Only a few months ago Massimo Luongo was playing every week as Sheffield were a few points from the play-off spots. Jackson Irvine was in inspired form, and a leader for Hull as they climbed the table. 

Now in February, Hull City are winless in eight matches and collapsed to 17th on the ladder, but Irvine has alt least been appointed skipper to try to lead them back into form.

Fans have been crying out for Luongo to be reinstated into Wednesday's starting XI after over a month without a victory. 

In the Championship it was a week to forget for the Aussies with none winning their matches in midweek. 

UK

Jackson Irvine and Callum Elder both played 90 minutes in Hull City's 3-0 loss to Blackburn. Later in the week Hull drew 4-4 with Swansea. Elder had a rather poor match while Irvine didn't add any assists or goals. 

Kenny Dougall was an unused sub for Barnsley in their 1-0 loss to Birmingham but played nine minutes off the bench in a 3-0 win against Fulham. Massimo Luongo was still sidelined due to injury and missed Sheffield Wednesdays defeats to Luton Town and Reading. 

Now off to some good news! In Scotland Lyndon Dykes scored his ninth goal of the season in Livingston's 2-1 win over St. Mirren, but couldn't penetrate the Rangers defence for 90 minutes in the 1-0 loss this morning.

Ben Garuccio played 90 minutes in a 5-0 loss to Celtic and played 15 minutes of a 2-2 draw with Hamilton where Oli Bozanic was unused. Tom Rogic only saw 12 minutes in Celtic's big win over Hearts, and just 11 minutes off the bench in the 2-1 win over Aberdeen last night. Daniel Arzani remains unsighted for the first team...

In League One Harry Souttar's Fleetwood Town are rising high within two points of the play-off spots. Souttar played a full game in his side's 1-0 win over Wycombe and 2-1 win over Peterborough. 

Bailey Wright was in the heart of defence for Sunderland as they beat Rochdale 3-0 and Oxford United 1-0. 

Mark Milligan played in midfield for Southend United, losing 4-0 to Peterborough and 2-0 to Coventry. Ryan Edwards played 90 minutes in both Burton's 2-2 draw with Oxford United and 4-1 loss to Ipswich Town. 

Ryan Williams started and played an hour of Portsmouth's 1-0 loss to Coventry and was a late substitution in a 2-0 win over Shrewsbury. 

In League Two Gethin Jones played 90 minutes in both Carlisle's 1-0 loss to Cheltenham and 0-0 draw with Crawley Town. 

Cameron Burgess played a full game for Salford City as they fell to a 3-2 defeat at home against Plymouth Argyle, but bounced back with a 1-0 win over Stevenage. 

In the youth leagues across the UK Murray Miller played for Rangers in a UEFA Youth League playoff with Atletico Madrid, losing 4-0. Caleb Watts played 10 minutes off the bench for Southampton U23 as they drew 2-2 with Blackburn U23. 

Peter Gwargis played 66 minutes for Brighton U23 as they beat Manchester City U23 2-1. 

EUROPE 

In Israel Nikita Rukavytsya kept his rich goal scoring form up with another winner in Maccabi Haifa's 1-0 win over Hapoel Hadara. Trent Sainsbury also played 90 minutes to keep the clean sheet.

In Germany Mat Leckie was absent for Hertha Berlin's 2-1 win over Paderborn while Brandon Borrello was unused for Freiburg in a 1-1 draw with Augsburg. 

Christian Theoharous was a second half sub for Borussia Mönchengladbach as they lost 1-0 at home to SC Bonner.

In Austria Jimmy Jeggo played a full game as Austria Wien drew 2-2 to Altach on their return from winter break. James Holland scored in LASK's huge 3-2 win over Red Bull Salzburg which sent them to the top of the Austrian table. 

In Serbia Milos Degenek played a full game for Red Star Belgrade as they beat Cukaricki 2-0. 

In the Netherlands Ajdin Hrustic played 79 minutes for FC Groningen as they scored a 2-1 win away to Sparta Rotterdam to keep their good form going.  

In Turkey Aziz Behich was an unused substitute for Basaksehir in a 1-0 win over Besiktas. Behich's side took top spot in the Turkish Super Lig with the win. 

In Croatia Fran Karacic played 90 minutes for NK Lokomotiv Zagreb as they lost 2-0 to Istra 1961. Anthony Kalik was an unused sub for Hajduk Split in a 2-1 loss to Slaven Belupo. 

ASIA 

In the AFC Champions League Brad Jones played for Al Nassr in their 2-2 draw against Al Sadd. Jason Davidson played a full game for Ulsan Hyundai in their 1-1 draw FC Tokyo. 

Ange Postecoglou's Yokohama F Marinos beat the Korean champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2-1 in Korea kicking off his first ACL campaign in Japan. They'll face Steve Corica's Sydney FC on Wednesday night. 

In the Japanese League Cup Peter Cklamovski's Shimisu S-Pulse were battered 5-1 by Kawasaki Frontale. Mitchell Langerak kept a clean sheet against giants Kashima Antlers in a 1-0 win. Thomas Deng was absent from Urawa Reds 5-2 win over Vegalta Sendai. 

In Saudi Arabia Craig Goodwin got an assist for Al Wehda in their 2-0 win over Al Ahli while Brad Jones kept his form up as Al Nassr beat Al Shabab 4-2. 

In India Erik Paartalu played 90 minutes as Bengalurru fell to another defeat this season, this time going down 2-1 to Kerala Blaster.