Delap was at Stoke because of his dad, the minute his dad was sacked, Delap was out of there.
I could understand why Brownie rubbed some up the wrong way, I could understand why Bruce irritated some with his 'little old Hull' spiel all the time, I could understand why Shota left everyone baffled (even he didn't seem to know what he was saying most of the time), I could understand why McCann pissed people off with his 'make plan A better' nonsense, but I really don't understand why Rosenior's conviction about the way he wants to play pisses off so many.
We're clearly not the finished article, we need to move the ball quicker, but we've put together a good squad, centred around the way Rosie wants to play and now we need to support him while he gets everyone up to speed (and ideally gets all the best players on the pitch at the same time). Worth remembering, Tufan, Philogene and Morton have only made half a dozen appearances each so far this season.
Good to see the whinging back this weekend...
It's only Wednesday![]()
Draw. Obviously
I can't help thinking that with a manager like Nigel Pearson, the interviews would be boring but the football would be more exciting and probably more effective.

It's not his conviction that rubs people the wrong way; it's the way he talks and acts.
Managers are supposed to have conviction and belief in their tactics and methods and philosophy. Rosenior seems to be very defensive and insecure when questioned by the media or fans or whoever about his style of football, which then leads him to come across as arrogant with 'my way or the high way' attitude. I don't have a problem with possession football as a way of playing. I do think Rosenior's brand of possession football leaves a lot to be desired. If he has such conviction in his methods and tactics, he should let the football speak for itself with results.
I suspect he's just getting irritated with the same question being put to him every week, the answers not going to change.
Arse lickerI'm supporting Liam and the team. Not blindly and I might not like all of it but I am behind him and the squad.
Both Southampton under Russell Martin and City under Rosenior play a similar style of possession-based football, albeit Southampton have a better squad.
Expect lots of short sideways and backwards passes and very little of forwards making runs in behind the other team's defence.
We saw Billie Jean in 4th gear the other evening.... I suspect he'll be back to 2nd on Saturday... and Delap will be on the wing...Not sure why players like Delap and Philogene would prefer playing the Rosie way to one that likes to get the ball forward and behind the defence quickly
As was said above. If his style of football produced results at home, entertaining those attending instead of boring their nuts off, then the away thumping and dropping points would see him in a much better light. No one would really doubt his style I suspect. If he was winning at home, he'd be in the top 6 and he wouldn't be questioned and he could focus his comments elsewhere.It's not his conviction that rubs people the wrong way; it's the way he talks and acts.
Managers are supposed to have conviction and belief in their tactics and methods and philosophy. Rosenior seems to be very defensive and insecure when questioned by the media or fans or whoever about his style of football, which then leads him to come across as arrogant with 'my way or the high way' attitude. I don't have a problem with possession football as a way of playing. I do think Rosenior's brand of possession football leaves a lot to be desired. If he has such conviction in his methods and tactics, he should let the football speak for itself with results.
How about leaving this crap until after the game, it’s boring as ****.We will have the majority of the possession for the first 20 minutes, then Southampton will score.
Then they'll nearly go two up before half time.
Then we'll scrape a draw with 10 minutes to go.
And then run out of steam.
Rosie will be full of praise for the players saying that Southampton have one of the best squads, and that 99% of the time, one of our other chances would have gone in and we'd have got three points instead of one.
We will finish the weekend in 13th position.