Tim Walter makes ‘big problems’ admission and outlines Hull City transfer hope…
Hull City’s threadbare squad is preparing for another departure
Hull City head coach Tim Walter says the club will look to recruit a new goalkeeper after Matt Ingram’s exit was confirmed on Friday after a permanent deal with Oxford United was agreed.
Ivor Pandur started Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Kasimpasa before Harvey Cartwright played in the second half, but the youngster has since picked up an injury which left the Croatian to play 90 minutes against Fenerbahce on Thursday night.
Cartwright has since flown back to England ahead of the rest of City’s players, but with Ingram’s departure, the Tigers are left with a lack of experience in between the posts.
Pandur, a big topic of conversation throughout the summer following the departure of Ryan Allsop, has not yet played a single minute of Championship action since arriving in January, while Cartwright and Thimothee Lo-Tutala also do not have any second-tier exposure.
Like Cartwright, Lo-Tutala has been nursing an injury in Turkey and has not been able to train with the rest of the group, so Under-21 stopper Owen Foster has been promoted to the senior squad for the time being.
“He wants to move to another club and so it’s fine for me, it’s the same situation with all the players,” the City chief told Hull Live.
“We’re trying to bring in new players and we need more numbers. We have one goalie and we have two younger goalies from the Under 21s. At the moment, we do not have the numbers. We have to bring in a new one because we need some numbers. If Ivor is injured or gets injured, then we have big problems.
The City boss also refused to blame Pandur for the manner of the fifth goal, which saw the goalkeeper lobbed by Hakan Yandas from 35 yards. Instead, Walter suggested Jean Michael Seri could have taken greater care of the ball with his goalkeeper away from his box.
“Mika lost the ball, he had the ball and he did it in a really easy way. It’s not the fault of the philosophy, it’s the individual mistake like we did five more in the game of four more,” Walter continued. “They hit the target four times and we conceded five goals, that’s the reason and not the philosophy. It’s not because of the philosophy, it’s because he lost the easy ball.
“It’s like the last situation with Ivor (against Kasimpasa). He lost the ball and you have to stay hard, but they were really tired. It’s no problem that Mika loses the ball in the situation where this player normally never will lose the ball, so for me, it’s no problem.”
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