Former Hull City star picks out influential Tigers performer as he delivers key assessment
City’s legendary promotion-winning skipper has given his thoughts on the Tigers’ first win of the season
Curtis Davies believes the positivity injected into Hull City’s starting line-up from the likes of Kasey Palmer had a key impact on their ability to win 3-1 at Stoke City on Friday night, after delivering a Man of the Match display in his first start for the Tigers.
Pressure had been mounting on City after a poor start to the season under new boss Tim Walter, and after being a goal down at the break against the Potters, it looked like a damaging third successive loss would follow.
Liam Millar’s arrival at half-time and Regan Slater’s shortly after that sparked City into life and they ended up winning convincingly, with Palmer playing a key role, scoring one and having a big hand in the third, either side of Slater’s thumping drive.
A much-improved second half display was a far cry from the home defeat to Sheffield United a week earlier, which saw City booed off and Davies highlight his concerns.
“We did the game on the Friday night against Sheffield United and I’ve always said possession is brilliant. I like teams to have possession, it gives you the best chance of having a structure to win the game, but if you’re not effective with it then it’s worth nothing,” he told the 1904 Club podcast.
