McCann’s travel sickness is over after impressive show

GRANT McCANN could not hide his delight after Hull claimed their first away win and away goals since the opening day of the season.

The Tigers thumped Preston 4-1 at Deepdale on August 7, but had known little but misery on the road since then.

Yet George Honeyman scored and created another for Keane Lewis-Potter (right) to lift McCann’s men above fellow strugglers Barnsley and seal a potentially priceless win.

After City ended a five-match losing streak, ex-Tykes midfielder McCann said: “It’s a big win given the positions of the teams in the league. But we’ve always had a good togetherness.

“We could have had more goals – three or four – so it was really pleasing to see the guys running and fighting for each other.

“It’s a very tough place to come but I thought we were excellent.”

Barnsley caretaker boss

BARNSLEY HULL

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Joseph Laumann’s hopes of succeeding Markus Schopp on a permanent basis were dealt a massive blow with this insipid loss.

Laumann said: “It was a big, big disappointment and we missed an opportunity to take a big step forward.

“We need to regroup and start moving forward again now.

“I’m 100 per cent sure that we have enough quality in the squad to not be at the bottom of the league.”

BARNSLEY: Collins 6; Moon 6, Helik 6, Kitching 6; Brittain 7, Gomes 6, Benson 6 (Palmer (72nd) 6), J Williams 6 (Styles (57th)

6); Iseka 6, Woodrow 6, Cole 5 (Adeboyejo

(45th) 6)

HULL: Baxter 6; Coyle 7 (Emmanuel (37th) 6), Greaves 7, Bernard 7, Elder 6; Smallwood 6, Docherty 6; Honeyman 8,Lewis-Potter 7, Wilks

6 (Longman (68th) 6); Magennis 6 (T Smith

(68th) 6)

STAR MAN: George Honeyman

REF: S Martin