Joined: Feb 21 2003 Posts: 3460 Location: West Hull
Seph wrote:Also, while sat in the east stand it was apparent that the team had given up early in the first half. A couple of them still have the enthusiasm to try things but we aren't a team with any belief.
Also, I could see Pearson from the seat I was in. He had his head in his hands and arms crossed all night. Hope he sees sense. I'd coach them better than Lee...in fact, my mum would!
That takes some doing. Having your head in your hands whilst your arms are crossed. Just trying to raise a smile on this depressing night.
Promise I won't go off on one of my long-winded 'culture' rants like last time, but just a brief one on the theme...
Callum Lancaster comes in to cover injuries, plays excellently in a tough away game, scores twice, hasn't played since. Jordan Rankin comes in to cover injuries, plays decently, dropped as soon as everybody is fit again. Curtis Naughton....
As a coach, even if you think you have a best team on paper, and that team has the best chance of winning that match (and given the way Yeaman et al are playing it's difficult to see why he thinks that way) it's more damaging in the long term to do what he's doing, dropping players who've stuck their hand up and played well in order to shoe horn regulars/favourites back in. It fosters an attitude among the chosen few that they don't really have to try for their place, while making the others wonder what the point of bothering is.
And that's without going into the logic of we can't have Rankin on the bench because it's a waste of an interchange, but we can have 3 hookers and use Howarth (who is bang average) for just 15 minutes.
knockersbumpMKII wrote:Where are the chosen few, the cheerleaders? Have they got any thoughts on our imperical display of all out rugby and why Radford should not fall on his sword? Pearson is so out of touch it's damaging our club not just in the short term but the long term too.
There shouldn't be anyone on this board now who is still supporting Radford as a coach.If a coach has any ability you should be able to see improvement in areas that need to be worked on the field.Our attacking deficiency since last season under Radford has shown no improvement at all.No team can keep defending and not scoring points. I like Adam Pearson but he has got it so wrong with Radford. The last 3 wins were simply painting over the cracks. Boy are we a boring team to watch.
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BarnetFC wrote:Promise I won't go off on one of my long-winded 'culture' rants like last time, but just a brief one on the theme...
Callum Lancaster comes in to cover injuries, plays excellently in a tough away game, scores twice, hasn't played since. Jordan Rankin comes in to cover injuries, plays decently, dropped as soon as everybody is fit again. Curtis Naughton....
As a coach, even if you think you have a best team on paper, and that team has the best chance of winning that match (and given the way Yeaman et al are playing it's difficult to see why he thinks that way) it's more damaging in the long term to do what he's doing, dropping players who've stuck their hand up and played well in order to shoe horn regulars/favourites back in. It fosters an attitude among the chosen few that they don't really have to try for their place, while making the others wonder what the point of bothering is.
And that's without going into the logic of we can't have Rankin on the bench because it's a waste of an interchange, but we can have 3 hookers and use Howarth (who is bang average) for just 15 minutes.
He's injured. He was sat behind me in Orthopedics last week at HRI.
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Also disappointing that some players decided not to walk round and thank the remaining fans. Although some may have made the right choice as Houghton resorted to telling one fan to f off which obviously upset the gentleman (although he was being a douche)
Hull White Star wrote:He's injured. He was sat behind me in Orthopedics last week at HRI.
Yes he's since been injured in an U19 game, but he wasn't injured after he'd played excellently at Wigan, he was just dropped back to the U19s. If you were him would it not be a bit galling to score twice away from home for a team that can't score, then get dropped and sit and watch the two wingers be used to drive the ball out of their own 20?
We're absolute dog shiit. Worse than we ever were under agar. Worst attack in SL by some way. Watching wakey last night they are much better than us with ball in hand as are leigh and probably bradford. If pearson doesn't act and bring in a new coach then I genuinely fear for our SL survival.
No doubt now we will finish outside the 8 and unless radford goes it will be bottom 2. If pearson doesn't act I will have to believe that his motives towards the club are in question as it's obvious to everyone radford is so far out of his depth that even someone who has never seen the game in their lives could see it
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Irregular Hoops wrote:To be fair to Sneyd, he looked decent under a good coach, much the same Luke Gale looks decent this year. Sometimes it's the systems, not the players.
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