I have been and properly still am not sure of him as coach, but fair play to him the last 2 matches,he spoke well tonight on radio rovers and hopefully we can beat wigan and finish 6

I will give him praise for a good couple of weeks, but I'm still cautious as after the magic weekend we thought we'd cracked it and then slipped back, he and the team need to keep improving and in some ways the super8's should help as the pressure will be off, most fans will be happy with committed displays

Always best to be cautious.

he's still a crap coach and a few results will not change my opinion....if we want to go forwards as a team we need a top man in charge

That's what I think too..
However I think he is getting better and learning - but do we have the luxury of giving him time to get better still up to the point where he becomes a decent coach (if he can?)

I'm not sure.

I agree...

IF Pearson wants Hull FC, to challenge for major honours, We need a proven experienced Coach.

Radford is a good defence coach, but our weaknesses still remain, too many 'lobbed' slow passes, indecesive near the opponents try line, mistiming of runs...

For mine, Radford has taken us, as far as he can.

Whatever his shortcomings as a coach, and whatever any of us on here think, he'll be our coach for 2016. He clearly has the backing of Pearson and I guess from his perspective that is all that matters.

I am beginning to wonder whether Pearson has privately come to the conclusion that we are nothing more than a mid table club and, contrary to his public pronouncements, this is now the height of his ambition, to merely stay in SL. If this is indeed the case, and it's only a supposition on my part, then why employ a top class high earning coach when the cheap option can achieve the goal just as well.

Like I said, just a passing thought, no more.

I firmly believe he's still learning this trade. We ARE showing signs of improvement, but it will not be a Wigan-esque revival. He needs a decent assistant coach, a former half back. Longy and Cunningham are instilling that attacking ethos into Saints right now. We need that.

We have achieved a goal though. We have made the top 8 and haven't suffered many BAD defeats on the way there, which means that we are not whipping boys.

I'd say the biggest test is now to come. We're not staring down the barrel of relegation so his job is safe. Unlike Chester who's taken them backwards.

I said from very early on that he needs help. To have a rookie head coach supported by someone with no first grade coaching experience is ridiculously short sighted by the club. Taking away views on skill set, there is too much work for 2 people to do properly in coaching a SL side. I also absolutely get that he is trying to instill a high performance culture at the club and tough decisions need to be made in order to achieve it.

The most frustrating thing for me is that we're so close to being a decent SL side but some really basic, fundamental things don't happen with us when we have the ball which means we're scratting around at the bottom of SL. This season has seen probably the lowest quality SL competition yet and had we been near where we can be we'd be in with a really good chance of making the top 4 and maybe even better than that

Fully agree with that.

I see alot of posts that claim our squad is no better than mid table. But if there are 7 better squads kicking about then I've certainly not seen them. That's what is frustrating. Man for man we are right up there, but they just cant seem to click together properly.