All Change again

Well here I am again, a second blog post in a few days.  Your probably thinking Adam what do you have to say, that has your writing again so soon.  Well it’s about change, after 20 months living in the same place, it’s time to move on.

It’s been on the cards of course, I've known that I would have to move since pretty much I moved in October 2012, it was supposed to be a very temporary stay in the apartment and well 20 months later I am moving on.  After a few months of searching and stress and disappointment I finally found a place on the edge of South Tel Aviv and for the very first time I will be moving into an apartment without roommates.

Yes you have read that right, without roommates for the first time since I left home many years ago I am going to be living alone.  And it’s a little nerve-wracking, scary, strange and exciting.  Feels like one chapter is closing with the end of May and a brand new chapter is starting with June 1st.

Hoping that people will come visit me once I get settled in the apartment, but I'm going to get settled and hopefully make the place feel like a home.  Meanwhile work is both busy and quiet.  Someone once suggested the job is a lot like being a Doctor on call, as you are either very busy or not busy at all.

Anyway that is all for now, hope you'll all be in touch and we speak soon.

Who would be a Football Fan

I thought about the title who would be a Hull City Fan, but in some ways I think this blog isn't as much about Hull City but about Football Fans in general.

I mean we've all been there as fans standing/sitting, screaming ourselves hoarse, or nervously biting our nails when watching our team play.  From years of watching Hull City play I've seen us go from depths of despair to delight all nervously watching from the stands.  I've seen us be relegated and I've seen us be promoted and I've seen us go to Wembley.  Its the hardest thing to do I think to sit and watch something you invest your money and time in, to sit there and be able to do nothing about what is unfolding in front of you.

So it’s just gone 7pm here in Israel and the Premier League season is over, Hull City are relegated back to the Championship after two seasons in the Premier League which saw them reach the FA Cup Final and Europe for the first time ever.  It has been two years of highs and today the ultimate low.  Will City be back in the Premier League, my heart says yes, but my head wonders if we can bounce back, some of the team’s performances this season have been decidedly average and indeed the games we should have won we failed to do so.  Games that we were in a winning position we failed to hold the lead and either lost or drew and in my eyes it’s not good enough.

Who is to blame, is it the players, the manager or both, honestly I had faith in Steve Bruce and I was impressed with the signings we had made before this season had even kicked off, but now I look at the money we have spent since coming to the Premier League and the return for the money spent is sadly lacking.  I'm not sure any of the players can really pat themselves on their back and say we played well all season, it wasn't our fault.  Still while reality is setting in, the inquest can begin and from the ashes of this disappointing end to the season, hopefully Hull City will start the next season afresh and reborn with the fans behind them.

For me here in Israel, it doesn't matter how far away I am, I am a Hull City supporter no matter what league they are in.  City till I die.