But we do seem to scrimp on the coach, which is surely the most important area to spend money in?

This has been admitted and the club is in the process of changing it's pay policy as a result.

There have been years of mismanagement of recruitment and retention. With the best will in the world it's not going to be fixed in one season.

You'll get no argument from me there.

thats an understatement..the fact that radford has a new 2 year deal is the biggest joke ive heard for ages, when is the club going to sort that out!!??

Going by what we've done in previous years, continue to buy passes and shirts in record numbers.



Seriously, I agree with everything you say. For all people say we've been crying out for a scrum half, we've got one now but he's got no runners to work with.

I'm not Radford's biggest fan by any means, but the alternative was going into next season without enough props.

Yes we are AFTER signing Long, Fitz and Ogre. But prior to that we could have thrown money at other players who were under contract.

Still is with Cusack and Dowes going. At least we might see Moa for more than 2 x 5 minute stints a game

We've had 3 years of coaching mismanagement by someone masquerading as a super league coach and calling themselves Richard Agar, with another 2 seasons of the same rubbish to come. That should be the boards first priority, binning him!

As I posted in a previous thread, when I hear James Rule spout on in the media about Agar "needing time to get his players and build his team" one name proves that Rule is talking a load of s**t.

Michael Maguire

My take on Agar.

A solid season without being spectacular. The squad has become stronger and we have improved our position in the league dramtically.

Still work to do but we have a much better platform next season for a year ago.

Far too sensible that statement paul, you didnt mention sacking the coach or slagged any players get a grip man!!


better team won end of story, holidays for a month now in florida !!!, will be booked and paid for tomorrow, live with it, and move on ...

yeh but still not good enough all this nonsence about weve improved on the last 2 seeason ect is rubbish its not that hard to improve on finishing bottom and next to bottom if you dont include the promoted teams. for a team of our size and the money that is spent after winning the challenge cup and finishing 2nd and getting to a grand final we should of progressed and built on that but we dint and now coz weve had a year were weve finished 6th and havent won a playoff game again some people see that as progress and are quite happy with the season


just not good enough

Not sure 12th to 7th is "dramatic". It's still worse than 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

So in other words we do spend cash, just not the way you'd prefer?

We've certainly mismanaged the budget for years IMO, although the three players you mention wouldn't have been on my list of those where we've wasted cash. I thought last season's recruitment was more or less spot on given the need to rebuild the squad and players available.

You can't spend too much cap on a single player in case they get injured or miss a load of games for any other reason. See Bradford for details.

So you don't think 12th to 6th is an improvemnt?

Jeez

Hang you've been talking about going to Old Trafford for the past 3/4 weeks. Just watch the lads go, they're right up for it you said. What happened to all that brovado? The coach and quite a number of the palyers aren't good enough, fact. Iif you want to bury your head in the sand then that's up to you, the rest of us feel massively let down.

but to some people the future and now of hull fc is important and means alot and just to get over it to some people isnt as simple as that.

Im just saying we could have looked at other options and not just out of contract players.

Paul that's because 12th was an abomination. Finishing 6th and being rolled over at our own gaff by our biggest rivals is nothing to shout about.

so what do you think of finishing 2nd in 2006 to finishing 6th in 2010 after finishing bottom and next to bottom the last 2 seasons?

Summed up by a guy as I was leaving the ground. His 2 daughters were very disenchanted with the performance and the eldest said 'I've just had enough of them now Dad, I don't want to bother next year thanks'. The other agreed.

His response?

'Well I'll get them anway, might as well.'



This is why we're dire and the club don't care.

We finished 7th. Placings restated after play-offs.

does it really matter wether its 6th or 7th either way it isnt good enough