We take a look at the favourites to become new Hull City manager after the club’s shock decision to sack head coach Liam Rosenior.
The Tigers have come a long way since their 15th place finish in the Championship last season, with Rosenior’s side just missing out on the top six this time around.
Rosenior feels the season, his first in full at the club, should be seen as a success in terms of the progress made on and off the pitch, finishing 7th, and three points adrift of the playoffs.
He also was nominated for Championship Manager of the Season at the 2024 EFL Awards, but despite an improvement at Hull City, it seems a fresh change is needed, with Liam Rosenior being sacked on the 7th of May 2024 just days after the final game of the campaign.
Hull City can confirm that we have parted ways with Head Coach, Liam Rosenior, with immediate effect.#hcafc
— Hull City (@HullCity) May 7, 2024
Ridiculous
— Jeff Stelling (@JeffStelling) May 7, 2024
CLUB STATEMENT:
Hull City can confirm that we have parted ways with Head Coach, Liam Rosenior, with immediate effect.
Chairman and owner Acun Ilıcalı said: “This has been the most difficult decision I have had to make as chairman of this wonderful football club. No matter how trying the circumstance, I have to remove personal sentiment from these moments and ensure the long-term vision of the club is at the centre of my thinking.
“Since Liam’s arrival, we have enjoyed an open working relationship and progress has undoubtedly been made over the course of his tenure. He will always be a part of this family and I thank him for all his work.
“However, it has become evident that our visions for the future are not aligned and I feel that now is the time to make a change. Our philosophy is clear, we will continue to drive this club forward, and whilst doing so I will continue to be open and transparent with our fans.
“I know what this football club can achieve, and we will not stop in the pursuit of that. We have worked hard over the last two years to develop our squad. We now have many highly talented players at our disposal and we will continue to invest and improve our playing personnel to give this club and its fans the success they deserve.”
Rosenior, appointed head coach in November 2022, steered City away from relegation in his first campaign, before guiding the side to a seventh-place finish this season. The Club would like to place on record its thanks to Liam for his hard work and dedication.
Assistant coaches, Justin Walker and Ben Warner have also parted company with the club and leave with our thanks and best wishes.
The recruitment process is underway and no further comment will be made until that process is completed.
– STATEMENT ENDS –
Hull Live reports that owner Acun Ilicali spoke to Rosenior after the game at Plymouth and then met with him on Tuesday to inform the 39-year-old of his decision, with the search for a new manager well underway and a desire to make an appointment as quickly as possible, to ensure the new man has enough time as possible to plan for the 2024/25 campaign and the start of pre-season training at the end of June.
His side picked up just two home wins in 2024 and eight wins in 22 since New Year’s Day.
FAVOURITES TO BECOME NEW HULL CITY MANAGER
Sky Bet – 8th May – 4pm
Tim Walter – 1/2
Steve Cooper – 5/2
Danny Röhl – 4/1
Will Still – 4/1
Erol Bulut – 5/1
Emre Belozoglu – 9/1
Graham Potter – 10/1
Paul Heckingbottom – 10/1
Fatih Terim – 12/1
Of the 78 matches he had in charge, Rosenior won 27, drew 28 and lost 23, averaging 1.4 points per game.
“I think the club is back on the map,” Rosenior said to Hull Live. “I know it’s disappointing that we didn’t quite make the top six, but this club now is a respected force in the Championship and that’s not me trying to talk myself up or talk the staff up, Acun or Tan. It’s the truth. From where we were 18 months ago to where we are now, the building blocks are in place for us to be a successful club in the long term and that’s something that can’t be forgotten in this process.”
“They gave me everything this year and over the season,” he said. “There’s a reason we didn’t make the play-offs, we just didn’t quite take up the advantage of the many moments and advantages that we had through the season and to be honest, there’s part of me that not expected it, but I knew that would be a team that has to learn on the job.
“I’ve said it all along, we’re so young. Sometimes when you watch us play, we make so many young decisions, but we’re so fearless in the way that we play. It’s our biggest strength and is sometimes our biggest weakness. What we have to do is take stock, analyse, move forward and make sure we come back stronger next year.”
