Get in Cisse you sexy beast - My thoughts on the Hull game

Can't be arsed to go on about the protest. ****ing retarded.

We can pick the bones out of the performance, but really Hull did us with two great goals.

I actually stood up and applauded Jelavic's goal. Superb.

I said to myself after 0-1, this is the sort of game that requires a Ben Arfa or a Cisse.

Cisse is looking sharp, and he could be the key to injecting some ****ing life into our side.

Our last 2 home games just goes to show that individual quality is massively important to us, because the managers tactics are ****ing dreadful. Any other club he'd have been sacked by now.

Anyway -

Ratings -

Krul - 6 - Decent distribution, couldn't really do much about the goals.

Janmaat - 6 - Caught out a bit at times, but some good crosses and decent forward play.

Colo - 6.5 - Good defensive play at times. Fairly solid.

Willo - 6 - Some sloppy play, but not bad.

Dummett - 5.5 - Don't understand why he's picked over Haidara, but not bad today, apart from a few stupid challenges.

Gouff - 6.5 - Good work rate, good assist, and getting back into the areas he should be in. IMO he should be allowed freedom to get himself into the box more often. He's not just the next Jonas for me.

Tiote - 6.5 - Stupid tackles at times, but good aggressive play that made a difference and some decent passing.

Colback - 6.5 - Caught out at times on the ball, but looked our best threat in the first half and got into some decent positions. Unlucky not to have scored.

Cabella - 5.5 - Anonymous for a lot of the game. Some decent dribbles that won us free kicks and some decent passing.

Sissoko - 5.5 - Good work rate and running, no end product.

Riviere - 5 - Better finishing required.

Sammy - N/A

Cisse - 9 - Superb display. Two goals and also great work rate, closing down and great touches. Hopefully he'll lift the side and start scoring again.

MOTM - Cisse. Sexy beast.

 

Just don't place too much hope/pressure on Cisse. He's been crocked and was previously out of form. Great to see him scoring again, but let's give him time.

 

Agreed.

 

Krul - 5 - More willing to play it short. I think he should have been on his toes for a Diame shot. It's traveled fully 25 yards and he's not managed to move more than half a yard from his starting position. Dropped a cross, didn't spread himself too well vs Quinn...

Janmaat - 7 - Looks better than Debuchy to me.

Colo - 6.5 - He played ok, Hull did almost get by our pairing a couple of times, but him and Willo were nowhere near Jelavic, and they didn't push out to Diame. Extra 0.5 for that shot

Willo - 6 - As above, without the shot.

Dummett - 5 - Meh

Gouff - 6.5 - Agree with you Tash.

Tiote - 7.5 - Made a MASSIVE difference to the team. He made Krul play it short, dropping deep time and again to get the ball, he always looked to play it forward, got us going. He made some very rusty challenges, passes etc (giving away the second goal), but he ran his heart out whilst clearly not match fit. Set-up a goal with a fantastic interception. Great to have a quality player back.

Colback - 4.5 - Thought he was anonymous, played simply, but offered little. Unfortunately gave Hull the ball for their first.

Cabella - 3 - He made about 3 passes with Riviere near the box... but that's as close to link-up play or doing something useful as it got. Awful set-pieces. He's not a good player.

Sissoko - 5 - Not good enough from him.

Riviere - 2 - Are we sure he's a striker?

Sammy - N/A

Cisse - 10... Was unbelievable when he came on. Couldn't do more.

 

I will give you a quicker overview on today, we dropped two points against a team which the only result we needed was 3 points which puts another nail in our obvious relegation coffin.

 

Tiote for all his good work tried a shonky crossfield pass that gifted them possession from which they scored the second goal.

 

I'm guessing (and praying) that what we saw of Cisse, is a Cisse that starts the season knowing he is the primary striker and not having to learn to play on the right wing or whatever.

 

I agree with JPF again. I think I'm ill. We had loads of the ball but hadn't a ****ing clue what to do with it. I guess that is pardews fault rather than having an average set of players. We must change manger and our playing squad. We must change our stupid transfer policy. I feel nothing for this current bunch. At least ba, cabaye, debuchy etc gave you a feel they were putting it in and had quality. What the **** are this lot.

 

I dunno I still give cabella a chance to adapt .. hes lightweight okay but just needs to anticipate a bit faster ,,,some times he was fouled by the stronger man ..but ref wouldn't give it .

colo just plays when he wants I think .... does the hard thing best . the easy thing badly . might be a bit better with cisse lurking aboot for riviere,, but we still going to leak goals im afraid ..even though the 2 strikes were brilliant from hull

 

How about a pelter for Carr for a change if its him why we bought Riviere then thats a big fail.

 

When I see Cabella I am forever reminded of those 2 toon stalwarts of history. Yes folks, I am of course referring to Luque and Xisco. The similarities are horrifying!!

 

With Cabella I do believe due to the type of player he is and his build that he has to be given time to see if he is able to adapt to the faster and more physical English game.

 

My Personal Opinion is that he's improving with every game. He had a few, fleeting, good moments yesterday, which is more than I can say about the previous games I've seen this season

 

We are still **** gid your all so fickle

 

Perhaps.

We don't know who Carr's first recommendation was or what opinion he gave about Riviere.

 

From a Hull City fans perspective I thought you were the better side and we scored two class goals out of the blue. Being two up we should have seen the game out and taken all three points. I don't think the game was solely changed by bringing on Cisse as a large element of your two goals came from our errors as much as Cisse's ability. The first goal we gave the ball away cheaply, even then the keeper was beaten at the near post, the second came from poor marking.

Had the game lasted another five minutes you'd have won as had the momentum and were the only side creating chances.

 

I think Cabella looked a little better yesterday. I'm still hopeful that he can be a useful player for us once he's fully up to speed.

 

And yet we still only managed to scrape a draw! Which is why Pardew needs to go!

 

Can't be ar**d to comment on your arrogant dismissal of a genuine protest, but congratulations on getting a point at home from a side which, in all probability, will finish in the lower reaches of the table.

Sexy, eh?