If we get a point I’ll be overwhelmed. Just don’t feel we have grasped the understanding of the difference between league 1 and the championship.
Another difficult game today but hopefully we'll get stuck into them and fight like ****!! Come on City,let's start competing in games and get something out of them...
I don’t see this as a lack of desire or fight or pride in the shirt or anything of that nature. I see this as a lack of an experienced centre half who will organise the line and lead the young lads on the field. I’d bet my shirt we will see one come in in January. Even teams who won loads with young kids had experience at the back. Grant has to use what he has and they need to put their bodies on the line in the right areas. They will learn in time but it’s just not happening at the moment. My worry is that if we persist with this style we will soon attract penalties and sending offs as other teams exploit it.
But from his own mouth McCann baulked at the suggestion of adding an experienced centre half ! That just shows how naively stupid the man is!
Here's how City look this afternoon: Ingram, Coyle, Elder, Greaves, A Jones, Smallwood (c), Docherty, Lewis-Potter, Wilks, M Smith, T Smith. Subs: Baxter, Eaves, Emmanuel, Cannon, Longman, Moncur, Bernard.
I will check it later on but you should possibly be able to see a stream here : https://ww.soccer24hd.com/game/match/5420/Stoke-City-Vs-Hull-City.html
I would have preferred Jones in for Smallwood and kept Bernard at the back. Pity no sign of Honeyman, let's hope it is not a serious setback.
So it would appear the 2 unknown players that were carrying injuries were probably Magennis and Honeyman .. unless anyone can clarify