Liam Rosenior added that he was set for crucial meetings with Hull City owner Acun Ilicali, vice-chairman Tan Kesler and some of his players this week.
“I’ll probably sleep for four days straight,” joked Liam when speaking with Hull Live. “I’ll spend some time with my family and my friends.
“I need some downtime because you know me, I’m on it 24 hours a day but I’ve also got very important meetings with the players. I’ve got really important meetings with Acun and Tan and how we can keep moving this club forward.
“I just want to thank everyone involved with the club, it’s been like I said, the best year of my life. I’ve loved every minute of it and we will come back stronger next season.”
“It’s a really disappointing day,” said Rosenior after the Plymouth game.
“It says a lot about the league that every single team that was battling against relegation won. It’s a tough league.
“Plymouth gave so much energy into their performance – they ran, they chased, they tackled.
“We didn’t come onto a good game in the first 20 minutes. Maybe we played the occasion a little bit rather than the game.
“There are tears in the dressing room from a few of the lads. Among the disappointment and the pain, I couldn’t be prouder, not just of them but every single person connected with the football club.
“From where we’ve come from last season and what we’ve built, there’s a real bedrock, a real foundation for us to go on and achieve in the long term for this football club.”
This is what fans are saying with the favourites to become new Hull City manager to be revealed after the club’s shock decision to sack Liam Rosenior…
@DarrenLister7: Gobsmacked We missed out by 3 points in the most competitive championship ever Hope we haven’t done a Birmingham in acting too quickly 😵💫😢
@LD_Tiger: Everyone at the club seemed to be pulling in the same direction. Rosenior had a plan, a vision and a squad that bought into it. Crazy.
@hagar_ash: One of the most bizarre decisions I’ve seen as a City fan. I accept bottling the playoffs was unacceptable, but we are clearly going in the right direction. Huge OG by Acun and Tan IMO #hcafc
@dannytboiss: Wtaf how the hell can you sack the best manager we’ve had in a long long time @acunilicali, seals the chance of the players on loan who invested in him coming back, no way they return now #hcafc
@wakka80: absolutely shocking decision #hcafc
@finbobs2312: Hope Liam has success elsewhere been my favourite manager since Bruce. #hcafc
@HarryRawding: I appreciate Acun so much right, but mate your being very unrealistic, it’s a process ffs 🫣🫣 #hcafc
@HullCityItalian: From one family one dream to what? This isn’t right at all. Big risk especially when we’re going to rebuild almost a full team. #hcafc
@ahtralfie: Before Rosenior came in, for all of the positives in terms of fan engagement, Acun’s first 12 months were marred by erratic decision making and poor recruitment. It felt like Rosenior brought knowledge of the league & a degree of level-headedness. Big loss, in my opinion. #hcafc
@HCAFCPenny: I just don’t see the vision tan and acun have at the moment, we brought in some great loans (short term) and a great manager but now pretty much our full team and manager are gone? back to square 1. #hcafc
@StattoWrexham: Hull City sacking Liam Rosenior seems like a strange decision from the outside! An up and coming young manager, where’s the patience these days? I reckon he will go on to prove them wrong and become a good manager somewhere else. #Championship
@Griffffxs: Signed a new deal in December? Big hit. Definitely more to this. The club were going forward, we fell short but had made great progress. This now it sits with a familiar and uncomfortable feeling of going backwards. 3 managers in 2 years of ownership, is this good? #hcafc
Much like when Watford sacked Rob Edwards, I’m certain Liam Rosenior will bounce onto bigger and better things very quickly. Really can’t work out what Hull’s logic is in getting rid of him. #HCAFC
— Chris Wise (@chriswisey) May 7, 2024
Astonishing decision. Spoke to him in February & it really seemed like everyone was on the same wavelength; built a talented squad that maybe should have got play-offs but all those players went there because of his vision. #HCAFC’s loss will be someone else’s gain. https://t.co/2qBe47dJlv
— Harry De Cosemo (@harrydecosemo) May 7, 2024
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