Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:05 pm  

Hasbag wrote:

Been said a million times already but we need a lesder out on the pitch. Look back at 2016/2017, we had multiple out there; Pryce, Sneyd, Mini, Pritchard, Manu, Ellis.
Now we seemingly have 0. Somebody should have been getting into them today under the sticks but everybody just stands around looking at the floor. We have no guidance on the pitch. Nobody who knows how to run a game. The days of signing players the calibre of the afore-mentioned are gone and nobody from the current squad looks willing to step up and take charge out there.

All true, we have zero leadership on the pitch. Houghton is a poor captain as he was the last time he did it. We haven't had a leader since Ellis.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:05 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

I love Carlos, probably one of my top three favourite Hull players in the SL era and at his peak ourt best centre since Leuluai but those days are long gone. Might be best if the club can come to an arrangement whereby he retires.

Agree. I hate to say it because he was a favourite of mine as well but now he is shot. Compare him to Leutele and Leutele is 2 years younger.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:08 pm  

Steve0 wrote:

Isn't Okunbor of Nigerian descent?

That's exactly Bonaire's point

[Chris71]

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:17 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

All true, we have zero leadership on the pitch. Houghton is a poor captain as he was the last time he did it. We haven't had a leader since Ellis.

Again it’s just another example of the mess we are in as a club, he wasn’t a great Captain in his first stint, had the farce of the 3 captains then Carlos, which ended with him giving up role or Smith removing him from it to end up back to square one with Houghton (who fell out of love playing and has been given one year too many)

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:25 pm  

Chris71 wrote:

Again it’s just another example of the mess we are in as a club, he wasn’t a great Captain in his first stint, had the farce of the 3 captains then Carlos, which ended with him giving up role or Smith removing him from it to end up back to square one with Houghton (who fell out of love playing and has been given one year too many)

Crazy that in 2016 as well as Ellis we had both international captains from that year's Samoa v Tonga international in Pritchard and Manu. Minichiello captained Italy the following year too!

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:29 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

All true, we have zero leadership on the pitch. Houghton is a poor captain as he was the last time he did it. We haven't had a leader since Ellis.

Gaz highly respected on and off the field yet our Mastermind coach (shortly ex coach) decides to get rid and would rather keep Gene

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:52 pm  

bonaire wrote:

Gaz highly respected on and off the field yet our Mastermind coach (shortly ex coach) decides to get rid and would rather keep Gene

Hopefully ex coach or do you know something we don't?

[Chris71]

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:21 pm  

bonaire wrote:

Gaz highly respected on and off the field yet our Mastermind coach (shortly ex coach) decides to get rid and would rather keep Gene

Does anybody actually know what Gene brings to the Coaching set up other than a yes man or bodyguard for Smith?

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:43 pm  

Hasbag wrote:

Been said a million times already but we need a lesder out on the pitch. Look back at 2016/2017, we had multiple out there; Pryce, Sneyd, Mini, Pritchard, Manu, Ellis.
Now we seemingly have 0. Somebody should have been getting into them today under the sticks but everybody just stands around looking at the floor. We have no guidance on the pitch. Nobody who knows how to run a game. The days of signing players the calibre of the afore-mentioned are gone and nobody from the current squad looks willing to step up and take charge out there.

Weve been saying the same thing for 3 years
Weve been saying houghton needs replacing
The errors are bad
The line speeds rubbish
The discipline is bad
No organisers

Guess what nothings changed its madness

Each coach comes in and just tootles along, repeating the same cycle

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:19 pm  

Bombed Out wrote:

Hopefully ex coach or do you know something we don't?

With such a backlash i just cant see how Pearson can save face other than sacking himself or getting rid of Smith