Former Derby County interim manager Liam Rosenior has been sacked by Hull City following their failure to reach the Championship playoffs this season, according to talkSPORT.
Rosenior managed 12 games for the Rams between June and September 2022, winning seven times and losing just three games. Nevertheless, he was eventually relieved of his duties following the appointment of Paul Warne.
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The former England U21 international was then appointed manager of Hull City, a club which he played 161 times for, in December 2023. When he took over in East Yorkshire, the Tigers sat in 21st place in the Championship, just one point above the relegation zone. The ex-Fulham man guided the Tigers to a 15th-place finish at the end of his first season in charge.
In the summer of 2023, Hull were able to sign a number of promising young players to strengthen the first-team squad, including Jaden Philogene from Aston Villa and Tyler Morton on loan from Liverpool.
Rosenior’s side impressed in the first half of the season as they sat in sixth place on Christmas Day, a dramatic turnaround from the prior campaign. His record was so impressive that he signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract in mid-December.
The 39-year-old was then given further backing in the January transfer market as Luton Town record signing Ryan Giles was brought in on loan alongside Fabio Carvalho, who had been at German giants RB Leipzig in the first half of the season.
Unfortunately, Rosenior’s men petered out ever so slightly as they failed to win a game throughout the entire month of March and ended up finishing in seventh place. The former Derby County man has reportedly now paid the ultimate price by being relieved of his duties.
Writer’s View
Although Rosenior undoubtedly had a squad good enough to finish in the playoffs, the decision to sack him is still a very strange one. The underlying quality of the players he had was also counteracted by its youth and inexperience so to finish in seventh place was a fair return.
Rosenior was nominated for Championship Manager of the Season for a reason. He had a young side playing exciting football and forging a good relationship with the supporters. While it may have been hard to get all of the loanees back next season, this Hull squad was almost certain to improve, but now that chance might have gone.
