Hull City AFC v Brentford - Team news...

Adkins on injuries

Eric Lichaj and Reece Burke probably won’t feature but you never know. They’ve been out on the grass and I’d like to think b the Swansea game a lot of the players will be back. They’re close and I’ll sit down and come to a conclusion about risk and reward about this week.

If de Wijs misses the game he won’t be out for a long period of time. It’s quite vague at the moment but we’re in good spirits and all the players will want to play.

We have a big run of games now and if someone breaks down now they will be doubts for the entire period.

Kingsley and Evandro have been out on the grass we will wait and see how they progress.

Adkins on Mazuch and rotation

Ondrej has completed 90 minutes in the under-23 games playing at the stadium and he’s done well when he’s come on. We have to assess everybody and a lot of considerations. We don’t want to lose anyone. The spirit is good and they all want to be involved.

It’s been challenging to put the same team out two games running but the squad has acquitted themselves well.

You get on with it. We’ve had to adjust but everyone is contributing. Sometimes you have to change tactics and players for the opposition.

Brentford are statistically a very good side, I enjoy watching them play.

Adkins on Lewis-Potter

Every single player when they cross that white line for the team, there’s a real togetherness and confidence should be high.

He scored to good goals this week and it was a great experience for him on Saturday and he needs to smell it. To go to Millwall is a great experience because it’s what the Championship is.

There’s a pathway and some have got an earlier opportunity because of some of the injuries we’ve got. Don’t put too much emphasis on him but it’s goo that he’s involved.

Playing in an under-23s is different to the Championship.

Adkins on Bowen

We’ve not had any bids for Jarrod, if there is speculation it’s because he’s doing well. That’s good for us. We’re not looking for him to leave and we’ve not had any bids.

He needs to play, you look at some players who have maybe jumped and gone for the money and they aren’t playing. He’s working hard and he’s in good form. We’ll see what happens in January, but we’re not looking for him to leave.

Irvine will be called up after the Preston game to meet up with Australia and it’s a big miss for us but it’s a great honour for him.

 

Anyone need tickets for Saturday?

I bought two seats in E7 for £54, five minutes before junior rang me to tell me he'd got four corporate passes.

Open to offers, email to print at home if anyone wants them.

 

There’s probably a rule that you can’t give them to children or pensioners