Hull City star makes confession about Tim Walter pressure amid poor Championship run

Kasey Palmer admits Hull City are underachieving this season and says he can understand the frustrations of supporters who have turned on manager Tim Walter.

Palmer was back in the side at Oxford United on Tuesday night but was unable to help City avoid a 1-0 defeat, despite their complete first half dominance and chances.

The away supporters made their feelings known as they vented their frustration towards boss Tim Walter, calling on him to be sacked by owner Acun Ilicali. And Palmer says the players are acutely aware of the strength of feeling amongst the fanbase, but it's up to them to improve things, starting with Sunday's home meeting with West Brom which the German is expected to take charge of.

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"Yeah, it's tough," the summer signing told Hull Live. "I think you can obviously sense the crowd are getting frustrated, you could hear that against Portsmouth in the second half.

"You could hear it again (at Oxford) in the second half, but it's a normal human reaction. We're not getting results, so the fans are frustrated. It's not like the players are in there saying, 'how are the fans like that, why are they acting like this?'

"We know we need to be doing better. I think in the dressing room, I'd say all of us pretty much think we should be pushing and competing at the top of the table from everyone that I speak to in the dressing room. We're not going to hide away from the fact that we're underachieving at the minute, and obviously, the results ain't going our way. We understand the fans' frustration."

Speaking to Hull Live after the draw at Pride Park, Derby County manager Paul Warne reierated his belief that City were a top six side. And Palmer believes that can still be the case, despite City now only being kept out of the bottom three on goal difference and seven points off the top six after 14 games.

"I think so," Palmer said when asked if he thought City were still capable of mounting a challenge. "I don't see why not. It's a long season, we've got 30-plus games to go.

"Middlesbrough did it two seasons ago and they were struggling at the start of the season and went on a crazy run. We've done it at Coventry. They always seem to kind of start slow, and by the end of the season, they're in the top six mix; it's happened a few years in a row now, so I think we've just got to keep going.

"It's a long, long season. Right now, it's frustrating, and it's hard to kind of look past what's going on at the minute, but I think we've still got a lot of football to be played, and a lot can still change in that time, and hopefully, a lot will change."