Ruben Selles makes MKM Stadium confession after Hull City’s latest home failureCity’s dismal home record stands at two wins from 16 this season – one of the worst in the EFL
Ruben Selles admits he’s acutely aware of the frustrations of Hull City supporters after yet another MKM Stadium game where they went home disappointed and wondering when they would see their side victorious again, and says he must do everything in his power to turn it around.
For the eighth time this season, City suffered a league defeat in front of a fanbase who have become increasingly fed up with the lack of wins, on a playing surface not befitting of Championship football.
City have, by some distance, the worst home record in the Championship with two wins in 16 games and the latest loss against Stoke City, who were without a win under Mark Robins and with just two away wins of their own, left them just two points above the relegation zone with 16 games to go.
“My thoughts from the game are that we started controlling the game, being the team that wanted to dominate and score the first goal,” he told Hull Live. “We controlled the first 42 minutes of the game and created enough situations to score a second goal and almost calm the game down. We didn’t.
“Really, we have been pretty good at controlling those situations, but they were able to equalise. Starting the second half, I don’t think it was as good as the first half, but we were still in control, creating situations, but we conceded another one out of a set piece. We were never able to equalise. We did enough good things in the game, more than enough to get at least one point.
“I will always say that a game is a game, it doesn’t matter – home or away. I just think that there are things in the game, it’s just a couple of actions we didn’t control well but 98 per cent of the game we controlled. I think we need to continue working to find that moment when everything connects.
“Home or away you need to play your game, you need to deal with things. Sometimes, in some periods, as a manager, the club is going more for the away games, sometimes more for the home games. Sometimes it’s a mix.
