HULL FANS

“He’s a really good appointment for them. I thought he would be aiming a little higher.”

“He’ll do a great job. People underestimate what he had to do and worked with the last few months. Given how tight it was at the end those standout wins at Sunderland and Sheff United did the job he was brought in for.”

“Selles would have flown up the league had he have had millar, belloumi and an actual striker. With shef United they are going to guarantee playoff”

“He’ll do well there, will have the good attacking options that he didn’t have here”

“He’ll have a better squad, be given more time and take his excellent coaching staff.”

“Like all managers before him he had the life sucked out of him by the regime above him”

“The facts are this on Selles since he came in :
– 4th best defence.
– Would be 14th if league began when he came in.
– No Pre-Season
– No Summer Transfer window to match his style.”

“the only reason we’re still alive is pretty much down to him”

“Good guy who can set a team up well. The football was pragmatic and negative at times, but understandable given the circumstances. I think he could do well, but a definite risk as he’s unproven”

“did what was asked of him..after poor recruitment! Deserved at least a pre season to get his own team together..then judge him”

“Ruben Selles was brought in with One Objective “Keep us up” and he achieved it”

“Passionate, excellent man manager. Stubborn tactically and didn’t maximise our squad’s potential (although improved our defence). It was a tough period for all at the club and we shouldn’t really have stayed up on points difference only but he did a commendable job overall.”

“Sellers remit was to keep us up and he just about did that, but was never convincing. Only won 3 of the last 10 games which cost him his job. Made errors when under pressure. That said, he’s definitely smart enough to learn from his mistakes.”

“I don’t think we saw the best of what he can do as a manager. He should have been given more time here but at the same time we really shouldn’t have been in the position we found ourselves in on the last day.”

“I’m indifferent towards him personally.
Did an ok job given the circumstances, but I certainly wouldn’t be excited over his appointment if I was a Blades fan.”

“Really don’t think Selles getting the Sheffield United job is a “I told you so” moment. Do I think he was unjustly sacked? Yes. Do I think he’s a top 6 championship manager and warranted the united job? Absolutely not.”

“how on earth have sheff united sacked a manager who got them 92 points for selles , i thought our owner was crazy”

“There is absolutely zero chance that Selles wins 92 points next season.”

“If you actually watch and follow Hull City and watched our last 10 games of the season you’ll understand why #hcafc fans are baffled Ruben Sellés is off to #sufc.
No identity, no clear patterns or structure, negative substitutions and we crawled over the line.
Good luck.”

“Had he won more, he might’ve had a better chance at keeping his job

He was very well backed and still had some horrendous losses in his time”

“It’ll be rated as an amazing appointment by people who don’t really watch games he’s managing in, but he’s still got a lot of developing to do to become a top manager. Will be interesting to see whether he can make the step up expectations wise”

“99% of us would be calling for his head if we had a poor start to next season FACT!!! The fella had a chance to prove himself, he failed END OF! Acun obviously has high expectations and rightly so what owner wouldn’t, unfortunately we didn’t meet”

“Those saying Selles sacking was “harsh” and “unjust” after barely finishing 21st and staying up on gd are the same people who didn’t have to watch –
(L) – 0-1 Derby
(L) – 0-1 Swansea
(L) – 0-1 Watford
(L) – 0-1 Luton
(L) – 0-1 Cardiff
(L) – 1-2 Stoke
(L) – 1-2 QPR”

“Watched them all. These kept us up…
(W) – 2-1 Swansea (h)
(W) – 1-0 Blackburn (a)
(D) – 3-3 Leeds (h)
(W) – 3-0 Sheff U (a)
(W) – 1-0 Sunderland (a)
(W) – 2-0 Plymouth (h)
(W) – 1-0 Sheff W (a)
(W) – 2-1 PNE (h)
(D) – 1-1 Pompey (a)”

“God! Ruben Selles this, Ruben Selles that
If you all love Ruben Selles so much, why don’t you just marry him”

READING FANS

“Started off terribly as too stubborn away from home. The 4-2-2-2 formation just didn’t work and we conceded a lot of goals from crosses as wingers had all the space.He finally changed it and we were very good for 12 months until he left.  Sacked by November I reckon.”

“They’ll want instant results so if Selles does take over, would be amazed if he isn’t sacked by Christmas. Looking forward to the old 4-2-2-2 coming out again.”

“ANY other club in the country would have sacked him 6 months in. We were a total mess under him. He was just very lucky that we had no management team in place to sack him. Then he did well. No way he gets the same time at any other club like he did at Reading.”

“He did well eventually at reading as he had young impressionable players that he was able to stamp his mark on. Can’t see him getting the running he demands out of championship players with “I’ve made it” attitudes.”

“Stubborn, poor away from home, baffling substitutions. Fantastic person who is good at managing relationships with his squad and also supporters. Great person away from football. Not convinced he’s a good manager, but definitely a very good coach.”

“think hunts done a better job. Made us harder to beat certainly . Selles needs to realise you can’t play open expansive football in the lower leagues. The man is too stubborn and naive.”

“We got better once he left”

“No we didn’t”

“Results wise, probably. Quality of football, definitely not.”

“Selles was never about tippy tappy footbal It was get the ball forward quickly, press hard and pick up the loose pieces.”

“Saw us as a stepping stone and has been a useful learning process .
Done Ok in difficult circumstances.”

“Did a decent job in the end for us with his hands tied from day 1 and gave our youth a chance.”

“a lot of his popularity has come from how he has handled the situation and comes over as a thoroughly decent chap. The refusal to criticise referees, opposition etc as well

He’s proven to be a good to excellent manager once he settled in and a fantastic man manager. Whether he has the ability to transfer this everywhere he goes – be interesting to see”

“he had one plan and stuck with it – maybe. certainly had a naivety about some away games BUT this is a very young and inexperienced squad, better to have one plan communicated effectively and properly.”

“Selles could have been an RFC great. We’ll now never know.”

“He kept Hull up and did wonders with us. He has two big ticks on his CV.”

“Let’s be honest, Selles had the team playing way above where they should have been.”

“His time with us with the circumstances was nothing short of top drawer, leaving us in a PO position and sacrificing his own wages. For me, it is a shame he never got given time there to succeed and hope he goes on to get another job to flourish in.”

“think a lot of people are really under-estimating the job Selles did”

“Would have been close to Coppell as our greatest ever manager had he stayed”

“I’d rank Selles about 4th behind Coppell, McDermott and Pardew.”

“He’s a top  championship/bottom premier league manager “

“He was highly respected, even having a huge bloody flag thing with The King printed on it in Spanish. He left in very fair circumstances in my view, he was completely sick of waiting for the ownership saga to be resolved. I feel he conducted himself very well, and everyone has a breaking point.”

“Selles wasn’t just a good manager, he had become a talisman,”