Funny old game. Coming back like that shows great character and guts. But we can’t ignore how easy we are to carve open and ultimately score against.

That Giles-Millar link up looks tasty, doesn’t it? Come on City. All of this makes that first half so fucking baffling.

Much better. All of which makes that initial team selection so frustrating.

This is beginning to feel like that Sheffield United home defeat that Tim Walter never recovered from. To be fair, this team selection always looked utterly dire.

At what point do we start constructing sentences with the words ‘Shota’, ‘Averladze’ and ‘defending’ in them? Even if we go on to win this, the number of goals we concede is completely unacceptable. #hcafc

Fucking pathetic. Utterly fucking pathetic. Conceding two weak as piss goals from two corners in the space of a few days is unacceptable.

All set. Come on City.

So sad to hear of the death of the great Ken Houghton. A wonderful footballer and an even better man. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. Rest in peace, Ken.

Sad news, but what a life. Once saw him being very lovely to some security staff at Trent Bridge who wouldn’t let him into the car park. Stood and watched while he entertained everyone as they waited for his clearance to come through. No ego, no histrionics, just kindness and decency. RIP Dickie

How have they scored twice? We can’t clear our lines properly, that’s how. We look great going forward but that’s two really sloppy goals. #hcafc

Nice to have you back, City. Now let’s do this thing.

The handball rule is fucking stupid. Refs have no common sense and are fucking stupid. No one who loves football could possibly think that was a penalty to Ipswich.

If we do get McBurnie and Joffy then you have to say fair play to the owners and brains team for delivering an impressive transfer window. We will have a big, nasty, experienced team with a bit of flair. We should never have got into the transfer embargo situation but this has helped make up for it

Just been on the @hcsstweets.bsky.social site to submit my annual Tipsters pin sticking predictions, and was drawn into the excellent article on Wrexham. www.hcss.org.uk/why-wrexhams...

Wow. Incredible resolve. Just brilliant. And Jess Carter - superb today. That’s the way to answer racist pricks.

This ref loves giving a Spain free-kick, doesn’t she?

Not doing this the easy way, are we? Sensational. Deserved that win too.

Delighted and that, but how did England go through there? Incredible!

Phew. Test cricket, eh?

Reality seems to be biting at the MKM. It’s been clear from our shit-or-bust approach to appointing managers in the hope that one of them will get us into the Premier League without us having to do all of that boring groundwork that the owners maybe didn’t have a long-term plan for the club…

There are some things that just stop you in your tracks and leave you dumbfounded. Such horrific news about Diogo Jota. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and all at Liverpool FC.

Happy Birthday, City. #hcafc youtu.be/7TH4gZpuioc?...

Auction Action – May 2025 Early in May the Tigers brought a pretty wretched season to a close witha 1-1 draw at Portsmouth, which thankfully proved enough to retain our Championship status. The rest of May has been about recalling better years, such as the events of the 24th of May 2008 and the…

75% vowel seems impregnable. Noah Ohio at 63% is left in Reda’s wake.

Welcome aboard Reda Laalaoui. Has any #hcafc player had a greater vowel to consonant ratio in their name? One for you @oncloudseven1.bsky.social and @youlyingget.bsky.social but it seems unlikely.

Apparently en.apa.az/football/acu...

Welcome aboard Sergej Jakirović. And though there may be shades of Tim and Shota about his appointment, his CV does look better than both of theirs. So fingers crossed we’ll see entertaining football, particularly at the MKM. And we won’t leave all our transfer business to the last minute. #hcafc

It’s very early days, and things can and very likely will get better, but thus far pretty much everything about the Tuchel regime - squad selection, team selection, tactics, motivation, identity, public statements - has been fucking diabolical.

The HCSS player of the season votes are in. Basically it was Pandur top, Hughes second and daylight to the rest. Ivor Pandur, 199 points Charlie Hughes, 111 points Lewie Coyle, 44 points Sean McLoughlin, 22 points Joe Gelhardt, 22 points Congratulations Ivor. Hope to see you next season. #hcafc

I think Rich summed up 17 years ago best. #hcafc

Two blogs in the last couple of days… all about our mental club… Have a look folks if you fancy 🖤🧡 newblogs.thelikesofhull.co.uk/2025/05/14/t... newblogs.thelikesofhull.co.uk/2025/05/16/c...

If we are to sack Selles today, as others have pointed out, it will be yet another ‘Oh for fuck’s sake’ moment, one of many in our recent history. To not have a replacement lined up is just bonkers. Acun would have sacked Phil Brown in the summer of 2007, undoubtedly. Maybe Taylor in 2003 too. 1/3

If we are to sack Selles today, as others have pointed out, it will be yet another ‘Oh for fuck’s sake’ moment, one of many in our recent history. To not have a replacement lined up is just bonkers. Acun would have sacked Phil Brown in the summer of 2007, undoubtedly. Maybe Taylor in 2003 too. 1/3

Yet another example of a) VAR being fucking shit, and b) the officials in charge of VAR being fucking shit. Why do so many refs in football need to show that they are the stars of the show?

Never want to go through that again. Horrible. And brilliant.

Gelhardt off but Pedro stays on? Hmmmnnn…

We’ve been fucking stupid this half. Mindset all wrong. Just focusing on not losing the game rather than winning it. Just shit.

Do not like our mindset. Stop time wasting. Stop feigning injury. Focus on the game. This has been a poor start to the half. Get it together.

Come on City. Give it everything for these last four hours.

We need half time here.

Always loved West Brom. Adrian Chiles, Frank Skinner, errr… Eric Clapton. Love you all fellas. Now do your bit City.

Mon the Baggies.

Fucking phew. Still feel sick. Fucking hell. Horrible. Brilliant.

Well, if nothing else in a few hours this godforsaken season will be over.

Thought I'd share something I wrote recently. Seems fairly apt. #hcafc boothferrytowembley.blogspot.com/2025/04/slid...

Excellent piece here from a long-time intelligent and unusually well-informed City watcher #hcafc boothferrytowembley.blogspot.com/2025/04/slid...

From the second we sacked Liam Rosenior, everything about #hcafc has been pathetic. We are in the bottom three with one game to go because of a series of awful decisions that has left us with a powderpuff team that has no attacking nous or prowess. Survival next week wouldn’t change that. Shite.

The Luton v Coventry early kick-off will be fascinating next Saturday. A bit of recent history in it, a Cov team wanting to make amends for a horror show today… a Luton defeat would also mean a point would make us safe. We can but dream… #hcafc

Phew. God we needed that. And it was, it has to be said, a better performance than we’ve been serving up of late. Though perhaps that’s not saying much. Preston dragged into things now too.

Great and all that, but the way things are going a draw won’t really be enough.