I think he'll stay until January unless he walks , Ehab will be reluctant to sack him
Slutsky is our problem?
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I think he'll stay until January unless he walks , Ehab will be reluctant to sack him
Ehab being what he is he'd probably sack him minutes before kickoff then announce it over the tannoy.
Live from his 'front room'. Do you think he has one? A front room not a live feed to the stadium.
Lets be factual here.... this current team has no backbone...
With some comments along the lines of he'd understand if he was sacked, the Hull Daily Mail have him quoted post game as saying that he's not worried about his future because all he can do is try and improve results.
'I never worry. If I worry about myself, I can`t then work properly. I have to really enjoy training sessions and the relationship with players. I never work just thinking about my contract. For me, that is nothing. Only a positive result can change my mood and the mood in the team. We can think a lot about the situation but we must do something, not just think about it.'
Questioned on whether he'd spoken to vice chairman Ehab Allam, he added.
'Each match can change situations but we spoke before and he supported me. Very important and I am thankful to him for that. But now the pressure is what I put on myself.'
Reflecting on the performance, he could find some positives.
'How we played in the first 55 minutes was okay. But I now don`t have the answer why we are two different teams. The first 55 minutes and the second 35 were different. This is not the first time we have been in this situation. For me, it is very difficult to understand. We have only worked together for three months I don`t have a lot of information about how they react to a stressful time. But now we have a diagnosis but we don`t have a medicine. We will find it.'
Normally defending his players, fans will have noticed a change after this game though as he was far more critical.
'We spoke about the situation and have tried to change. But, really, we don`t have a strong mentality and we don`t have a team spirit. This is very bad, terrible. I am very angry because it is very difficult to predict. There is an unbelievable difference, like two completely different teams playing. It is a question for me. We have changed the system, changed the formation but it is difficult to change the process in between the games. We must keep the faith.'
In his own post game interview with the Official Site Dawson explained that second half simply wasn't good enough and the players deserved the blame not the manager.
'As soon as we conceded one goal that was it and it's not acceptable to concede four goals in one half. When a goal goes in against us you can see that our confidence is shot to pieces, especially away from home. After two defeats at the KCOM, I was hoping that maybe it would be a bit of a release to play away but once their first goal went in it just became opportunity after opportunity for them to score more.'
Dawson went on to say.
'Losing a football match can happen to any side. Sometimes you can be lucky, sometimes you can be unlucky but we didn't even test their goalkeeper in the second half. Sheffield United pressed us, they moved the ball around better than we did and it was game over as soon as we conceded the equaliser. Any energy and confidence we had at that point drained away. I really feel for the young lads that have come into the team because me and the other senior lads are not performing when we should be helping these young players.'
Adding.
'I've been in that position when I was a young player and it's hard. Sheffield United are a good team, credit to them, but it was a bad day and there were absolutely no positives that we could take from the day. All we can do now as a group of players and as a club is stick together. The only people who can get us out of this trouble is the squad of players that goes out onto the pitch.'
Read more: http://www.hull.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=511021#ixzz4xkaBARfF
'I never worry. If I worry about myself, I can`t then work properly. I have to really enjoy training sessions and the relationship with players. I never work just thinking about my contract. For me, that is nothing. Only a positive result can change my mood and the mood in the team. We can think a lot about the situation but we must do something, not just think about it.'
Questioned on whether he'd spoken to vice chairman Ehab Allam, he added.
'Each match can change situations but we spoke before and he supported me. Very important and I am thankful to him for that. But now the pressure is what I put on myself.'
Reflecting on the performance, he could find some positives.
'How we played in the first 55 minutes was okay. But I now don`t have the answer why we are two different teams. The first 55 minutes and the second 35 were different. This is not the first time we have been in this situation. For me, it is very difficult to understand. We have only worked together for three months I don`t have a lot of information about how they react to a stressful time. But now we have a diagnosis but we don`t have a medicine. We will find it.'
Normally defending his players, fans will have noticed a change after this game though as he was far more critical.
'We spoke about the situation and have tried to change. But, really, we don`t have a strong mentality and we don`t have a team spirit. This is very bad, terrible. I am very angry because it is very difficult to predict. There is an unbelievable difference, like two completely different teams playing. It is a question for me. We have changed the system, changed the formation but it is difficult to change the process in between the games. We must keep the faith.'
In his own post game interview with the Official Site Dawson explained that second half simply wasn't good enough and the players deserved the blame not the manager.
'As soon as we conceded one goal that was it and it's not acceptable to concede four goals in one half. When a goal goes in against us you can see that our confidence is shot to pieces, especially away from home. After two defeats at the KCOM, I was hoping that maybe it would be a bit of a release to play away but once their first goal went in it just became opportunity after opportunity for them to score more.'
Dawson went on to say.
'Losing a football match can happen to any side. Sometimes you can be lucky, sometimes you can be unlucky but we didn't even test their goalkeeper in the second half. Sheffield United pressed us, they moved the ball around better than we did and it was game over as soon as we conceded the equaliser. Any energy and confidence we had at that point drained away. I really feel for the young lads that have come into the team because me and the other senior lads are not performing when we should be helping these young players.'
Adding.
'I've been in that position when I was a young player and it's hard. Sheffield United are a good team, credit to them, but it was a bad day and there were absolutely no positives that we could take from the day. All we can do now as a group of players and as a club is stick together. The only people who can get us out of this trouble is the squad of players that goes out onto the pitch.'
Read more: http://www.hull.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=511021#ixzz4xkaBARfF
The team had a backbone of experience players from keeper to centre forward at the start of the season. That was the point to the poster who was basically saying that Slutsky lost all his senior players from last season.
I agree they play without any signs of a backbone and I put that down to the manager.
The last two preseasons are we’re the damage has been done with our team. You just can’t prepare like that and hope for success. Each time we have not spent enough on strengthening the teams. Last minute buys and sell as much as you can have brought us to where we are. I get the team has young lads in it but I don’t blame them too much. They look as if they are just not ready for this level. We haven’t signed the players we needed for this season and the last. The blame for that only lays in one place. Bruce would not have it and that’s why he left. We don’t know why Len took this job, he must have been given assurances before coming. Will be interesting what happens in January as the contract talks coming out of City are alarming. Could be the last straw for Len anyway if he loses another couple,
He's a decent, honest bloke that has been dealt a ****e show from Ehab. His character and previous achievements should afford him a bit more respect.
Most appearances last season:
Clucas 41 - Gone
Robertson 39 - Gone
Huddlestone 39 - Gone
Elmo 37 - Gone
Maguire 36 - Gone
Hernandez 30 - Injured
Diomande 30 - Not being played
Davies 29 - Gone
Meyler 28
Jakupovic 26 - Gone
Dawson - 26
Snodgrass 25 - Gone
Livermore 24 - Gone
I reckon you'd be hard pushed to find any club who hasn't gone bust, who's seen such a decimation of their squad in a single season at this level.
Hells Bells, that is a shocking list in terms of what we have this year.
As manager he obviously has to take some of the blame, but ALL of it? I don't think so Phil - do you honestly think our Chelsea loanees are gonna shop showboating and start playing like professionals? That Grosicki and Henriksen are going to start putting the hard yards in, backing their mates up once a new man comes in? And if they don't ..... who do we replace them with? There's a lot wrong at the KC, and it's not all down to the patsy with the managers hat on.
You would think a team losing that amount of experience might be heading for the L1 trap-door?
