Players can be both hard working and technically good
That usually comes at a price, or is cost a factor to be ignored?
Players can be both hard working and technically good
Dan Gosling, Andrew Surman, Junior Stanislas, Ian Harte, Artur Boruc and Kenwyne Jones all had plenty of Premier League experience between them. Regardless of whether they'd played at the top level or not, their ability as footballers was better than that of the average Championship player, hence their promotion. They didn't get promoted by simply running around a lot and hassling the opposition, they got promoted by outplaying the other teams.
RWB = Right Wing Back. When Bruce plays a 3-5-2 formation the traditional RB responsibility does become the responsibility of the 3rd central defender on the right. Elmo does operate defensively - he's not the best at it. But he can certainly play that position. That's why we adopt 3-5-2 to accommodate Elmo and to have the 3rd centre half as security.He's not a RB, but he will be played there. What is a RWB? When played by Bruce, he spends very little time defending and when defence becomes the imperative we change to 4-4-2 with no wing-backs and, yes, you've guessed it, full-backs.
I suspect you missed me taking the piss.
If Huddlestone is head and shoulders above Quinn why did Quinn create more chances, score more goals and have more assists to his name?
If the options are Quinn and Meyler or Ramirez and Ben Arfa, then you're right, I'd take the former pair every day of the week.
If that means I have a 'Hull' attitude to you then so be it. For the record, Quinn isn't a workhorse at all, he's a tidy central midfielder who links play well, exceptionally well in the Championship. The fact that he works hard and gives a **** is merely a bonus.
Because it's relevant. He wasn't playing for us because he loves the East Riding, he was playing for us because at the time we gave him the best wages and the best chance of playing football. Just like his next club will. All this hand wringing over two players is slightly grating.
If we don't get better than him or Rosie, we will be struggling this season.
I don't get why you and some others keep harping back to our last promotion, neither of those players is the same player now, nor are they what we need if we want a serious and proper promotion push with a team capable of staying up and doing better.
Ill say it again, if we can't get better than those two are currently, we will struggle.

Bologna are allegedly in for Hernandez.
Sky have apparently said we've made an approach for Whittingham from Cardiff(I didn't see it myself, so it could be bollocks).
Tosh and udder drivel this ^^^^^Whittingham would be a great signing, if of course there's anything in it. I'll check with my contacts at the snooker club. TWT as always.
Whittingham would be a great signing, if of course there's anything in it. I'll check with my contacts at the snooker club. TWT as always.
I've just seen some rather depressing numbers on Twitter...
We currently have 23 senior players, four of them are injured, at least three of them are expected to leave, one of them is suspended indefinitely and three of them have never made a league appearance for us.
We've a fair bit of work to do.
WELCOME TO HULL SAMARITANSI've just seen some rather depressing numbers on Twitter...
We currently have 23 senior players, four of them are injured, at least three of them are expected to leave, one of them is suspended indefinitely and three of them have never made a league appearance for us.
We've a fair bit of work to do.
I believe that significant City transfer happenings when they occur, (not rumour and chat), deserve dedicated threads and should not be mixed in with all this miscellany, is this in order or not.
I've just seen some rather depressing numbers on Twitter...
We currently have 23 senior players, four of them are injured, at least three of them are expected to leave, one of them is suspended indefinitely and three of them have never made a league appearance for us.
We've a fair bit of work to do.