Tim Walter responds to Hull City fans calling for him to be sacked at Oxford

Tim Walter admits he understands the strength of feeling from Hull City supporters but remains determined to fight on amid the growing tension.

City's 1-0 defeat at Oxford United saw the travelling supporters chant against their manager throughout the second half once the hosts had taken the lead 10 minutes into the second half through Hidde Ter Avest's prodded finish.

That came after a first half of dominance from Walter's side who wasted a flurry of good chances while Mohamed Belloumi saw an effort cannon back off the post.

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Once the goal went in, City lost their way and the 900-strong away support at the Kassam Stadium called for Walter to be sacked, criticising his football, while also ironically chanting 'are we loud enough for you' after his comments following the draw with Portsmouth on Saturday.

At full-time, Walter shook hands with the match officials but didn't go to applaud the away supporters, who booed him as he walked back down the tunnel, but the German boss remains defiant amid growing pressure on his job.

"At the moment, we have to accept it because we played it in a really, really brilliant way," Walter said after the game.

"We created our chances. You can't draw with them, but at the moment, we couldn't score. That's the problem, but it's all about experience to be in these situations in front of the goal and trying to score.

"They try, and I'm happy about that. They try, and they played forward, but if we concede the goal, then unfortunately, it's sometimes like it is. Then you can see the goal and everything is away and at the moment we have these situations and we have to handle it.

"All we can do is stick together and work hard and try to bring more luck. It's normal if they are unhappy. I'm also unhappy about the situations, but I try to make them more happy, and that's all I can do.

"I know that we could be only successful if we stick together, and that's the point. I don't know what's pressure because I never had pressure and pressure is if you maybe have a bad injury or something like that, then you have pressure. But not about a football game.

"There's harder things in life than a football game and I know it's all about winning, but it's also about development to implement a new philosophy. That's even more important than winning games because, in the end, in the last season, you were seventh, and you were also not in the promotion under the first six, so then you have nothing.

"If you reach our aim or if you don't reach our aim, then you are in between, and that's how we are at the moment."