I was disappointed we were willing to stand off Hull so much on Tuesday, but Ive read and heard a few Hull fans praising Omer Riza with someone saying that hed outcoached the highly regarded Ruben Seles by setting City up as the away side. I suppose the clue was there when you look at Hulls home record which is comfortably the worst in the Championship and they are far better at playing on the break in games where they have less of the ball it seems compared to when they have to force the issue themselves.

Ive read plenty of criticisms of Rizas tactical thinking in the last few months and Id say some of this has been justified, but I also think he can be quite innovative in his approach. Towards the end of last season, I was mystified by the degree of fan support for Erol Bulut. I reckon, even if we stay up, we wont see the same for Riza, yet Id take him over Bulut any day of the week.