Match Day Thread Hull City v Barnsley

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GLP said:
We’re too depressed to join in. Congratulations on your win on Saturday. We have a team of fannies and a full teams worth of first team players injured. You’ll never have had it easier.
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Not sure you've seen Bamford play!!

Hull and Leeds have a lot in common Chairman wise. Obviously the Allams are an absolute disgrace, as have been the likes of Bates, GFH, Ridsdale etc...
 
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Kempton said:
For all those blaming Terry.

Confucius, he say...

If I were to give you a tree, but no tools, could you build me a house?
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Did Confucius say owt about 'if I were to sign you 16 players that you agree to and have worked with most of before, even though several would not be your first choice due to budget constraints, could you still build me and coach & manage at the very least a functional, effective team'?

I guess he didn't but I suspect Enob did, and McCann replied he could. He had your pants down Enob.
 
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GLP said:
I’d be tempted with 4-5-1 for Saturday. But with more natural midfielders on the pitch.

Not sure if we even have 4 fit defenders?

Midfield has to have some energy so Batty/Stewart/Lopes/Irvine/Wilks

Up front Samuelson who looked handy in his few minutes. With Wilks supporting when we have the ball, dropping back into a 5 when we don’t.

No Magennis please Terry - I can’t stomach watching another hapless effort I witnessed last night. Maybe he can replace Long in goal, probably more use in goal than a non scoring centre forward.
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That effort he had when he should have scored was one of the worst I've seen for a long time. a League 2 striker would have put it away. It was at a key moment in the game too.
 
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HullCityAFC1904 said:
That effort he had when he should have scored was one of the worst I've seen for a long time. a League 2 striker would have put it away. It was at a key moment in the game too.
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A slight hesitation let their centre half put in a cracking block - had he got a few goals under his belt there'd have been no hesitation. He's another one lacking in confidence, had he scored he'd have got us a lucky point but more than that, it would have boosted his confidence no end.
 
HullCityAFC1904 said:
That effort he had when he should have scored was one of the worst I've seen for a long time. a League 2 striker would have put it away. It was at a key moment in the game too.
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It was dreadful. His second touch is normally a tackle. He has no awareness of players around him as whenever he wins a header (not very often) it goes straight to the opposition or to no one at all.
 
spesupersydera said:
A slight hesitation let their centre half put in a cracking block - had he got a few goals under his belt there'd have been no hesitation. He's another one lacking in confidence, had he scored he'd have got us a lucky point but more than that, it would have boosted his confidence no end.
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I know we’re shopping in bargain corner. I’d rather have Dicko in the team. At least Dicko has a bit pace and closed down defenders.
 
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GLP said:
I know we’re shopping in bargain corner. I’d rather have Dicko in the team. At least Dicko has a bit pace.
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Totally agree.
Another ridiculous situation that we're now paying the price for.
It didn't previously work for Dicko with us, but it's a fact he was a decent striker & goalscorer before joining us. A fresh start under McCann ..... IF he knew how to get the best out of him (big IF).
McCann has to find a way to make it work for Magennis as there's no way Balogh or KLP will be the better answer. Most of the time, as with Eaves, there's no point winning headers as there's no ****er round him feeding off him. At least it sticks a little (just a little) more with him than Eaves.
Bigger problems are elsewhere on the park. Get those right and we might just see more from Magennis (or Eaves if he was fit).
 
Gone For A Walk said:
Totally agree.
Another ridiculous situation that we're now paying the price for.
It didn't previously work for Dicko with us, but it's a fact he was a decent striker & goalscorer before joining us. A fresh start under McCann ..... IF he knew how to get the best out of him (big IF).
McCann has to find a way to make it work for Magennis as there's no way Balogh or KLP will be the better answer. Most of the time, as with Eaves, there's no point winning headers as there's no ****er round him feeding off him. At least it sticks a little (just a little) more with him than Eaves.
Bigger problems are elsewhere on the park. Get those right and we might just see more from Magennis (or Eaves if he was fit).
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KLP is already a better proposition for playing up front. The goals he has scored for us already show he’s a better finisher than anyone else at the club.
 
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Godrevy Buoy said:
I don’t know wether we should be trying to get the win now or just try to stop us losing. I am sure now that Batty and Stewart should form the core of our midfield. We desperately need to start winning the ball and retaining it. Our possession stats are just desperate in most games. So it means either we can’t pass or we are just hoofing it anywhere. Long again picking up the blame but what can you expect when he has over twenty shots to deal with. He need better protection from the middle of the park and the defenders. The more of the this he has the less potential for an error. Listened to McCann interview and found it alarming again. He talks about fighting all the time, fight this, good group etc etc., He never talks about quality or retaining the ball. Patience or resilience is unknown to him. He needs to take responsibility for what’s going on for the full 90, this is his team and he has brought in the players. If they were not the players he wanted then he needs to stick up for himself more. Also he ought to set a better example rather than slouching around all the time. For Gods sake get stuck into the players and make them do their jobs as professional footballers should. He remains for me a lower league manager. Its **** in the cold light of today to call for someone’s head but I don’t think he is the man for the job anymore. We need to get rid before it’s too late.
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Agree.
 
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dennisboothstash said:
Nonsense
The actual highlight of the night was Askew trying to get in by scanning the card he got with his router that has the password on it

Genuinely hilarious, particularly when it became clear he hadn’t brought his actual pass because he thought that was it!

City managed to stop me laughing or course, but it took a while
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<laugh> Bet he blamed the Allam’s anarl.
 
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Gone For A Walk said:
Totally agree.
Another ridiculous situation that we're now paying the price for.
It didn't previously work for Dicko with us, but it's a fact he was a decent striker & goalscorer before joining us. A fresh start under McCann ..... IF he knew how to get the best out of him (big IF).
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£4 million worth if memory serves me correctly...
 
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