Baz said something similar on the podcast earlier. Basically hinted that maybe Acun has been let down by the people he's delegated work to. Very vague but interesting that he'd say it.
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Baz said something similar on the podcast earlier. Basically hinted that maybe Acun has been let down by the people he's delegated work to. Very vague but interesting that he'd say it.
They tailed off at the end of the season as players' fitness wasn't up to it for the full season. They also had an older squad. My point is it takes time to get the system sorted fully, and can't be expected to win promotion over night.
And that's why I think he'll lose his job quite quickly.
It'll take time to learn the system (that's assuming we get decent players in), and if we've lost a few and are in the bottom 5/6 in October, I think the decision will be made.
**** that, he's the owner and the buck stops with him. He's brought these people in, if they aren't right it's on him. On the plus side, he's also the one that can fix it.
You have quite literally no tangible clue what you're talking about in any practical sense, have you?
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Think their legs have gone
Where did this 'football has to be entertaining' bollocks come from ? Are you saying City's back to the wall 1-0 away win at Leicester last season wasnt 'entertaining'? It was exactly what I follow my home town club to see. Us grinding out victory, avoiding defeat, upsetting the odds, scoring last minute winners but above all winning...no matter how they do it. If I wanted 'entertaining' I'd buy a ticket for New Theatre, depending what was on of course.
Without digging out the record books or old programmes one of the best 'entertaining' games I can recall is watching City hold Chelsea to a 0-0 draw at Stamford Bridge in the PL, I think we got into their half, was it twice? in the second half and could have snatched the winner both times. Chelsea sacked their manager before our lads got back on the team bus. I went straight back in the Chelsea pub where I'd been informed before the match that we'd get beat 6-0. That's entertainment.
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Maybe a better way of phrasing it is - when did football need to have 5 goals to be entertaining. As you say, why can't a gritty 1-0 win be entertaining? Winning is entertaining. Being successful where you weren't expected to be is entertaining. Losing or struggling isn't entertaining. And that's basically the beginning and end of it.
The thing is, you could just as easily be describing Plymouth away from the back end of last season there as well. Holding on against bigger, better teams is one thing, grinding out a result against the football giants of the country is always going to be exciting. Holding on against, say Stoke at home and then losing it after creating **** all is an entirely other thing.
Creating good chances is entertaining. We need to be doing more of that. I think under Walter we will.
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No, it's football. There isn't a club in the world, ever, no matter how big they are or how much money they have spent, that have won every game they play. You win some, you lose some, sometimes no-one wins, its football, sometimes it's down to the luck of the bounce, a bad referring decsion, a worldie goal, a poor display and equally a good one, it's what makes football the game it is. If you are lucky, or a neutral, which i am not, I am 100% bias towards Hull City, you might also feel as though you have been entertained. But for me, personally, if City win, no matter how they do it, I have been fully entertained and it makes my weekend.
I can be entertained in defeat too. Losing 4-3 at Manchester United in 2008 is a fine example.
Entertainment isn’t measured by the number of goals or any other statistic. It’s how the course of a series of random events go during a 90-100 minute period.
Entertainment isn’t measured by the number of goals or any other statistic. It’s how the course of a series of random events go during a 90-100 minute period.
What does any of that have to do with what I just wrote?
I'll take any win we can get, but I've enjoyed games that we've lost as well. Nearly 70% possession mostly in your own half is not entertaining. You need to at least threaten their goal to be entertaining, win, lose or draw.
People walking out the ground having a laugh and smiling after we’ve lost is totally wrong , you need to sulk for at least a day or two , well me and my mates do !
You say he was happy but it was around this time that his and Acun's relationship broke down.
That Millwall performance epitomised our season in one game. And the reaction of their fans said it all.
i like Alfie he’s a good player, was just making a comment about the possibilities of a starting 11. I can’t see a highly rated youngster coming in to sit on the bench that’s all.
I'm not sure but this board was full of people saying how boring
it was to watch Hull City last season
Think it didn't help a lot of the boring performances came later on. Lot of the games in first half of the season were more entertaining