Match Day Thread Hull City v Norwich City

[Amin Arrears]

Yep. Pedro had 3 or 4 moments of absolute quality.....in the 'wrong' areas. Service to him was dire.

When will he get the chance to finally play alongside someone else leading the line, giving him the freedom to get on the ball and create these moments of pure brilliance? Why have we had 2 managers and still not seen this happen once yet, even for 10 minutes at the end of a game? Instead he gets to spend his time in the pitch knackering himself chasing dead causes and challenging giant centre halves for headers he has no chance of winning. Really cannot understand why.

 

[TigerMarv]

When will he get the chance to finally play alongside someone else leading the line, giving him the freedom to get on the ball and create these moments of pure brilliance? Why have we had 2 managers and still not seen this happen once yet, even for 10 minutes at the end of a game? Instead he gets to spend his time in the pitch knackering himself chasing dead causes and challenging giant centre halves for headers he has no chance of winning. Really cannot understand why.

The counter argument is many teams play with 3 in the middle and by playing 2 up top it will leave us overrun.

I don't know what the answer is I'm not even sure what the problem is (Pedro needing a partner/ better service/ to only be used as impact sub/something else)

 

[ashbees_captains_armband]

We played well for 30 minutes today and got a point against a good team.

You can either be positive or negative about that.

The team clearly has areas that's we are weak, our best three players are injured, and we are trying to induct another load of players into a functional unit. Attacking wise, you can see elements of not quite being coordinated, but progress is being made....and a point is useful.

We wont go down, but I think its going to be close

 

[Kevin Francis]

Probably been mentioned but can’t be arsed to check back through the pages, what what’s the reason we aren’t playing our best CM?

 

[TwoWrights]

So budgeting for money we might not get then spending it? Not very clever

It's many a year since I worried about City's finances, they're often poor and sometimes good, 'twas ever thus.


The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.

 

[tigerrev]

Say what? That we've got most of our hardest games out the way? We have.

That's not to say the games coming up are easy - but after Sunderland we only have to play one more of the current top six. For a team fighting relegation that's kind.

It doesn't mean it'll be easy.

Sheff U away was a hard game on paper - Stoke at home looked the far easier of the two. You never can tell. We'll probably win at Sunlan and lose at Cardiff.

 

[Drew]

Sheff U away was a hard game on paper - Stoke at home looked the far easier of the two. You never can tell. We'll probably win at Sunlan and lose at Cardiff.

Don’t disagree but if you’re offering me a match against someone in the top half or someone in the bottom half - I’m taking the latter.

That was my point really - the team will have no one to blame but themselves if they don’t survive with the fixtures remaining - not that it’ll be easy.

 

[Newland Tiger]

I thought we were very lucky to get a point when they scored so early in the second half

We did get a point though

I'm not usually a conspiracy theorist but something is going on with us not playing Puerta

 

[highpeak tiger]

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[augustatiger]

I thought we were very lucky to get a point when they scored so early in the second half

We did get a point though

I'm not usually a conspiracy theorist but something is going on with us not playing Puerta

If we play him we have to buy him

 

[Chazz Rheinhold]

What are you talking about. Matazo was excellent once he came on

Oh he was out of this world
Alongside the best player who ever played at hull city in the centre of midfield
Well we were just outstanding

 

[bradymk2]

Oh he was out of this world
Alongside the best player who ever played at hull city in the centre of midfield
Well we were just outstanding

Somethingd has to give

These excellent midfield performances but doing absolutely **** all to scoring a goal?
Or controlling the game

I thought matazo was dissappointing as **** today

 

[Amin Arrears]

I think Matazo looks the real deal and to be honest out of all the players we have he is probably the one I’m most excited to see how he turns out long term alongside Belloumi, but I felt the same about Omur this time last year and look how that turned out. At this moment in time though Puerta is top dog and he needs to be back in the team asap, why the **** hasn’t he been playing?

 

[highpeak tiger]

If we play him we have to buy him

Then buy him

 

[askewshair]

He’s managed the same amount of points in four fewer games. 1.15 for Sellés vs 0.88 for Walter.

Which is good enough to avoid the drop

 

[John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.]

Not too disappointed with the result or the performance, Norwich are a good side, and we restricted them to very few chances.

We are a team that has had a lot of changes after the January window, and it takes time for the players to gel.

I thought generally the back 4 played well, even though Norwich had the lion share of possession, the midfield on the whole did okay in front of the back line, limiting them to very few chances.

Both Gelhardt & Barrie looked lively in the first half, and will get better. Pedro is class, he just needs more of the ball in the forward areas.

Pity we didn't get the win, but overall a point is better than nothing. Hopefully we can go and at least get something from the Sunderland game, thereafter 2 very important home games against fellow strugglers.

 

[Diego Gomezjurado]

You say that but at least 9 people so far had Macca in in top 3 for man of the match

They are not serious. He’s a poor player and a terrible left back. Have no clue what they are watching. He shows a bit of pashun and is from the right latitudes, that’s the only reason why he gets in people’s MOTM votes.

 

[SydneyTiger14]

They are not serious. He’s a poor player and a terrible left back. Have no clue what they are watching. He shows a bit of pashun and is from the right latitudes, that’s the only reason why he gets in people’s MOTM votes.

He's actually surprised me with his technical ability, has some good footwork in close and got us out of trouble on a number of occasions.

 

[Mckechnie Orange]

Yup it was clearly interfering with play, very distracting. and ref should have stopped play before the goal.

Didn't see a line drawn on the replay, but it was definitely on side at the time the ball was played.

 

[Mckechnie Orange]

I think Matazo looks the real deal and to be honest out of all the players we have he is probably the one I’m most excited to see how he turns out long term alongside Belloumi, but I felt the same about Omur this time last year and look how that turned out. At this moment in time though Puerta is top dog and he needs to be back in the team asap, why the **** hasn’t he been playing?

Because he's not top dog.