Fri 25th Feb: SL: Hull Kingston Rovers v Castleford Tigers KO 8pm (Sky)

[M j M]

Bill Arthur now onto the "difficult foreign name" stuff.

It really is pathetic. It's not hard to do the players the courtesy of learning how to pronounce their names without putting on a silly voice.

[M j M]

4 minutes ago, Dave T said:

Castleford just don't look a very good team do they? I suppose they are getting what they paid for hiring Radford. 

It seemed a bad appointment when he got the job and it's looking worse and worse as time goes by.

[meast]

Great work by Sam Wood, pleased for him, he's a cracking lad

[DavidM]

Didnt even bother defending

[Scubby]

Radford might beat Brian Clough's record as Leeds United manager.

[dkw]

Erm that's a double movement isn't it?

[meast]

5 minutes ago, LeeF said:

They look awful. Limited ideas. Poor discipline 

They look a shambles to be honest,. I'm sure they'll blame the ref though.

[DavidM]

Just now, Scubby said:

Radford might beat Brian Clough's record as Leeds United manager.

They won’t make a film about it

[dkw]

3 minutes ago, M j M said:

Bill Arthur now onto the "difficult foreign name" stuff.

It really is pathetic. It's not hard to do the players the courtesy of learning how to pronounce their names without putting on a silly voice.

In fairness his dad spent his entire career over here called ton-ga-guy...

[meast]

1 minute ago, Scubby said:

Radford might beat Brian Clough's record as Leeds United manager.

Thought he was at Castleford

[dkw]

2 minutes ago, meast said:

Great work by Sam Wood, pleased for him, he's a cracking lad

He was brilliant at Town on DR, put in a lot of effort and was well liked at the club.

[doc]

1 minute ago, DavidM said:

They won’t make a film about it , young man.

Better

[Old Frightful]

Just now, dkw said:

Erm that's a double movement isn't it?

Interesting how they looked at the Cas try for that but not that one that I thought was more obvious.

Good to see the previously concussed Mikey Lewis making a big impression after his appalling head knock earlier.

[Ullman]

4 minutes ago, meast said:

Great work by Sam Wood, pleased for him, he's a cracking lad

He's had a great game.

[HullWire]

1 hour ago, Old Frightful said:

Mikey Lewis joins the list of players feigning injury in attempts to get players sin binned or sent off.

Ridiculous comment

[Leeds Wire]

Feel sorry for Cas. I think they showed a lot of commitment tonight in the face of some silly directives to send people from the field. 

I fully understand why they are doing it but Cas had no chance after needlessly going down to 11.

 

[DavidM]

What is Baz going on about 

[Scubby]

7 minutes ago, meast said:

Thought he was at Castleford

Brian Clough never coached Cas but I'm sure he would have done a better job than Radford. This is the most puzzling appointment in recent years.

[LeeF]

2 minutes ago, Leeds Wire said:

Feel sorry for Cas. I think they showed a lot of commitment tonight in the face of some silly directives to send people from the field. 

I fully understand why they are doing it but Cas had no chance after needlessly going down to 11.

 

Cas knew beforehand and in both incidents the players had a choice. They chose wrong and correctly were sin binned. Cas can only blame themselves for their poor performance and subsequent defeat

[Leeds Wire]

1 minute ago, DavidM said:

What is Baz going on about 

I'm genuinely sick of those two clowns. It's really spoiling the coverage. They add nothing to the event yet they make the sport look silly and confusing at the same time. 

Massive rethink needed. McGuire is good. What about Offiah?

 

[Just Browny]

It might be desperately unfair but I find it very hard to imagine Radford 'embedding a philosophy'.

[Tex Evans Thigh]

I wonder why Cas directors couldnt see how bad Radford is? I know he had some success at Hull with the cup wins but looking outside in it seemed like he had a really talented squad and underachieved generally in the bread and butter of the league. He doesnt come across as a deep thinker but someone who tries to be, which is never a good combination, similar to Paul Cullen. Just play to your strengths and if that's being aggressive and tough so be it.

Cas might be saved by other teams but they could easily go down. No more artificially being propped up by Powell and a long season ahead.

[getdownmonkeyman]

I can't see Cas sticking with Radford beyond the next couple of months.

[Fevrover]

2 minutes ago, Tex Evans Thigh said:

I wonder why Cas directors couldnt see how bad Radford is? I know he had some success at Hull with the cup wins but looking outside in it seemed like he had a really talented squad and underachieved generally in the bread and butter of the league. He doesnt come across as a deep thinker but someone who tries to be, which is never a good combination, similar to Paul Cullen. Just play to your strengths and if that's being aggressive and tough so be it.

Cas might be saved by other teams but they could easily go down. No more artificially being propped up by Powell and a long season ahead.

NO chance of going down - Toulouse nailed on.

[Scubby]

2 minutes ago, Tex Evans Thigh said:

I wonder why Cas directors couldnt see how bad Radford is? I know he had some success at Hull with the cup wins but looking outside in it seemed like he had a really talented squad and underachieved generally in the bread and butter of the league. He doesnt come across as a deep thinker but someone who tries to be, which is never a good combination, similar to Paul Cullen. Just play to your strengths and if that's being aggressive and tough so be it.

Cas might be saved by other teams but they could easily go down. No more artificially being propped up by Powell and a long season ahead.

Hull were getting absolutely whacked in some league games under Radford. They suffered some of the biggest losses in the club's history and were leaking 50 points on quite a few occasions. That's not a great sign.