In that case it would have to be 4-4-2 surely? What is Hobbs' injury and any suggestion how long he may be out?
City simply were not at the races for large parts. The midfield sadly just did not work like it should have. Hobbs is a Big doubt now for saturday (twisted ankle) so Bruce will drop back and then we will only have 3 cb left fit. Evans and Quinn back into central midfield with Boyd and Simpson up top. imo. Gedo looked lost last night so i expect him to be off the bench at some point against Middlesboro.
Funny how some of you posters here are criticising Watford for the way they played; diving, strong arm stuff and time wasting. Strangely it's the same way Hull City played at Watford, when you won. And if Steve Bruce hadn't had the game delayed a day because of the game in Huddersfield you would probably have won this one too, so much for mind games. Having been at the game (unhappily right up at the back of the west stand), and looking at the stats, perhaps Hull were unlucky not to get something from this game but when key players are out and other experienced heads don't perform, looked like Koren was on his holidays already, you will have problems against a team like Watford at the moment. You lost, so what, you still have a slight advantage in the league and we have a game against Peterborough (doesn't matter how we play they seem to have something on us) to come - just a shame Cardiff are top and Palarse haven't imploded.
I'm concerned about Boyd playing another game as he looked tired last night! Get him out of central midfield and in to a free role so he can influence play further up the pitch without having to do the donkey work in midfield
Tbh not all of us think that, Many of us think you deserved the victory and most of us are very nervous right now.
Fair comments ^^^^^ more or less. Koren blew hot and cold for me and he was not strong enough on Deeney for the goal. In saying that I would rather have our next 3 fixtures than the ones Watford have. For those who dont know Watford play Cardiff @ home saturday 5.20pm ko and then travel to Peterboro and Millwall. All to play for still.
The only highlights were reading McShane’s comment in the programme that he left Manchester United because he “got the feeling that Gerard Pique was fancied ahead of him”, and hearing the bloke near me in E1 scream “who’s been eating my porridge?” at Troy Deeney every time he touched the ball It’s no coincidence that the first twenty minutes, where we actually tried to play football and looked comfortable in possession, were our best. After that it was a case of, ‘lump it as hard as you can’. As Bob has pointed out many times before, you’d be hard-pushed to find a more tactically inept manager than Bruce. His substitutions were the wrong ones and came far too late. Also, do we even practice set-pieces? Corners seem to be either granny-passes to the bloke defending the near-post or lumped as hard as possible to the opposite corner flag. Free-kicks are only put into the box if there’s nobody to get on the end of them; otherwise they’re played short, then back to the original kick-taker to **** about with until he concedes possession Alex Bruce – please just get the **** away from my club – one of the worst players I’ve seen in a City shirt in a very long time. He’s worse than Junior Lewis and Simon Walton
That's not what you said, you said "Watford are on miles better form than us" for some reason you think its nailed on that Watford are going to finish second.
