If we are lucky with injuries then I don't think we are worse than Sunderland last year. *** BIG IF ***
nah, no chance if Hughes delays his jump by half a second he heads it clear, was 100% his ball to win, just flubbed it and tbf he knew it
I think some are overreacting to that. We were clearly inferior on paper, but we fought, made a game of it and had created the only real chances of the game in the first 70 minutes or so despite playing largely on the break. It was frustrating to go behind to such a stupid goal (and then another shortly after) when we'd handled them so well and restricted them to so little. If it was a Philogene banger or something it'd be less frustrating, but really we threw it away when we'd done so well to that point. We obviously lacked a bit of quality in the attack, maybe the first time I've really thought we badly missed McBurnie. Maybe with a bit more quality up there we'd have gone ahead earlier in the game. We again had to work around the fact that Pandur when pressed really cacks himself and often has to accept just kicking the ball back to them. I thought tactically it was a really awkward game for us and Sergei did well to find a way to make it work. Just a shame we threw it away. We've been spoiled by good centre backs over the last 10, 15, maybe 20 years. Hughes is more talented than most of them but the actual outcomes with him defending aren't as good as they should be. You can definitely see why there's talk of a move for him, but he should be so much better at the basics sometimes. Greaves, Turner, Chester, Davies, Maguire, Wayne Brown, even the likes of Bruce, Hobbs, Anthony Gerrard or more recently Jones and McLoughlin. None of them would inexplicably miss that cross and let a little midfielder head home unchallenged behind him. None of them could ping a 50-yard pass like he can, and last home game he gave a brilliant all-round performance but too often he fails at the more simple stuff and costs us.
11 games between now and Christmas, we have to use the subs. Unfortunately we had little o i agree with all you say but he’s not the second best defender in the world
I have more likes than posts. You have less. Only Diane Abbott or Rachel Reeves would think that you are the winner. Sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite,
Also don't think we need to go all humble and say we can't hope for more than mid table because we've lost a couple. Look at the teams in this league. Preston and Millwall always seem to end up in and around it and their wage bills will be nowhere near ours. Our squad isn't on a par with Ipswich's but it's still very good, and this is a league where you can compete with relatively modest resources if you have the right mix of qualities. We've been doing that and hopefully we continue to.
We could still be playing now and we wouldn't have scored tonight. Never looked like doing so. Thought we did okay 1st half, but the difference between the two benches was massive. They could bring on Philogene and Akpom (who, given our current injuries would both be starters for us) The ref was not the reason we lost the game - we lost because we weren't good enough on the night - but he was more biased than the BBC. He might as well have has a blue shirt on.
Can feel the nails scratching down your headboard now. Best let the nurses in for a nice cuppa and meds.
I've said previously (literally in this thread) he may well be a great player in 5 years time but that's pretty irrelevant. He's been here almost half a season and has offered very little offensively. He was worth a gamble as Amin said but it hasn't worked out. It's not a weird dislike at all, and the manager clearly sees things the same as me which is why Ndala not Joseph came off for Destan. It's why Coyle continues to start at RB despite your dislike of him. It's why when I backed Slater through his dip in confidence last season he's come good out the other side of it. I wrote Lokilo off very early when others said he just needed time, and it's the same with Ndala and Akintola. We gamble on these cheap wingers and they rarely if ever work out. It happens.
Haha I did make the Slutsky comparison on the pod, but at least we seem to be scoring a bit more frequently than back then, and edging high scoring games a bit more often. I think a lot will come down to how quickly McBurnie, Lundstram and Millar get back up to speed, but a mid-table finish wouldn't be the end of the world, with hopefully a platform to improve next season with a few additions.
I always find it a bit strange that people who didn't go to the game criticise others for not going to the game
You still didn't answer my question. And you've wasted a lot of your time. Take that as a win old man Goodnight
Really? There are reasons I can’t get to night games not living in Hull. What are the reasons for those who live in Hull?
