Shota Arveladze’s final words as Hull City head coach

Shota Arveladze cut a much more relaxed character on Wednesday afternoon when he met the media for the first time since the 3-0 defeat at Swansea City, and ultimately what proved to be the final time as head coach of the East Yorkshire club.

It had been expected that the Georgian would be relieved of his duties after that dour performance in South Wales, and his dememour both before the game and after suggested the end was nigh for the ex-Rangers striker.

Given a reprieve by owner Acun Ilicali, Arveladze had been given the international break to try and solve some of the problems that had blighted City this season, but especially during their four straight defeats, but after the pair couldn’t agree on the immediate direction of the club, he departed after lengthy conversations on Thursday evening.

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Speaking on Wednesday during preparations for Friday night’s game in front of the televison cameras, Arveladze explained how defeats hit him hard, and that he was not one for hiding his emotions in what proved to be his final media outing as Tigers boss.

“The break is always generally good, it gives you time, especially in this business. It gives you time to analyse, to assess and the boys a little bit of rest after a heavy,” Arveladze said in what proved to be his final press conference on Wednesday afternoon.

“I try always to not hide my feelings. I’ve been through many things even here, last year was very tough. There were tough games in a tough situation and when every single point is so crucial, we had ups and downs and my emotions (reflected those). I’m not hiding, I’m not going to sit in front of you – we’ve met many times – and be two-faced. I don’t know what expressions other people have, but after the game, I was very disappointed, I was sad, which I don’t find this strange.

“Even though we stayed in the game, we didn’t really fight for those points. Not because somebody didn’t want to do it, but because we couldn’t manage, that’s what I meant, maybe we’re not in good form starting with myself.

“I don’t know, probably you guys felt like I was down. And I was down because I lost, we’re all human. It’s 10 minutes after the game, you get the microphone and I’m not running away with a mask on my face.

“I was trying to say how I felt. The team should feel that it’s about us, it’s about me and them. It’s about the performance that we’re going to show in every single training session or the game, and that was all.

“They (the meetings) were not about things that we didn’t speak about before, the only thing I don’t do is bring written down the problems that we have, this player is injured, that player hasn’t played for long – I’m just saying what we can change and what we can do.

“Acun wants to hear how we’re going to change things, and that’s what I was looking for, too. They’ve (the players) have done this 20 days ago, they did this when we thought the opposite side would be much, much better than us. Of course, it’s football and sometimes luck can change.

“We’ve been lucky scoring rebounds and then the luck changes again. It’s about us going again and this not ending before it ends.”

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