Re: Radford Out! : Tue May 06, 2014 9:34 pm  

hull smallears wrote:

You are right. I only go now as I want to have a good time with my mates

You don't even get that every week!

Re: Radford Out! : Tue May 06, 2014 9:35 pm  

UllFC wrote:

Lee is that you?

poop busted

Re: Radford Out! : Tue May 06, 2014 9:43 pm  

Radford's staying. Let's see who he recruits.

Re: Radford Out! : Wed May 07, 2014 7:58 am  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Radford's staying. Let's see who he recruits.

Well he isn't pulling up trees so far :-
Tuson - pointless signing, is he really any better than Pitts,Hadleigh etc?
Talanoa - enthusiastic but average at best,
Carvell - good short term signing but leaves us with about 7 props
Colbon - absolutey awful
Rankin - looks good ( jury still out)

The fact that he was reportedly sniffing around Gale !!! says it all I suppose

Re: Radford Out! : Wed May 07, 2014 8:24 am  

westdock boy in oz wrote:

Well he isn't pulling up trees so far :-
Tuson - pointless signing, is he really any better than Pitts,Hadleigh etc?
Talanoa - enthusiastic but average at best,
Carvell - good short term signing but leaves us with about 7 props
Colbon - absolutey awful
Rankin - looks good ( jury still out)

The fact that he was reportedly sniffing around Gale !!! says it all I suppose

Talamoa has been a very good signing, makes loads of yards and tackle busts, if he was faster he would be one of the top wingers on the SL.

Agree about the rest.

Re: Radford Out! : Wed May 07, 2014 8:51 am  

Dave K. wrote:

Talamoa has been a very good signing, makes loads of yards and tackle busts, if he was faster he would be one of the top wingers on the SL.

Agree about the rest.

But he isn't `faster' that's what makes him average.
I may be missing something but if we are to improve the side
the players coming in should be better than the ones going out.

Re: Radford Out! : Wed May 07, 2014 8:54 am  

airliebird,runninglate! wrote:

Ellis can see it and instruct what needs to be done but that's soon forgotten when under the cosh and fatigue. A good half takes hold himself where he can. He can't defend for the team but when in attack he slows the game he simplifys it and kicks with an mind of dulling the game and maximising the distance.
When Leeds get under the cosh sinefield regularly kicks even early 3rd or 4 th tackle from deep and just puts it dead. The call goes out for it. They call it 'drown play' they then line up on the 20 to defend! These things are called game smarts often but it's not massively smart. I'm often dumbfounded at how dumb as a team we are!! It's depressing!

I agree that Sinfield does these things well but the problem I have with this is that at FC we could have someone like Sinfield booting the ball up field and putting it dead to ease the pressure on us but we're just as likely to concede a penalty allowing the opposition to go back up the field putting us back under pressure. We make too many individual errors when we're under pressure. Hell, we even make them when we're not under pressure. There's nothing that a halfback or a playmaker can do about that.

Re: Radford Out! : Wed May 07, 2014 9:00 am  

the thing with improving a side is there's only so many better players out there, and all the other teams are after these better players too, its not something you can just do over night.

Re: Radford Out! : Wed May 07, 2014 10:04 am  

Best quote ever? If our winger was faster he wouldnt be average.....class!

Re: Radford Out! : Wed May 07, 2014 10:10 am  

westdock boy in oz wrote:

But he isn't `faster' that's what makes him average.
I may be missing something but if we are to improve the side
the players coming in should be better than the ones going out.

Monaghan and Richards aren't exactly fast, but still excellent wingers.

Near impossible to replace Briscoe with a better player, but I would say that Talanoa is better value for money and more consistent than the Briscoe who played for Hull.

Talanoa isn't average, I would say he is a very good player, if he was faster I would say he would be an outstanding winger. We should certainly be looking at keeping him next season, if he this already hasn't been done already.