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Match Day Thread Hull City v Preston North End

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Chazz Rheinhold, Feb 16, 2023.

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City win?

  1. City win

  2. Draw

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  1. kingstontiger

    kingstontiger Well-Known Member

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    Did you see Tetteh playing as a battering ram CF when Oscar went off at Norwich? Neither did anyone else. Clearly has ability but really don't see him in that role at all. If Connolly is fit, I think Tetteh will be on the bench.
     
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  2. Ehab's Member

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    Impossible to judge when he'd just spent 70 minutes chasing shadows in a beaten team after not starting a game for five months. He's shown enough early in the season to suggest he's wasted out wide.
     
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  3. Ehab's Member

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    Usually when I see the ball played up to him he either fails to control it and we lose possession or he falls over looking for a foul.
     
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  4. tigerrev

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    2-0 win tomorrow I reckon.

    Said result will have people going on about a play-off charge, but I think that is fairly unrealistic at this stage. We are an average championship side - and that is an improvement on last season, when we were a poor championship side - and we will probably finish mid-table this season.
     
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  5. kingstontiger

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    Yes but the point in Al Rawdah's post was about him playing as a central striker, which he did for several games and worked the defence really hard. We actually scored 7 goals in 2 away games with him in that role. Not saying he is the answer but that was the point being made.
     
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  6. Aquity

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    Think Ingram may be dropped for this one on account of his poor distribution
     
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  7. Idi Amin

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    Just a matter of time. Don't think there's quite enough of a reason Just yet
     
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  9. WSTiger

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    Well someone has said it. Oscar cant hold the ball up, that seems a crtical skill for a CF to have. Its been obvious for a long time.
     
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  10. Kalman

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    I think Óscar is okay at holding the ball up but it’s not his main attribute. He’s a poacher, not a target man.
     
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    Which is why he should be playing off Tetteh, not the other way round.
     
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  12. Kalman

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    True.
     
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  13. springtiger

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    Oscars success early season was having Tetteh wide left feeding him I recall
     
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  14. Ehab's Member

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    That's true but since then I think we've seen that Oscar is not a target man who can hold the ball up or even keep possession. And I'm pretty sure we didn't buy Tetteh to play wide left.
     
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  15. SW3 Chelsea Tiger

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    One Gerry Ingram from the playing fields of North Hull Estate scored a lot of goals for PNE.
     
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  17. Sumatran_Tiger

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    Preston NHE?
     
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  18. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    Great lad
    Had many a beer with Gerry when he was in America
    Good foot baller and hard as **** on the pitch
     
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  19. dennisboothstash

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    I’ll bear that in mind if I need any feet baking…

    ;)
     
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  20. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    Very cruel
    I’m very very drunk
    I’m too drunk to tell you some stories about Gerry but he’s a proper legend
     
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