{"id":921525,"date":"2026-04-27T09:24:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/921525\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T09:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:24:18","slug":"sergej-jakirovic-delivers-brutal-hull-city-play-off-assessment-after-charlton-shocker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/921525\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergej Jakirovic delivers brutal Hull City play-off assessment after Charlton shocker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tigers have not win since beating Sheffield Wednesday back in March<\/p>\n<p>05:00, 27 Apr 2026Updated 09:19, 27 Apr 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sergej Jakirovic shows his frustration on the touchline at The Valley\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_JS404121879.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Sergej Jakirovic shows his frustration on the touchline at The Valley\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Sergej Jakirovic shows his frustration on the touchline at The Valley(Image: Sean Troup\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Sergej Jakirovic admits it&#8217;s unbelievable that his <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulldailymail.co.uk\/all-about\/hull-city\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Hull City<\/a> side have gone six games without a win at the worst possible time of the season, to leave their play-off hopes hanging by a thread.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Knowing they needed a victory at Charlton Athletic on Saturday to put pressure on Wrexham ahead of Sunday&#8217;s game at Coventry City, the Tigers delivered a woeful first half, but went in level thanks to John Egan&#8217;s header deep into added time at the end of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Despite dominating the second period, City again fell behind to a fine strike from Jayden Fevrier, having not learnt their lesson after Charlie Kelman&#8217;s stunner in the first period, <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulldailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/match-reports\/below-par-hull-city-beaten-10932925\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">and ended up losing 2-1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Jakirovic was again frustrated, as he has been so often in recent weeks, with how poor his side were in both boxes, and now, he admits, given it&#8217;s out of their hands, the chances of getting back into the top six are slim. Those hopes were helped, however, by <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulldailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/coventry-city-hand-hull-city-10936484\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Wrexham&#8217;s 3-1 defeat at Coventry City on Sunday<\/a>, which has handed them a lifeline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">JOIN US ON FACEBOOK! <a aria-label=\"Latest Hull City news and analysis on our Hull Live FB pageLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hullcityhulllive#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Latest Hull City news and analysis on our Hull Live FB page<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">City have it all to do going into their final outing of the season at home to Norwich City on Saturday afternoon, know they must find a result and hope Wrexham and Derby drop points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cFor me, it is unbelievable that we cannot win one game in this part of the season,&#8221; he told Hull Live. &#8220;Every team in this league had those moments in their season, unfortunately we have that moment now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe have a very small chance (of reaching the play-offs). It is over, but it still isn\u2019t mathematically over. You have hope, but first we have to win our game. It is now a very big problem for us. Now it is not in our hands.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Can City pull it off this weekend? 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