It does worry me where this thread is going. A great many people seem to be questioning why we've kept Alex and released McShane and at the first mistake - which will happen - I can see the crowd turning on a player who has had an excellent season just gone. It's ridiculous. They've both been brilliant this season, lets not suddenly turn this into an anti Alex campaign.
Going to be a very busy summer regard's squad rebuilding, SB is going to have to get it right and get city off to a flying start otherwise he's going to have problem's with reduced attendances(13/14 thousand mark) and very unhappy fan's hope it goes right for him and city if not I can see him gone by October.
Be careful, you are speculating with the guy who doesn't like speculation on here; you are right though, just as we were right on McShane. The club that can't communicate are doing a cracking job of trying to mask their real handling of these players. It is shameful.
I don't often post these days, become so disillusioned, but for what its worth I've sent this mail to the club and HDM: 37 Years of following Hull City Never thought I'd see the dark days of off the field "management" having such a negative effect on the supporters and clearly the team as well. Now to rub it in today I'm reading that Paul McShane is being "released" I'm not going to pretend he'd ever challenge Lionel Messi as a player but to quote a facebook comment today "Ridiculous decision, why get rid of someone who has more passion for our club than about five other players put together...big mistake!" I used to joke and say "You can change your wife, your life but not your team" (I've been divorced twice!) But now I'm not so sure. To quote the BBC website from 15 May 2015: "Steve Bruce: Hull City have not lived up to expectations, Relegation-threatened Hull City have not lived up to "expectations" this season, says manager Steve Bruce." Well thats certainly true. For those of us of my age who remember a crumbling stadium, watching us play the likes of Lincoln, Rochdale, Scunthorpe and the like those days seem more like the golden age now. Perhaps those at the club need to take a break and "Consider their positions" as the politicians would say. For me I've had enough. Please Mr owner - sell the club to someone who appreciates its history and will drop this name change nonsense. Please Mr Manager - we don't expect to win the league, but we do expect players who will shed blood sweat and tears for the club. I find it hard to express exactly how I feel right now.
He signed in February, he made 16 appearances, a third of a season. I would expect anyone playing 16 games or a third of a season to have a positive impact, particularly if they were, as you describe 'OUTSTANDING'. What does an 'OUTSTANDING' performance in defence get these days? A defeat? No, I don't talk as if they were well clear of the bottom three, you talk utter ****ing ****e. They signed him to improve their chances of staying up, which these outstanding performances you talk of must have helped them avoid relegation - oh wait. No need to bother responding, don't make yourself look any dafter.
I did not describe his outstanding at all. I suggest you read more carefully. And you're the one saying I talk "****ing ****e".
If Steve Bruce offered to change the club name to Hull Tigers, the swathes of fans on here that would gobble it all up is scary.
It's hard to judge these decisions in isolation, we'll have to wait and see what we have at the start of the season before we can judge properly. I expect we'll sign another right back, that being the case, he better be brilliant or he's going too be in bother before he's even started. Another concern, is that Brady, Elmo and Chester are likely to be the three most in demand of our players, possibly also Dawson, if we start losing these players, we might well regret not holding on to some of those we've released. Time will tell, as Tickles would say.
He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong. The stars are not wanted now: put out every one; Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun; Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood. For nothing now can ever come to any good.
When he came to picking the team, he chose McShane, when it came to dishing out new contracts, he chose his son. He was getting it right when he picked the team in my opinion.
Your posts confuse me. Why is it obvious we have no intention to sell a current centre- back? We are releasing those without sale value - the huge negative is that their contribution is being ignored. If a ridiculous offer came in we would not have to let them go, although I have no doubt we would - then the talk will be about why have we had to find a player weaker (or unproven) against the ones we released. Rosenoir and McShane are a mistake we will regret.
