Match Day Thread Hull City v Derby

[Drew]

This Rosie thing is boring, some think sacking him was wrong and others agreed with it.
There’s no way of knowing how Rosie would have done with us just because he’s doing well in France.
He wouldn’t have had the same team as last season, equally Tim might have done better with last seasons team. It’s all ifs buts and maybes but it’s gone

It’s more making the point that it was clearly the wrong decision by Acun.

I mean yes Rosenior might not have been successful this year for us but it couldn’t have gone much worse could it?

 

[bradymk2]

Louie Barry ain’t coming to save us.

Injury setback.

Slater’s in a boot.

Egan’s back’s gone.

Not good on the injury front.


Win next week though and we stay up regardless. We’re only relying on the kindness of others if we draw.

If we lose we’re ****ed, obviously.


I’ll say it for the millionth time though - how does this team score?

Take out the penalties, own goals and occasional stunning but unlikely to be repeated wundergoal and we don’t score.

Where is that goal (and I shudder to think that we may need more than one) going to come from?

yep

i can see portmouth scoring 3 or 4 after a close tight first 40 minutes
and we crumble

 

[Tony Angelino]

It’s more making the point that it was clearly the wrong decision by Acun.

I mean yes Rosenior might not have been successful this year for us but it couldn’t have gone much worse could it?

Let’s not forget some of Rosie’s games were the most boring games ever, he even played games we needed to win with no striker. Let’s not pretend he was the second coming

 

[Drew]

Let’s not forget some of Rosie’s games were the most boring games ever, he even played games we needed to win with no striker. Let’s not pretend he was the second coming

But he would have been better than this season has been.

It’s not even about Rosenior really - it’s about Acun making a naive decision that’s cost us badly this year

 

[TIGERSCAVE]

Did Selles tell the team before the match, not to concede set pieces. Derby are one of the most prolific teams in the Championship at scoring from set pieces. You would hope wouldn’t you?

I'm guessing that Eustace said at half time 'look lads, we might get one good chance!'

 

[Ernie Shackleton]

Let’s not forget some of Rosie’s games were the most boring games ever, he even played games we needed to win with no striker. Let’s not pretend he was the second coming

Last game of last season we headed to the south coast knowing a win could get us a playoff place. This season we head to the south coast for the last game of the season knowing a win will keep us in the Championship.

Rosenier or Walter/Selles?

Question answers itself for me.

 

[Ron Burguvdy]

Bradford away Olez Olez...

 

[bradymk2]

Bradford away Olez Olez...

Bradford
Doncaster
Huddersfield
Barnsley

Away days are back on the menu

 

[HulltoHellandback]

Bradford away Olez Olez...

Don't mind a trip there, or Barnsley, Rotherham etc. **** Huddersfield and the codheads though

 

[TIGERSCAVE]

I thought it was funny, the security all came out to stop pitch invasions minutes after the goal, In not sure there was ever any danger of one anyway

it was for the Derby fans...

 

[oozkan]

Was the architect of this mess, Mr. Acun, at the game, or did he opt for the Fenerbahçe game again?

 

[Plum]

Was the architect of this mess, Mr. Acun, at the game, or did he opt for the Fenerbahçe game again?

he was there

 

[Gone For A Walk]

On the flip side if we win then we're guaranteed to stay up regardless of other results. Got to cling onto that now...

The obvious problem with that however is that we've been entirely unable to score goals for a long time now. We still play like a bunch of strangers and there's no desire to 'go for it'. It's always safety first and by the time we're 'ready' to progress the ball, the chance to break through has gone. It was the same today and has been for months and months.

It showed signs of improving initially but has gone backwards for weeks now. Selles hasn't done a half decent job, he's managed to take what we have got backwards rather than improving. We're lacking quality but it's more about his tactics, his coaching, his use of subs, etc. It's utterly baffling to me.

 

[Blaknamberblood]

Was the architect of this mess, Mr. Acun, at the game, or did he opt for the Fenerbahçe game again?

He was at the game looking as nervous as everyone else

 

[bradymk2]

Lincoln too

 

[Benjo]

But he would have been better than this season has been.

It’s not even about Rosenior really - it’s about Acun making a naive decision that’s cost us badly this year

I've said the following since this season started and stand by it...

The biggest issue out of a long list of problems we've had this season was how we handled our summer activity. We gutted the squad and brought in largely just youth and potential and far too late too. ANYONE would have struggled to manage this team. There's some quality in there but they play like strangers.

 

[HulltoHellandback]

Don't mind a trip there, or Barnsley, Rotherham etc. **** Huddersfield and the codheads though

In fact it's a bit "championship lite" really isn't it. Bolton, Peterborough, Charlton, Wigan, Blackpool, Reading. Wouldn't mind if it wasn't for the bleak financial outlook.

 

[Hiker]

Vertical football? Not heard other managers adopting that "philosophy". Can't for the life of me think why that's the case. Are they missing a trick?

 

[Donatella Anybody]

Grasping at straws but our only hope is to get a clean sheet at Portsmouth and hope others lose, will have to be a clean sheet as I can’t see us scoring a goal

 

[Drew]

I've said the following since this season started and stand by it...

The biggest issue out of a long list of problems we've had this season was how we handled our summer activity. We gutted the squad and brought in largely just youth and potential and far too late too. ANYONE would have struggled to manage this team. There's some quality in there but they play like strangers.

I don’t fully disagree but I don’t think that transfer windows happens if we had kept the same manager (regardless of whether it was Rosenior or not)

Sacking a known coach for an unknown one in this country means you go down the list for Premier League loans slightly - existing players are more likely to leave and players interested in signing for you are more cautious as you are more of an unknown quantity.

Im not claiming Rosenior had this magical pull but I am saying that clubs with continuity stand a better chance of building a decent squad. We gambled and lost.