Hull (a) Post Match Thread

67% possession.

14 fouls to 11.

How does that happen? Week after week. Genuine question. Are we intrinsically dirty?
 
sir baconface said:
Important we didn't let Chelsea widen the gap.

KDB and Sagna best for me.
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Sagna defensively is as Good as anyone. His off the line clearance will probably be forgotten by most but it was the most crucial piece of play in that match.
 
3-0 flattered us, we didn't play well. But all that mattered was the result. Luckily our quality told in the end and we get 3 points. Great clearance off the line by sagna though after the flapping by Bravo. Also feel we look better with our 2 more mobile full backs.
 
MarsLlama said:
I don't usually like to criticise the team too much, but I think we can all agree that the first half at Leicester- just two weeks ago- was a disaster, and one of the worst performances we've seen in a long time.

I'm so impressed with and proud of the way Pep and the team have turned things around. Two professional, clean sheet victories, one of which was away from home. One brilliant comeback win against a title rival. Seven scored, just one conceded, and all without our top goalscorer and our captain, who's also our best defender, and we somehow got by without Delph as well.

Fernando, Touré, Otamendi, Kolarov and Sterling have stepped the fuck up in these three games, as has everyone- even Bravo has shown no sign of the nerves that made him (undeservedly, in my opinion) unpopular. I don't know exactly what Pep has changed, but he's done it well and it's worked.

Congratulations City, and long may it continue.
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Great post.
 
Rocky Marciano used to punch his opponents in the arms for the first 6 rounds till they were unable to defend themselves. Then he battered them into submission. That's what we've just seen
 
Not vintage but three points was all that mattered today. Another three on Saturday and I'll be chuffed to monkeys .
 
SWP's back said:
Such as who. In the premier league?
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Are you asking me to tell you who we should have signed from the Premier League?

What I'm getting at is this...

Yaya and Silva aren't quite the forces they were. And Nasri has gone. Between those 3 we managed to have a great handle on games because each player kept the flow of our game going. Nasri and Silva in particular were great without actually scoring a goal or setting up a goal. They wanted to always be on the ball and it resulted in us looking much more threatening as a team in general. We got good overlapping width and we also looked much calmer at the back because we had more control.

Sometimes our games tend to resemble basketball at times. We are racking up ridiculous possession stats yet looking all at sea when we are attacked by anyone with quality...and I personally think that's because we have good but wildly inconsistent defenders, great but wildly inconsistent match winners and not enough midfield metronomes - I know Gundogan was brought in to help with that but even before his injury, he was up and down. I think we notice Dinho for his interceptions, energy and tackling, and De Bruyne for his assists or goals, but I think we are missing someone who knits everything together.

Not a knock, just an observation.
 
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