Hull (a) Pre Match Thread

[Danny_Johnson4]

Chelsea are away to Bournemouth, Arsenal have West Brom at home, Spurs play Southampton away, United have Sunderland at OT and Liverpool play Stoke at Anfield.

Chelsea are at Home, mate.
And are again 3 days later to Stoke

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Sagna for zaba and fernandinho for fernando/yaya hopfully give silva a bit of rest as he is so important to our season!

 

[Newman Noggs]

Got to be the same side, get 3 points in the bag and go into the Liverpool game with 3 wins under our belt. We can afford to lose at Klanfield but not at Hull.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Dinho will play
Bravo
Sagna Stones Otamendi Kolarov
Fernando
Fernandinho Silva
Sterling De Bruyne Nolito
Willy tosin clichy tour navas sane kelechi

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

This will be a digging in sort of game,they hit the post 3 times in their last game so they do carry a threat,back 4 again please,muck about with in the FA Cup game

Aye. But West Ham were bloody awful.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Dinho back for this , would be tempted to give Merlin a rest and let Dinho or yaya play further forward with Fernando holding , Merlin would benefit from a rest he's getting on a bit we need him fresh for the Mourners

 

[The Pink Panther]

why why why would anyone leave out de bruyne and sterling. People really overrate out squad players.

Must win game this

Did you actually read what was in my post?

That was my team prediction, not what I said I'd pick

 

[leth]

Fernando and Kolarov are one yellow card away from a suspension so i'd bring in Fernandinho and Stones. Keep as many options available for the key game against Liverpool. Sagna in for the injured Zabaleta. Keep the rest the same as yesterday. If circumstances in the game allow, try to throw Garcia some minutes and keep Yaya as fresh as possible.

 

[cibaman]

I would be surprised if Ihaenacho doesn't start, assuming he's fit. I don't think that this is the sort of game where Pep will go with a false 9. I would expect Kelechi to get behind their centre backs a few times. It seems the ideal game to bring him back.

The first part of the Xmas schedule doesn't seem that bad. Sunday-Monday week-Saturday is a decent gap between games. Its the Burnley game which will be the one where fatigue sets in. It will be interesting to see if Pep plays more or less the same team for Hull and Liverpool and then makes a number of changes for the Burnley game. Or, perhaps brings in Nolito, Navas, Stones just for the Hull game. One thing is for certain, his selection for the Hull game will be influenced in part by his thinking on what sort of team he wants to select against Burnley.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Fernando and Kolarov are one yellow card away from a suspension so i'd bring in Fernandinho and Stones. Keep as many options available for the key game against Liverpool. Sagna in for the injured Zabaleta. Keep the rest the same as yesterday. If circumstances in the game allow, try to throw Garcia some minutes and keep Yaya as fresh as possible.

Definitely agree with this. Fernando and Kolarov are not exactly the best players in the world, but we still need them to be available for selection in such a big match.