City’s deadline day signing was the subject of some heavy abuse on his return to Carrow Road
Tim Walter praised the short cameo appearance from Abu Kamara after coming off the bench in Hull City’s 4-0 thrashing at Norwich City on Saturday.
Kamara, who has had a difficult start to life at City following his dramatic deadline day move from Carrow Road to the MKM Stadium, was introduced 18 minutes from time alongside debutant Joao Pedro with City already 3-0 down.
The 21-year-old had been subjected to strong abuse from sections of the home crowd during his warm-up and that continued when he came off the bench, though he did have a positive impact, setting up Pedro to score, but it was ruled out for handball by the Tigers forward as he put the ball into the net.
After the game, Kamara went to clap the 700-strong travelling support before applauding the Norwich supporters and then was escorted off the pitch by Tigers assistant boss Filip Tapalovic who guided him down the tunnel, with his arm around the youngster.
Walter says Kamara’s short cameo appearance was promising, after coming on to replace Canadian international Liam Millar, a positive on an otherwise disappointing day for the visitors, who came into the game with a three-game winning streak.
“He (Tapalovic) was saying to him that he played really well, that he stayed really straight in the game and he had good opportunities, and he drove forward and that’s really brilliant. It was a good performance for such a young boy, so I’m really happy with him.
“Sometimes you won’t get loved in a club and you will leave it and then you have to accept it, and it was the case for Abu Kamara, and that’s the reason why he left.”
Walter says abuse aimed at players is part and parcel of the game, but when challenged if it should be accepted, the German boss said fans should look themselves in the mirror and decide whether or not their behaviour is acceptable.
“I don’t know why they are doing it (abusing him), but it is like it is, you have to accept and you have to stay confident and that’s what he did,” he explained.
“What can I do? Everybody can do what they want to do, so it’s an open world where everybody can do (that) if they think that’s the right way. If you’re talking about respect, then we don’t have to talk about anything, but that is like it is. You have to accept it. Everybody has to think about it, what they did and then they have to look in the mirror (and decide) if it’s right or not”