I'm not a fan of his at all however it's the first person I've seen in any of the daily rags to tip us to stay up - although I'm not sure about his comments on our players - I would have thought Aluko was worth a mention rather than McLean.....
I was going to post it earlier, but everyone was arguing so it likely would have been ignored. Interestingly he has nearly the same table prediction as mine.
I think he must be confused about McLean. Bruce seems to have got the team playing well - but when is pre-season any guide? At least Bruce wont let any early successes go to his head.
Say what you want about his past, he is one pundit of a very very elite few that actually have any clue about what they're talking about.
he is an ex-player so he should know what he's talking about. mind you having said that so is Alan Hanson and he knows nowt.. that could be cos he is Scottish... ****er
Supposed to like this but it's impossible to hit the right icon on an iPhone. I agree entirely. Collymore is one of the better pundits.
Tony cottee on talksport earlier reckons us and palace are certainties for the drop, the way he was talking he thought palace had a better chance of staying up than us
The London media always favour their local teams, the bias twats. It's part and parcel of how they work.
Yeah... Just like the last two man united managers... Oh and then the rest, plus Mcgregor will be the guy that ultimately determines if we stay up! Ya *****
you need to look at the manager, which one has the most experience in relegation dog-fights. Steve Bruce V Ian Holloway. I'd say SB had the most experience in PL and with us he has a 49% win rate which is extremely impressive compared to Holloway's 35%.
As much as I agree, you have to remember that Bruce has been in the Prem for many seasons with three different clubs whereas Holloway has only been in it for one season.
Pretty sure we'll finish above palacce, need another two teams mind And what a terribly **** monday morning... My face is falling off
Stan Collymore is one of the better pundits. Anoth being Charlie Nicholas on sky sports. Chris kamara and Peter Beagrie are other good pundits. Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher say it as it is but again dont often see beyond the big clubs. The rest imo are just cluless hacks who dont do any research and just look at the big teams. I see a few other PL teams with much bigger problems than Hull City in trying to stay up.
I compared their win rates from both of their present clubs on wikipedia. Holloway Team Nat From To Record G W D L Win % Bristol Rovers England 13 May 1996 29 January 2001 247 90 70 87 36.44 QPR England 26 February 2001 6 February 2006 252 100 81 71 39.68 Plymouth Argyle England 28 June 2006 21 November 2007 71 28 23 20 39.44 Leicester City England 22 November 2007 23 May 2008 32 9 8 15 28.13 Blackpool England 21 May 2009 3 November 2012 161 62 43 56 38.51 Crystal Palace England 4 November 2012 Present 37 13 14 10 35.14 Total 800 302 239 259 37.75 Steve Bruce Team From To Record Games Won Drawn Lost Win % Sheffield United 2 July 1998 17 May 1999 55 22 15 18 40.00 H'dersfield Town 24 May 1999 16 October 2000 66 25 16 25 37.88 Wigan Athletic 4 April 2001 29 May 2001 8 3 2 3 37.50 Crystal Palace 31 May 2001 2 November 2001 18 11 2 5 61.11 Birmingham City 12 D'mber 2001 19 November 2007 270 100 70 100 37.04 Wigan Athletic 26 November 2007 3 June 2009 68 23 17 28 33.82 Sunderland 3 June 2009 30 November 2011 98 29 28 41 29.59 Hull City 8 June 2012 Present 51 25 9 17 49.02 Total 634 238 159 237 37.54 I spent time editing the bloody thing.. arranging it all pretty like! gah! it took me a pissing hour. check em out y'sen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bruce http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Holloway
Tony Cottee is in line for a good slap along with the likes of Tony Gale, Paul Walsh, Paul Merson and LeTiss. All the southern pundits are clueless and dont see anything outside of the big clubs and London. 100% agreed ^^^^ this.
