Why is everything going wrong for Hull?
Tigers fans climb aboard the booing bandwagon
There were boos ringing out all over the country this weekend as fans of Arsenal, Aston Villa, Newcastle and Wolves took turns to vent their frustration at disappointing results.
The most surprising incident on the booing circuit though, besides Bolton fans neglecting to jeer Gary Megson’s choice of tie or something of an equally trivial nature as he lead them to a third win in four, was that Hull supporters turned on Phil Brown for subbing Geovanni.
The Tigers have taken just two points from eight games since Brown decided it was a good idea to publicly humiliate his players as they trailed 4-0 away to Manchester City on Boxing Day, making them comfortably the worst Premier League team this side of Christmas.
Have the players lost respect for Brown or was the bubble always going to burst? Are the fans fickle for booing the manager who took them up or are they right to be worried by a run of one win in 18? Let us know what you think with a comment below.
8 responses so far
anon // March 2, 2009 at 9:43 pm
I think you will find the bubble has indeed burst, back to the championship for hull.
John // March 2, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Since losing 4-0 at Manchester City, Browns tactics have been terrible to put it politely. Against Spurs he took our only striker off to replace him with a midfielder, he finished the game with the midfielder he started with up front playing at centre back. Against Blackburn he started with Two midfielders up front, leaving 3 strikers on the bench. He then took our best midfielder off who was playing up front instead of bringing on an attacker and moving our best player to his best position. Very strange and puzzling!
daymee // March 2, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Players don’t turn bad overnight. Something’s seriously wrong. It appears that a virus has hit the Hull system and it is nose-diving. I can’t see the situation improving. I’m an Arsenal fan and I must say I’m very very suprised. I really enjoyed seeing a team just promoted from the Championship giving the big boys serious headaches. But since Xmas, the tables have turned and something is happening in the dressing room. I would never have thought Phil Brown may be looking at the sack. Waow, things do change in football.
Hull City Fan // March 2, 2009 at 10:23 pm
You are right Daymee, players don’t turn bad overnight. Our manager has lost the plot. Why change a winning formula. We had a heavy defeat against Wigan early in the season and everyone thought the bubble had burst but we carried on in the same vein and did great again. We then had another heavy defeat away at Manchester City and since then he has played a toally different game. Trying not to lose, clean sheet mentality but unfortunately this has not worked but he wont go back always makes excuses and will never admit that he got it wrong hence our position. Its a crying shame that we may go down. I’m afraid we need a new manager and quick.
steveG // March 2, 2009 at 11:32 pm
surprised? well look back only a few seasons. reading came astorming into the premiership, even contempalted europe, then wilted into oblivion. sunderland did the same last year so hull wont be the first or last to have a bubble burst. early each season not all teams come so well prepared for the next – indeed some are too relaxed with their status in the league and its i think managers taking their teams from the championship bring them so prepared. but with time the old timers wake up and wise up to the new guys wayons. hull humbled the once mighty arsenal among other sculps but gone are the days already. the surprise element is long gone. like water that always finds it’s own level.
Carlton Goal // March 3, 2009 at 10:36 am
I disagree steveG. Reading had a brilliant first season, not a brilliant few months. Their problems came in season two when Coppell kept faith in the players who had delivered before, only for some to become complacent. Even then they looked safe for most of it, only just went down, the fans still believed in Coppell and they still stand a strong chance of bouncing straight back.
Hull did well for ten games or so before declining. At first they were still fighting for draws but recently, Chelsea aside, it doesn’t seem to be the case. It’s rare for the bubble to burst so quickly and it looks like the manager’s actions of late have been a huge factor. He appears to have lost Geovanni now too, the player who was the difference maker in the early wins.
I didn’t see much difference in their two performances against West Ham except in the first one their players fought harder and won, even with Geovanni off-form. In the second game nobody besides Duke and Bullard seemed to care and they made us look like Brazil! Phil Brown reminds me of Alan Pardew, a manager with so much potential who has started to believe his own hype and let success get to his head.
John // March 4, 2009 at 10:53 pm
The fans these days have the right to boo whenever they want, the ridiculous amount of money that players are paid today means that they should be playing at their best AT ALL TIMES, and also the amount of money that the fans have to pay nowadays to watch football is completely wrong, that’s what gives the modern day football fan the right to boo, whether their team is top of bottom of the league.
Adrian // March 7, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Well, another London team given a shock (albeit in the dying seconds). Maybe the Fulham win will get things moving. Talk of replacing Phil Brown is ridiculous; the PL is probably the biggest league worldwide, and this is Hull’s first shot. The pace is telling on them, and they did not do well with the last transfer window, but they will probably hang on. And hopefully spend some cash for 09-10.
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