****... Mike White @mikewhitesport Reliable source telling me Hull City bringing ex Performance Manager Darren Robinson back to #hcafc although info not clear yet on what role
Mike White @mikewhitesport I don't believe Robinson will be expected Director of Football. Think they've got other plans for that which could be moving closer. #hcafc
As long as he's not DoF i dont care. Lots happening at the club right now though.. staff incoming, players leaving... but no players signed yet.. we need something big to get the ball rolling.
I know that Darren Robinson has a good deal of experience with many clubs and coaches, and probably over 15 to 20 years now. I don't have any insight into his recent career but I knew him over 10 years ago, and I wish him well. Last time I said something like this I was called a ****, so expectations are low...
Starting to find this a little bit concerning now , we've got head coach in place but its starting to look more and more like he's been told who his backroom staff are, rather than picking his own, find that strange.
I know nothing of Darren Robinson other then what has been posted on here (and he sounds like a bit if a snake). What is his background? And what did he actually do as "performance manager" - sounds like a made up title?
In fairness in one interview Slutsky gave, he was asked about brining in his own team to any club (was before he signed for us), and he basically said that hus old coaching staff where unlikely to leave Russia. Could be that Slutsky doesn't know enough "backroom staff" in the UK, and wants a team in place ready to have them fully prepared for preseason
Fair point, just hope he's been advised by someone with a good knowledge of the championship and the game in general over here.
From what I remember Darren R worked with England rugby league for a while, Howard Wilkinson and Kevin Keegan long before he came to city and later Birmingham with Rowett. He's probably a fitness coach and stats man. I know he does triathlons at a fairly high veteran level, so he 'walks the walk'.
Going off the interview posted on here yesterday it seems that he has already done a lot of research. If the rumours of Joyce are true I think we are moving in the right direction : Slutsky - a thorough manager, decent background, eager for success Pennock - experienced coach, knows the club and players well, will be a good link to assist the manager Joyce - could be a good DoF, great contacts, knows all levels of the British game (been around Man Utd will give him the premiership know how)
Despite my reservations about Ehab's just dumping his yes people all over the place, I think we all need to start looking at the positives & this is a pretty good start.
So it looks like a group of actual footballing people are being positioned to run the club, while the Allams, and Ehab, take more of a backseat to concentrate on their main source of income, i.e. marine generators. Recent communications have used the words Hull and City together. Seems to be some money will be made available to strengthen the squad. And we have people complaining? Guaranteed if they introduced concessions again, we'd have people complaining they're now paying more. You seriously can't win with our support. No wonder any local millionaires always steer well clear.
Nice try, but not really accurate... Number of mentions of Hull City in the Stulsky appointment release - 0. Number of mentions of Hull City in the Pennock appointment release - 0. Number of players who've gone so far this summer - 10 (shortly to become 12) Number of players who've arrived so far this summer - 0. I fully expect us to sign players ahead of next season, though I hope we start doing so quickly before players start seeing us as a weak option and I don't expect the club to start calling us Hull City, because Ehab, fundamentally, remains a twat.
The club did voluntarily call us hull city in the article on Slutskys interview. Agreed about players, getting a bit twitchy now. Would like to see 2-3 in pretty soon.
http://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/...y-excited-by-promotion-challenge-3730736.aspx "Leonid Slutsky says he is very proud to be the new Head Coach of Hull City and is looking forward to the challenge of trying to guide the Tigers back to the Premier League." When Slutsky actually said: “I am very proud to be the Head Coach of this football club and this is a serious challenge for me,” said Slutsky. So they paraphrased and used our name.
