Me too, as long as Bruce cuts out that last twenty minute defensive bollocks in every game, along with only deciding to attack in the last ten minutes if we're a goal behind. ****.
What I would like to see us do is cash in a few poker chips in January (Some players whose contracts expire and will not renew) we've got an over excess in the midfield department. I'd then like to lay all that cash on Rhodes and a keeper. Send out a message to the rest of this league - let's start smashing teams.
Love it, GLP, but do be aware that i you're thinking of getting rid of Meyler, you'll have Chazz down on you like a ton of bricks. ("He's my boy!")
Man United bought a 23 year old Norwegian, who'd only played in the Norwegian League. A goal per game (approx) in Norway (most in a Div4/5 League team - Clausenengen), a goal every 2.5 games he played for MU....a large number of which were as a sub. Diomande ( age 25) scored every 2.3 games in the top Norwegian League. You never know until we see this lad play...better players around him ?
Yes, he was bought in 1996 (?) when the difference between the two countries leagues was a lot narrower, before the PL money had properly ramped up and training and diets were still relatively Stone Age. One of the top scorers in the UEFA Cup around that time was Peter Møller for Brondby.. not sure we see stats for teams like that anymore. But as you say, he could well step up. I donæt believe he will. ESSEX GULL
Yeah so would i !!! It was a reference to the song Has a matter of interest if we won the title how do people think it would rank in our list of achievments???
Being a yo-yo club (which hopefully we are) is a good way to evolve. When Browny took us up we had to buy a complete Prem team because we had no top flight experience. When Bruce took us up we still had some ex Prem players and for that reason I think we made a better fist of it (even though the end result was the same). If we go up this season we will have retained a primarily Premier League squad, so significant investment in the team next summer would take us to a higher level of quality than we've ever had.
Being a yo-yo club is a bad thing if each time you drop down with significantly more debt attached to the club - it means Hull are more likely to go bankrupt and out of business when the bubble pops. Also means that more money has to be pumped into the club to get it back up. ESSEX GULL
The problem is at present we have quite a few players only contracted until the end of this season. I can see us having to cash in on those that won't extend contracts so we at least get a fee. The power is now in the hands of the player rather than the club. Hopefully we can extend a few and hopefully we can shift a few. We've an embarrassment of riches in midfield, so I don't think losing some will impact us. I'd be looking to sign a top striker in this league and a goalkeeper capable of challenging and usurping McGregor. Then we're ready.
Hull City's Adama Diomande: 'I'm suited to physical English game' please log in to view this image DAMA Diomande has vowed to make up for lost time when he finally gets the all-clear to make a delayed Hull City debut. Five weeks after making a £1.7m move from Norwegian side Stabaek on deadline day, Diomade is still waiting to make his first appearance in City colours. The 25-year-old was forced to undergo groin surgery just days after arriving in England, ruling him out of action for at least six weeks. ity's medical team are optimistic that Diomande can begin training with his new team-mates at the end of the current international break and that should bring his Championship bow before the end of the month. "It has been very frustrating. Football is my life so it's not the same when you are just watching," Diomande told the Mail. "You don't have the same feeling. I have had to sit at home and watch TV. It is a little bit boring but I am a quiet man. "It's not always a good start to make but I have signed for three years and I'm very patient about my stay here. I will be 100 per cent fit when I come back." Injury woes have made it a nightmare start to life in English football for Diomande but he believes an education in Norway ensures he can be an instant hit. "I am suited to the English game," added Diomande, who scored six goals in his last three games for Stabaek before joining City. "It is almost like the Norwegian game. "There are more high-profile players here than in the Norwegian league but when you see Norwegians come over they are very good. "It's a physical game at home, like the Championship, so it suits me. To play in England is the main target for a lot of people. It is the league we grow up watching more than the Norwegian league. Everyone is desperate to come to England. That's the main goal." Surgery last month has denied Diomande the chance to help Norway reach Euro 2016 tomorrow but the international break has at least provided the opportunity for the striker to step up his comeback. The centre-forward is making encouraging progress in the gym, and if that continues over the next week, he will be slowly introduced to full training. There is no prospect of Diomande featuring in the trip to Sheffield Wednesday a week tomorrow but a packed schedule that follows will give ample chances. "It's progressing," he added. "It is now four weeks (since the operation) but I don't yet know when I will be back. "At the moment I am walking on the treadmill, cycling and exercises like that. This week I have been in the swimming pool, a little bit of jogging but not too hard. "The medical staff respect my injury and I appreciate that. "The physio is the main person in the club when people are injured and you have to respect that. "I don't have a game in mind yet, not at all. I am just taking it week by week. We will see how we do." http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull...tory-27948322-detail/story.html#ixzz3o3f61Ysv
