www.sporthull.co.uk/hullfc/news/ ... ticle.html Give him his due.

www.sporthull.co.uk/hullfc/news/ ... ticle.html Give him his due.

and he is admitting that it is 'his' squad .

Well its his squad because he is taking some of the blame but its nice to finally hear from someone at the club exactly what the fans have been saying for two years.

ah, the "it wasn't me, it was him defence" excellent.

And of course Agar had absolutely no input into retention/recruitment in the last few years.

On a par with the 'Deny everything Baldrick' stance.

Whatever you say about Agar, he is the first coach in the last 10 years to have to the balls to make bid decisions about players, he is also the only coach in the last few years to identify what areas we are lacking and recruit the players in those positions.

I still doubt his coaching ability, but I feel he deserves a chance next season.

no-one can deny injuries have played a major part in your recent fall from grace tho.....sure all teams get them but you've had more than your fair share.

Yup, it doesn't explain our lack of tactical ability, his rediculous rotation of props (or otherwise) and other bizarre decisions during games.

Not sure where he said any of that ? Where does he absolve himself of any blame ?

What he says in that article is exactly right however there are some bits missing. He should have added that the players failed to show the level of technical ability (passing/tackling/support) required on a consistent enough basis for the standard of SL. I hope he realises that because different personnel or not next year he and his coaching team need to turn out players capable of performing these fundamentals to a much better standard week in week out.

Though he does admit it has taken nearly three seasons for a replacement for Cooke to be found.

As for 'big' decisions regarding players , in particualar releasing them that of course is somewhat governed by their contractual status.
Though he has done the right thing IMO of getting rid of King.

What are these ‘big’ decisions he has made? Most of his ‘axe wielding’ fell on either players that have long term injuries or those that have come to the end of their contracts anyway (and nobody in their right mind would have renewed them). Other then possibly King (who is still contracted to the club) what ‘big’ decisions has he made?

As for next season the signings have the potential to provide a ‘quick fix’, but for me there is still a hell of a lot of rebuilding to be done.