'£20m' - What Rooney, Farke, Wilder, Warne and Cifuentes have said about Tim Walter's Hull City

Fifteen games of the season have come and gone for Hull City and head coach Tim Walter, who has found it tough to implement his own philosophy at the MKM Stadium and see it have a positive impact on the Championship.

The Tigers return to action after the international break this weekend when they travel to Bedfordshire to take on fellow strugglers Luton Town.

That game at Kenilworth Road is absolutely crucial to City, who are without a win in their last seven games and have slipped to the wrong end of the table. They sit just two places above the Hatters, who have endured a nightmare return to the Championship after spending last season in the Premier League.

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City's unique approach under Walter has certainly generated plenty of discussion from fans, players and managers in the opening weeks, so we've taken a look back at what they've been saying...

Neil Harris after watching the 0-0 draw at the MKM Stadium

"I think they work in progress, obviously themselves, for sure with a new manager and a new style of play," he said. "I thought Liam did a brilliant job last year, obviously just missed out on the play-offs and I was as surprised as anybody that he wasn't here this season.

"We knew they would play a little bit risk and reward football, I'd call it, they would take risks in the back line and try and play through you and then and try and break the lines.

"We thought that we would have to have a brilliant defensive shape today, and then I know in my players, I think we would regain the ball and we can counter with real quality, so we had a game plan, the lads executed it brilliantly, apart from that final moment where we were just missing."

Daniel Farke after Leeds United's 2-0 win at Elland Road

"It was a mature performance against a good side. We played against a side that's difficult to beat and were unbeaten in the league. It's not easy to open them, you have to be patient and keep the pressure high – that's what we did."

Chris Wilder on Hull City after Sheffield United's 2-0 MKM Stadium success

“It’s well-documented how they play and they give you a chance and they gave us chances. I’m just disappointed that when they gave us the chance, we weren’t better and more clinical."

Omer Riza reflects after Cardiff City's 4-1 defeat at the MKM Stadium

"We approached the game the right way; I think tactically and strategically we wanted to apply pressure to Hull, and I think we did that. We won the ball back up the pitch on numerous occasions, but we lacked that final pass or final decision to execute and score.

"I think 4-1 is a harsh result, but at the same time, if you don't do the little things properly, you get punished. That's something that we need to clean up.

"The plan was to press, to cause a problem, to make them uncomfortable, and we did that. We did create chances. We wanted to play with forward men and create extra bodies in the middle of the pitch, and we caused them a lot of problems. We've worked hard and showed good intent, but at the end of the day, it's 4-1. It's not a good result. It comes from small errors, and not being able to clean things up well enough. We have to be better in those moments."

QPR chief Marti Cifuentes highlights City's spending after 3-1 Loftus Road defeat

"We played against a team who again spent 20 plus million and they have got a lot of quality, so that's reality as well in the league we are playing.

“We started the game at a very high level, with the kind of energy and high press that we demand from the players, and I was very pleased with the first 10 or 15 minutes," the Spaniard said. "Their keeper made three or four amazing saves when it was 0-0, and then emotionally, it was not easy because they scored, and we kept pushing, but they scored at key moments.

"We knew that they would play short, and unfortunately, the block is not quick enough. It's a bit emotionally tough, but I still think that we kept pushing and they were very good today at the scoring in the key moments, not only the second but the third is once again a bit the same story. We created a lot of situations in the last third, we created chances, it was difficult to not score. The penalty goal gave us some some hope that that we could be in the game that was in front of us a long second half to try to to improve the result and we started very well, the second half.

"I would say that we hit the post, we had situations once again in the last third and then they scored in a situation that meant it was game over, I would say that after the third goal. I don't know about the stats before that, I think that we were very dominant. We create a lot of situations, but football is about quality, about boxes, about the scoring goals and they were better than us, so nothing to complain. When I talk about football, I think that football is about achieving and today I don't care if someone say that we didn't deserve to lose. We created a lot of situations, but the reality is that we didn't score more goals than them. We lacked quality in the last third and instead, they needed less chances than us to score three goals, which we usually don't concede this amount of goals., so that's something to learn from."

Regis le Bris discusses Sunderland's 1-0 win at the MKM Stadium

"It's difficult to win away, especially at Hull. In the first half, we dominated the ball but failed to break the final third. The scenario in the second half was different, they kept the ball and it was not easy to deal with the way they build up the game and we did well. The momentum was with them and they had a big chance to score and they didn't. We were prepared to use our counter attacks as we had that strength and Wilson made the difference."

Paul Warne backs City for top six after 1-1 draw with Derby County

"Well, I've seen them live at Hull three times this season," Warne said in conversation with Hull Live. "I thought at the start of the season, I would like to have played them then because I thought they were absolutely gung ho and the lads didn't have the system set.

"Now they've got a bit of confidence about it. I think they're a really good team, they're difficult to get the ball off, which is hard, especially when you're at home. If you play away (it's easier than playing at home), I watched Sheffield United play there, Bristol City play there and I saw Burnley play there. If you're the away team, and they decide to do goal kicks and you drop off, there's no issue. It's harder to play Hull at home, I think because there's a need from your own fan base to go and get the ball and dominate the ball, but it's difficult and they want you to come after them.

"I think they're a really good side, a really well-coached side, an aggressive side, an athletic side with some really good talent, and the bench is strong as well. I said in my presser (pre-match press conference) before (the game), which I haven't said about any other team, but I think they were a top six team.

"It's just the fact that they probably had a slower start than they want or anticipated. I watched them more than perform against Burnley, who were one of the top favourites to go up, and on another day, they would have scored more than one and won handsomely. I think they'll go on and have a really good season as I hope I we do."

Portsmouth manager John Mousinho after the 1-1 MKM Stadium draw

“There’s a big expectation here (from the home fans) when a side bottom of the league comes to a side like Hull, especially when you go a goal up early. Probably a lot of people in the stadium might have thought that might have been it. We didn’t think that, we didn’t believe it. We showed when we do things right we are definitely at the level.”

Carlos Corberan compares City to Inter Milan and Juventus after 2-1 win at the MKM Stadium

"Hull is a very good team, in my opinion, with very good players even with the injuries they have had," the Spaniard told the Express & Star. "They have players that for me can be in the highest position, like us and other teams in a lower position, because they have a very good squad and under the coach they have they do something totally different from other teams. "=They use the centre-backs as midfielders, they use full-backs as centre-backs, midfielders as wingers, these type of rotations make a more tactical challenge as well as the physical challenge, because we didn't have time to prepare.

"We worked yesterday (Saturday) with a video to prepare tactically for every single thing that they do because Hull is a team that makes behaviours that are not common in football. Inter Milan make something similar, Juventus with Thiago Motta do similar. But you don't face teams when centre-backs attack as midfielders. It makes it very difficult to prepare."

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