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Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Disco Dancing Elmo, May 10, 2013.

  1. Disco Dancing Elmo

    Disco Dancing Elmo Member

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  2. carmen newell

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    pretty fair really
     
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  3. Quill

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    Just read it, felt I had to make the comment at the bottom that Cardiff also didn't have a high-scoring player all season.

    Good fair article all around though.
     
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  4. Robo

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    Ditto, fair and to the point.
     
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  5. bum_chinned_crab

    bum_chinned_crab Well-Known Member

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    Completely fair and balanced review. Whilst other teams blew hot and cold - brilliant for 2 months and then dire for 2 - it was ourselves and Cardiff who just plodded on grinding out results with consistency. Is it the case that our longest winless streak came at the very end of the season and totalled just 4 games? If you do that then you're doing ok.
     
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  6. John. Walkington.

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    Fair enough article. Very balanced.
    We did just plod along under the radar.
     
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    pierredelafranchesca Well-Known Member

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    Sums our season up perfectly, consistently under estimated, viewed with almost disdain by the media and FL show in particular but bottom line is we got the job done.
     
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    Most factual article I have read about us since we won promotion. Consistency and astute management supported by the Allams saw us through in the end whilst the other contenders flattered to deceive.
     
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  9. mazzer

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    A good and unbiased article.
     
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  10. Kempton

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    I seem to juggle oranges,for no apparent reason.
     
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  11. John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.

    John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. Well-Known Member

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    I would say I reasonably well balanced view of our season, which highlights if Aluko had stayed fit, then we could well have won the league.
     
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  12. BigotAlertAnalRimMan

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    well written!

    to be pedantic though, it's harakiri not harikiri
     
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  13. originallambrettaman

    originallambrettaman Mod Moderator Staff Member

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    Though it's generally written as harakiri, it's actually just an English spelling of a Japanese word, so there is no formal correct spelling.

    It's like Gedo/Geddo, or Elmohamady/Al-Muhammadi, which are just English spellings of Arabic words.
     
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  14. tigre

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    It does miss that, with a young team, Hull City on occasions played fluent, scintillating and once or twice really breathtaking football.
    Yes they did.
    I have to pinch myself but they did.
     
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  15. CANADATIGER

    CANADATIGER Well-Known Member

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    Very fair article...especially coming from a Leeds fan. I think our mainly young team with Aluko back will surprise the doubters next season. We've shown we can play good football and the more open play in the Prem should suit us.
     
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    Very good article, And over the season we probably deserved it. That said, if Watford had hit form a few weeks earlier then I think we'd have struggled to make Automatic promotion. And I think we need some very good signings this summer to compete next season.
     
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  17. Elland_Heaven

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    We're not as bad as you all think us Leeds fans. We'll even help out other teams once in a while!

    It's a very good article and it also sums up the league perfectly. Interesting though that both promoted teams didn't have one player between them with a goalscorer in double figures. I doubt thats hardly happened before if at all.

    Just goes to show you don't necessarily need a 20 goals a season man.
     
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  18. bum_chinned_crab

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    Slightly misleading I think, as if they'd signed Campbell say a month earlier he definitely would've done. He's undoubtedly a 20 goal a season striker at this level, probably the best striker in the division, and he saw them over the line. They just didn't sign him early enough to get 20 goals.
     
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    Equally if Aluko had stayed fit he'd have got another two goals.
     
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  20. Kempton

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    He'd have got more than another two,surely. He was out for ages,and i reckon we'd have been champions,but for that injury.
     
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