Kristian Barford
kristianbarford.bsky.social
Kristian Barford
@kristianbarford.bsky.social
Drum-hitting, curry-cooking, shipbroking worrywort. Between Hull and a hard place (Rotterdam).
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December 11, 2024 at 7:32 PM
He's only the most fun manager we (Hull City) ever had. Absolute champagne hedonism in our first half-season in the Premier League.
December 11, 2024 at 7:26 PM
I've just let my closest Hamburg colleagues, who berated his appointment, now see that I was wrong.

He seems a proper, decent bloke. Just the wrong time, the wrong job, the wrong climate. #hcafc
November 27, 2024 at 6:10 PM
...that City might, somehow, be a different story. I honestly thought we had a cracker in summer. He seemed to fully embrace the city, enjoy the challenge, and seemed a fully affable bloke. I can't help but think Acun sold him a dud, probably on the back of what Liam did and had last season.
November 27, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Same here, sad to say. I'm in the shipping industry, and as a result I'm in Hamburg, and deal with Hamburg ship owners routinely. As soon City appointed him, I was warned; waste of transfer money, unable to get out of Bundesliga 2. All from SV fans who know their mustard. Of course, I duly hoped...
November 27, 2024 at 6:10 PM
...defence, and sod-all up front. Surely to God Acun must have an idea, someone available, able to work with what he's got (at least for the next few weeks), with the capability to bring together a fanbase back onside that - sadly - seems to have lost its love-in with him.

Hope dies last.

#hcafc
November 27, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Question is; do we trust the owner to get his replacement right? I'm no Rosenior fanboy at all - he did well, but ultimately didn't achieve what was expected. And some of the football was turgid. Now, whoever comes in, just has the same to deal with; a squad with too many midfielders, a porous...
November 27, 2024 at 5:51 PM
...and some of his decisions were indeed baffling. But when you're given a remit to essentially transform a club, with tools you're given as opposed selected yourself, how can an immediate transformation take place?

Wrong time, wrong place, wrong appointment, but there were mitigating factors.
November 27, 2024 at 5:51 PM
I honestly feel for the fella. Recruitment was done during the summer without his input, he was tasked with implementing a entirely new playing culture/system. It was always going to be a bumpy road. Look at Slutsky; he got the chop, despite being asked the same.

He didn't help himself at times...
November 27, 2024 at 5:51 PM
I just want it to click. We can all see tantalising hints as to what could be, and (maybe blindly) I think it'll take the merest of breaks...but bloody hell.

*Gives City his credit card details so he can put his son through abject misery this evening*

#hcafc
November 26, 2024 at 3:22 PM
NEXT UP; bloke goes to Luton and can't make head nor tail of anything.
November 25, 2024 at 1:01 PM
One more for you.
November 19, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Isn't it lovely?

I thought I'd pressed on something, or liked something inadvertently to be buried in shit I had no interest in. Nope, seems everyone experienced the same.

Those horrible football girls, Trump/Musk shite, proper porn ending up on my timeline. Closed my account down.

I'm cleansed.
November 19, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Bloody hell, Shezan! The restaurant that gave me my curry fixation when I was at Riley back in the day.
November 19, 2024 at 8:04 PM