It's your lot that have suggested that we got battered, when even your own manager said the result was a fair one. Go figure that one.
If I could have written the response I expected, it would have looked almost exactly like this. Congratulations on your point, you certainly fluked it at the end.
You were by far the better team in the first half, probably our worst half of the season so far, but you still couldn't take advantage. The second we were much better, even before the sending off and Traore really should have secured the three points. Still, onward and upward. The seventy minutes silence was impeccably observed though, very impressive, what was it in aid of?
Whilst there's been a few games... yesterday, West Brom, Cardiff where we've drawn when we should have won, for me I think the challenge is we're creating good attacking opportunities but not necessarily turning them into clear chances. So we look fluid in our play at times but reality is the games we've actually won, we've done so by pretty much taking all our good chances. So whilst we've dropped some points we' have gained a few too. I'm not concerned particularly, it's early doors and with better understanding as the team gels i'd expect us to turn good attacking play into clearer goal scoring opportunities. For what it's worth (I know some of you just love an xg stat): - we're 6th ranked in the league on xg goal difference (basically chances created - chances conceded) - 2nd ranked on xg against (which is a surprise to me and shows we've been better defensively than I personally expected) - 9th on xg for Top two sides on xg goal difference are Watford and Southampton - our next two opponents. Both creating chances and not taking them... and Southampton in particular pretty much conceding to every shot the opponent has
I also know that losing your best 2 players doesn't bode well and the fact a team had a decent season last year doesn't equate to doing the same this time around. Get your money on Coventry if you are that confident or are you just talking pish.
No mate, he nearly cost us the game twice. I was being kind by putting it down to rustiness but if we are honest Coops has those little brain farts quite regularly.
Sums it up really when it has to be pointed out that the home fans were the noisiest and that this was the highlight of the game for Hull fans As for your poor first half, we just made you look poor
Two things happened 2nd half. 1. The sending off obviously gave Hull the advantage. 2. Two days less rest was already starting to show around 55 minutes when Hull started to grow in to the game a bit. It's a game we should have won in the first 50 minutes or so but given the short turnaround for two away fixtures 4 points from Millwall away and Hull away isn't a bad return. 3 clean sheets on the trot which is huge for our defence. We had more shots, shots on target and corners. The Hull keeper was their man if the match (that's the 5th time that's happened this season for opponents keepers btw).
I had you in mind fella when i wrote it Leeds of London is next on my hit list! Jokes aside, our next two games are tricky opponents, whatever results and league position says
I could hear the Leeds fans over Hull to be honest but I just assumed it must have seemed different at the ground. Sky actually reported that the Hull fans were getting very disgruntled with their teams performance
That’s just the bias nature of a football fan. I’m saying he should have buried it giving the keeper no chance of saving it like he did against Millwall. My point was the two he missed were in more pressured situations in the game, which has cost us points. I’m not sure if I consider 21 as being particularly young for a footballer these days but hopefully his composure in front of goal, when it matters, improves.
I wasn't joking, it was really odd, you lot are normally very loud, but we didn't hear a peep out of the away end until the last fifteen minutes.
