A very occasional blog about a football club, Hull City AFC.
Gosh the lesser-spotted Fish Out Dolan Out blog post, and a summary of my pre-season thoughts and new season expectations for Hull City AFC in 2024/25. It might be the only post all season – but I have things to say and I cannot really be too arsed with saying it on Elon Musk’s Hellscape, … Continued
Well it’s that time of the year where it is time to stop pretending to be an England fan, and start pretending to be a Hull City fan. Hell, I might even try to attend more than 2 games this season. It’s not exactly clear cut how this season will go. Last season I expected … Continued
So I might not get around to writing this blog much any more, about once a season, but I have managed to find time to completely rebuild it – because I enjoy that kind of stuff. Plus I don’t watch City enough to really form incredibly valid opinions – or at least I didn’t last … Continued
I should probably start by admitting how very wrong I got it last season. I tipped us for relegation. I thought the hangover from the disastrous previous season would be too great, McCann was clueless, the much shorter break the squad had compared to the rest of League One I thought would impact more as … Continued
It’s safe to say that after the abysmal end to the 2019/20 season, with the most pitiful relegation of all the relegations I have endured in my life as a Hull City fan, that my expectations are not exactly that high this season. My pessimism has led me to both back Hull City to be … Continued
Occasionally the pessimism that I hold towards my football club, Hull City AFC, bodes well for me. The day before we sold Bowen, I checked the odds of us being relegated. I didn’t believe that we would at the time, but when I saw odds of 250-1, I think we had around 37 points then … Continued
Recent events have almost made the struggles of supporting a football club run by Ehab Allam seem rather frivolous. Yet the Allams still own us and the football season will start again at some point – be it this year or next year. At some point we might even have a 30%-full stadium again. This … Continued
I read with staggering levels of disgust that the non-league football season has been voided with results expunged, from the National League North/South and down. For sure, we are in an unprecedented situation and there are far greater concerns right now, however at some point in the future, hopefully during 2020, society will return to … Continued
I don’t often call for a manager to be sacked. I never called for Bruce to go. I never called for Brown to be sacked. I didn’t even want rid of Nigel Adkins when we were bottom of the Championship…though I came pretty close to losing patience. Looking through the list of our past managers, … Continued
I remember the heady days when Steve Bruce won Transfer Deadline Day. Quite what we won is another matter, but we can rejoice in winning it. However, it is pretty clear the impact of losing Transfer Deadline Day. I actually didn’t think we’d sell Bowen until the summer. The Allams had several previous windows where … Continued