I rely on the thoughts on this forum here and reports. Interesting what Swanny said post game re Lopes. In the pre-match, Burnsy had said how good he'd been recently and McCann said he wanted more from him and for him to be more attacking. The lads confidence would have been growing and growing before today and as Swanny said, today he was asked to do things differently and be more aggressive.. For eons we've needed a midfield sitter, someone who breaks play, if he was £15 millions worth he could probably do as McCann asked. He's not and seemingly at the moment he can't. If it broke McCann, dont try and fix it, this is where your word consistency comes into play.
He also said lets hope Elder is not crocked because as soon as Kingsley appeared we were miles off it...
As TT said above, what must the team talk of been... "they'll come at you today because they've picked uo 2 points in 18 and lost 6 away on the spin.... "... FFS
Thoughts anyone..?
Sounds like an inner ear problem.Yeh I heard it, did he means its happened a lot lately, or it's a known thing? Hopefully tests are all ok.
**** offI rely on the thoughts on this forum here and reports. Interesting what Swanny said post game re Lopes. In the pre-match, Burnsy had said how good he'd been recently and McCann said he wanted more from him and for him to be more attacking. The lads confidence would have been growing and growing before today and as Swanny said, today he was asked to do things differently and be more aggressive.. For eons we've needed a midfield sitter, someone who breaks play, if he was £15 millions worth he could probably do as McCann asked. He's not and seemingly at the moment he can't. If it broke McCann, dont try and fix it, this is where your word consistency comes into play.
He also said lets hope Elder is not crocked because as soon as Kingsley appeared we were miles off it...
As TT said above, what must the team talk of been... "they'll come at you today because they've picked uo 2 points in 18 and lost 6 away on the spin.... "... FFS
Thoughts anyone..?
He was poor but less poor than da SilvaIf they'd have had Irvine today we'd have won - can't understand why he took Batty off - I know he said tactics but Irvine was screaming to be taken off - we desperately need a central midfielder and a striker in the transfer window
Can't really bring myself to moan about their time wasting after we ****housed them for the last 20 mins at their place like true pros. Just ****.
To be expected that we won at the Hull Ground, Nottngham- it's our easiest away win.
Likewise when they come here , expect an away win.
Hull were off colour, but Nottingham were a disgrace. As has been said, it was almost like watching vintage DQPR or some other time wasting cockney ****s.
Embarrassed to be a football fan the way their players were conning the officials.
Has it come to this? Fluke a pen in the first ten mins, then try and waste as much time as possible by pretending to be injured for the remaining 80 mins?
Thank **** I don't have to watch that ****house of a team every week. It must be soul-destroying knowing your team are con men.
Much rather watch our erratic inconsistent team. Proud to call myself a Hull supporter. Results mean **** all.
it’s that rolling around on the floor from players that ****ing annoys me about football. I hate seeing our players do it, any players. It’s just ****housery and it needs clamping down on.
Yes it’s **** to work on Christmas Day when everybody is having a drink and enjoying themselves. I should know I worked plenty over 30 years. But being a professional means proper preparation whichever job you are in. Proper preparation prevents piss poor performance. I think Terry got this wrong. Also we did not get the whole summer off.ON GIVING HIS PLAYERS CHRISTMAS DAY OFF…
It’s a day to be spent with family. I trust the boys. To bring them away from their families for an hour or two on Christmas Day – it’s not worth it. We’ve worked very hard over the last two or three days in preparation for the game on Boxing Day and the boys know exactly what we expect of them. We’ll be in here on Boxing Day morning for a couple of meetings on set-pieces etc, the team will eat together and we’ll be good to go.
I expect forest stayed overnight in a hotel
Focussed?? I expect
Worst performance of the season
Batty took a heavy knock from Grabban end of first half jon. maybe injured.Oh dear - oh dear - oh dear, that was a shocker, second best all over the field. I wouldn't mind any team being better than us, but Forest was also poor. I must say I agree with Chazz, I have always thought of giving them the day off was a mistake. I remember Phil Brown giving them the day off priory to in infamous Man City boxing day game, they just didn't turn up. Just bring them in for a couple of hours keeps them focus on the job, giving them the whole day off, IMO just lets them switch off mentally.
The only player I felt a little sorry for was Batty being taken off, he IMO was probably the better of the 3 midfielders. Irvine should have been shepherd crocked as he had a shocker.
Unfortunately, we are prone to these performances, and that will be our Achilles heel in the end of getting into the playoffs unless Grant finds a way of eradicating these bad days.
Let's hope they turn up performance-wise at QPR.
Batty took a heavy knock from Grabban end of first half jon. maybe injured.
Irvine did have a poor game but he kept going till the end when a lot were giving up and hiding,
Hopefully elder is ok as Kingsley is awful
Yeah, I noticed the physio had barely looked at Elder and Kingsley was.strippped and ready. Not sure what the offers tactically rather than Elder?According to Grant in the Burnsey post match interview, he was OK and it was tactical.