Hull City January arrival adopts different approach in quest to solve MKM Stadium problems
New Hull City signing Kyle Joseph says the Tigers dressing room must adopt a clean slate mentality in a bid to find some form in front of their own supporters.
City host Norwich City at the MKM Stadium on Saturday afternoon, desperately searching for just a third home victory this season and to give themselves a major boost in their quest to secure Championship safety.
The Tigers have won just twice at home all season in the league, losing eight and drawing the other six. Their last success came in the final outing before Christmas when a Mason Burstow screamer secured a 2-1 win over Swansea City. Since then, the Tigers have lost games against Middlesbrough, QPR and Stoke City, while drawing 3-3 with Leeds United and being knocked out of the FA Cup on penalties against League Two Doncaster Rovers.
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If Ruben Selles' Tigers are to drag themselves out of danger, then winning some games at home will be crucial, especially with fellow strugglers Luton Town, Plymouth Argyle and Derby County to come in front of their long-suffering supporters and Joseph, who was one of eight new arrivals in the winter window, says the players can't change what's happened in the past, but can control their own destiny in the final 15 games.
"One hundred per cent," the striker told Hull Live when asked about the pressure on turning things around at home. "It's got to turn. We, as a group, accept that responsibility. It's up to us; we're the lads that are on the pitch, and we've got to go and put performances in to get results.
"I think we've probably put performances in, and then there's been moments where we've let ourselves down. It's a clean slate, we've got to lick our wounds, and we've got a big game on Saturday to go in and do everything we can to go and get three points, and that's where it's got to start for us.
"The past in the past, you can't change what's happened. All you've got to do is look forward and take it one game at a time. Our full focus now will be on Norwich on Saturday to go there, be ourselves and get three points."
