You can mark down the 31st Jan 2020 as an end of an era. From when Phil brown took over till transfer deadline day, Hull city had the potential to achieve things, now it's back to being just another club that exists. There might be the odd promotion in the future but that will only be after relegations have been suffered to the lower depths of the EFL , so it will be promotions from league 2 or league 1( to take us to what is now considered dizzy heights for the club, the championship).
Fair observation. Could well be right.
Bar maybe the remaining for now Toral (who?) 1st Feb does mark effectively a totally new era. One being constructed on cheap, young, mainly lower league or development squad, potential ... and, as Enob has been saying the model will be for some time (but it never really previously happened), only signing players with profitable sell on potential.
Cup half empty - in truth, we were a way off being a promotion side before 1st Feb, we look a million miles off at the moment. McCann looks tactically naive once again (as he did in those early matches after he joined), our midfield & defence is all at sea as if there's no coaching going on, and he's failed to address obvious issues within the 1st team squad (particularly leaders and strength & quality in the middle of the park).
Cup half full - it could work, McCann could over time build something new, exciting and ultimately successful. Some of the players being brought in do look talented, but converting that potential into real quality doesn't necessarily happen.Time will tell. Things will hopefully look heck of lot better when (if) we get, in particular, Stewart, JDW, & Elder back, and when the likes of Wilkes, Maddison, Samuleson, this new lad from Motherwell, maybe even Balogh settle in & get properly up to speed. Bowler, when fit again, might also step up with KG & JB gone. But it's concerning how much we are missing (a) Stewart type in midfield, and how dependent we are on him, given Batty doesn't seem to be favoured (odd, as he's currently the most natural obvious stand-in).
I lean toward cup half full still (as bad as yesterday was)
On top of that, the Allam's attempts to bring fans back and improve unity have failed spectacularly. Prices are simply way too high, and many will simply never forgive nor forget. Maybe the selling of Bowen and the return of the chanting might see their resolve to sell strengthen (IF it was ever there). It needs them to go, and for us to hope that the next owners are an improvement.