[themaclad]

Hull City head coach Liam Rosenior has been sacked after failing to guide his side into the Championship play-offs, BBC Radio Humberside understands.

Rosenior, who had agreed a three-year deal in December, steered the Tigers to seventh place in the Championship this season – their first top-half finish since 2016.

The Humbersiders’ 1-0 defeat by Plymouth on Saturday meant they missed out on the play-offs by just three points.

But Rosenior’s efforts were enough to make him one of three nominees for the Championship manager of the season award, won by Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna.

The 39-year-old, who was in charge for 18 months, spent five years as a Hull player and helped them to gain promotion to the Premier League in 2013.

He returned to the MKM Stadium to succeed Shota Arveladze in December 2022, having previously worked as assistant under both Phillip Cocu and Wayne Rooney at Derby.

Rosenior steered Hull to a 15th-place finish in 2022/23 before overseeing their unsuccessful play-off challenge this season.

[St Charles Owl]

Such a short sighted and for me misguided decision!! Some clubs need to really look hard at the unrealistic expectations they have on their managers!! This season was somewhat easily predicted at the top, the three teams that came down were all somewhat established PL teams and were each a buit of a surprise relegation in the first place. As has played out, 3 of the top 6 places were almost guaranteed to be them, so what did the Hull owner expect his manager to achieve in the first place? He would have been better building for next season when the three coming down are far more likely not to dominate the Championship as we saw this season.

[Lord Snooty]

Odd decision.

[themaclad]

Liam Rosenior was sacked by Hull City's owner over a difference of opinion on the team's style of football.

Acun Ilicali told BBC Humberside in an interview on BBC Sounds that he feels the 39-year-old will be a successful coach despite terminating his stay at the MKM Stadium on Tuesday.

Hull finished the Championship season three points outside the play-offs and many fans were shocked by the decision to part company with Rosenior.

Ilicali, a Turkish media mogul, said that he made it plain from his first day in charge that he wanted attacking football and felt Rosenior had not offered that.

"It was a difference in opinions," he said. "Liam is a very good coach and will be very successful. He is young and is a very good character who makes the team love him.

"There are so many positive things, but at the end of the day me and my team are dreaming of something for this club and there is a football style we want to see on the pitch.

"I can't say what the biggest difference is. Liam's football philosophy is very good and may be successful but we didn't see it suiting our character for the future."

Rosenior was appointed in November 2022, with Hull one place above the Championship relegation zone, and guided them to safety with just five defeats in their final 24 games of the season.

'Attacking, entertaining'
He followed that by keeping the Tigers in the hunt for a top-six finish until the final day of the 2023-24 season, when defeat at Plymouth Argyle ended any chance of them making the play-offs.

Asked to expand on how his ideas differed from those of Rosenior, Ilicali said: "I want offensive football. I want an attacking, entertaining team. I said it from the first minute I bought this club.

"I said I would rather lose 3-2 than have a boring 0-0. If you are counting the points and draw every game 0-0 you are going to get relegated. If you lose 3-2, it means you will win another game 4-1.

"My football brain is completely full of a successful and entertaining football style. Liam has a great philosophy but there are different styles of football in the world - Liam's direction can be successful but we want to see different things.

"It is not good for me to go to a coach and ask him to play a different way when he has a certain style of football."

[St Charles Owl]

He should be the owner of Spurs, they have played nice attacking football for decades and won bugger all!!! If he has the ambition of getting to the PL then attacking football comes second to structure and a solid defence, one that is achieved you can work on the rest.