't been playing right that long compared to other props, so it might take him longer to develop.

I think Green is a decent player but is injured too often.

I don't think props are our major problem we make plenty of yards, we lack line breakers and our attacking plays are poor particularly in the red zone.