Former Cardiff City Icon at the center of conflict between the owner and the manager

At the end of the season, Rosenior, who led the team to seventh place in the Championship and was a nominee for manager of the year in the league, was fired by the Tigers. several on the outside were perplexed by it, but given the amount of money that had been invested, several fans had anticipated that the squad would make it to the playoffs.

On Wednesday night, owner Acun Ilicali held an open discussion with fans to go over the season and provide context for Rosenior’s dismissal.

Allsop became become a contentious character among Cardiff’s supporters. Everyone could see how good a football player he was, but many thought he gave up too many easy goals. Get our Cardiff City newsletter by subscribing here.

Erol Bulut took the decision at the start of the season to allow him to leave and Ilicali, who knows the Cardiff boss well from their time together at Fenerbahce, signed Allsop for around £300,000.
Like he did at Cardiff, Allsop started well on Humberside, but towards the end of the season, and with the play-offs slipping away from them, Tigers supporters began to turn their frustrations towards the goalkeeper as the goals were shipped in.
And it appears Ilicali wanted the goalkeeper to have a spell on the sidelines, but Rosenior seemingly refused to rest the former Derby County shot-stopper.
Our sister title, HullLive, detailed the entire meeting with fans, referencing that “significant friction” was caused between Ilicali and Rosenior over their use of the goalkeeper.

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