Liam Rosenior keen to block out the Hull City noise as Tigers target Huddersfield Town success
The Tigers are on the road again this weekend looking for a first win at the John Smith’s S
Naturally, Hull City’s recruitment in the transfer market throughout the season has generated plenty of extra focus on the football club as they attempt to return to the Premier League after seven years away.
Going into the final 15 games, City are well placed to give their supporters an exciting end to the season, sitting just two places outside the top six, but only on goal difference, and they do have a game in hand.
The arrivals of Jaden Philogene, Liam Delap, Tyler Morton, Fabio Carvalho, Ryan Giles and Anass Zaroury have catapulted Liam Rosenior’s men into sharp focus. They’re a young group, one feeling their way through the Championship with a growing sense of expectation.
First and foremost, expectation, of course, is driven from within. The players and staff want to be in the Premier League come August, that desire drives them forward. Owner Acun Ilicali and Tan Kesler have been open about their belief and their desire to return the club to the top flight.
For Rosenior, however, the growing sense of expectation from supporters has reached the biggest level since he took charge in November 2022, when City were mired in a relegation battle. For periods of the first half at Rotherham United on Tuesday, City were jeered. Rosenior was subjected to chants of ‘Liam, Liam sort it out’ despite his side dominating and creating numerous chances.
Some away supporters were jeering just moments before Jaden Philogene’s stunning equaliser which turned the game on its head. Within a couple of minutes, one of the January arrivals with less fanfare – Noah Ohio – guided in the winner. The noise on social media takes it to another level, with fans fluctuating from the depths of despair to being on top of the world within a half of football, let alone from game to game, and it’s something Rosenior says he cannot get caught up in.
“I keep speaking about being positive, don’t let the outside noise affect you, like being 1-0 down away from home and being booed for having possession and scoring a minute later, that’s what it’s about,” he said. “I’m trying to build resilience. It means when you have something negative that happens to you in life or on a football pitch, you react positively to it.
