Hull vs. City Pre Match Discussion

[Harvster]

No messing about, no more resting players, Zabs and Kolly to start every game for starters.

 

[blueincy]

PINK FLOYD

It was dark all around.
There were Blues in the ground
When the tigers took three.
And no one survived
Against the City team with Kompany V.
They were all left behind,
Most of them Sad,
The rest of them Crying.
And that's how the City Command
Took 3 Points from thee.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg12PHed0zc[/youtube]

 

[MihaiCity]

hart

zabba-kompany-lescott-kolarov

garcia-ferna

nasri-yaya-silva

dzeko

go there and take the points no matter how go City!!!

 

[BlueHammer85]

Who's more likely to start up front ?

 

[aguerooooo]

if memory serves the game at the Etihad was a dull unconvincing performance and at times we were outplayed , Bruce has done well with the Tigers and they will be up for this one, with this and Fulham next at home its vital we get the six points otherwise we will just be fighting for top four For us to finish out of the top four would be unthinkable but a possibility if we go into a downward spiral from our last two results We know full well the rag loving press would love us to go into meltdown and will question Pelligrini "s suitability for the job its not beyond the board to consider this if we were to miss out on qualification lets all hope we don't end up in the Thursday night nightmare which is the dreaded Europa League which has become the competition that NO team wants to compete in THREE POINTS TOMMOROW PLEASE BLUES

 

[SrilankanBlue]

Who's more likely to start up front ?

Dzeko I would imagine

 

[Damanino]

Cant drop any points because I can see Arse/Pool getting lot harder 3 points on Sunday. Spurs/Manyoo wont help us out they have their own problems and Sherwood doesnt know what he is doing while Moyes is the same but their defence wont be able to hold the fast attacks by pool.
While Chelsea is just will get the job done at Villa. Also the fact our game is the early one, they will all know if we dropped points, and if we do they just will want to win even more.

 

[Scouse Blue]

We need the spirit of when we last won the league.We have 12 cup finals and have to be up for every single one from the off,not flaffing about and only stirring into panicked life when we go a goal down.

Based on Chelsea's results this season they should get to 86 points

If we're setting targets, then we need 29 points from 12 games to give us a good chance. 9 wins, 2 draws, 1 defeat

It is doable if we can get some form and fluency back,our forwards stop misfiring and we finally have some luck with injuries.Given that we have Arsenal,Liverpool and the rags away it is going to be tough.

And one of our "bogey teams" Everton

 

[kaz7]

if memory serves the game at the Etihad was a dull unconvincing performance and at times we were outplayed , Bruce has done well with the Tigers and they will be up for this one, with this and Fulham next at home its vital we get the six points otherwise we will just be fighting for top four For us to finish out of the top four would be unthinkable but a possibility if we go into a downward spiral from our last two results We know full well the rag loving press would love us to go into meltdown and will question Pelligrini "s suitability for the job its not beyond the board to consider this if we were to miss out on qualification lets all hope we don't end up in the Thursday night nightmare which is the dreaded Europa League which has become the competition that NO team wants to compete in THREE POINTS TOMMOROW PLEASE BLUES

Get a grip man

 

[pml79]

A 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 xmas tree formation yaya fern n milner silva n nasri just in front with edin up top zab n kolarov fullbacks with kompany n mdm centre backs

 

[paulchapo]

Based on Chelsea's results this season they should get to 86 points

If we're setting targets, then we need 29 points from 12 games to give us a good chance. 9 wins, 2 draws, 1 defeat

It is doable if we can get some form and fluency back,our forwards stop misfiring and we finally have some luck with injuries.Given that we have Arsenal,Liverpool and the rags away it is going to be tough.

And one of our "bogey teams" Everton

Shit i had forgotten those buggers!! Too tall an order for me unless we suddenly get our fluency and form back as stated earlier.

 

[blueincy]

It is doable if we can get some form and fluency back,our forwards stop misfiring and we finally have some luck with injuries.Given that we have Arsenal,Liverpool and the rags away it is going to be tough.

And one of our "bogey teams" Everton

Shit i had forgotten those buggers!! Too tall an order for me unless we suddenly get our fluency and form back as stated earlier.

Yeah, see what you mean.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ab-pYgm-8g[/youtube]

 

[Motty]

And one of our "bogey teams" Everton

Call Everton a bogey team...we haven't won away at Hull in the league for 105 years!

Would be absolutely delighted with a scrappy, dogged, gritty, 1-0 win from this one.

As said in a previous post, Bruce will have Hull bang up for it.

Would play Navas in this one to exploit the space available by Hull playing 3 centre backs. Would be worried that if we played both Silva and Nasri, we'd just constantly end up running out of space and we'd become too easy and predictable to defend against.

Also vital we don't let Huddlestone dictate the game. He always seems to play well against us. If Hull are to win, he'll be a vital part of it. Fernandinho and Garcia should nullify him reasonably though.

Team: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy, Garcia, Fernandinho, Yaya, Navas, Silva, Dzeko

Subs: Pantilimon, Demichelis, Kolarov, Milner, Nasri, Lopes, Negredo

 

[paulchapo]

And one of our "bogey teams" Everton

Shit i had forgotten those buggers!! Too tall an order for me unless we suddenly get our fluency and form back as stated earlier.

Yeah, see what you mean.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ab-pYgm-8g[/youtube]

Yep that was at home,it is a different story at Goodison.

 

[blueincy]

Edited to wipe off Youtube Clip.



Yep that was at home,it is a different story at Goodison.[/quote]

Different tactics, different Manger or should I say Managers. I Don't go for all this Bogey team malarkey, Did we not just Beat Sunderland in the Capital One Cup, Supposedly are bogey team? The Team and Quality of Players we have at our disposal at this moment in time should be smashing teams like this no matter how hard they try, Home or away. It's still grass we play on and virtually the same size pitch is it not? If not we have more of an advantage with having one of the biggest pitches in the prem, less running smaller Diamonds.

 

[blueincy]

And one of our "bogey teams" Everton

Call Everton a bogey team...we haven't won away at Hull in the league for 105 years!

Would be absolutely delighted with a scrappy, dogged, gritty, 1-0 win from this one.

As said in a previous post, Bruce will have Hull bang up for it.

Would play Navas in this one to exploit the space available by Hull playing 3 centre backs. Would be worried that if we played both Silva and Nasri, we'd just constantly end up running out of space and we'd become too easy and predictable to defend against.

Also vital we don't let Huddlestone dictate the game. He always seems to play well against us. If Hull are to win, he'll be a vital part of it. Fernandinho and Garcia should nullify him reasonably though.

Team: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy, Garcia, Fernandinho, Yaya, Navas, Silva, Dzeko

Subs: Pantilimon, Demichelis, Kolarov, Milner, Nasri, Lopes, Negredo

The press make it sound dramatic, it's actually 4 draws 4 losses in the League. We actually won in the FA Cup there in 1970 0-1 as someone has mentioned on this thread already. Like your Rony on the bench, I think he should be given more chances.

 

[CAPTAINKIPPAX]

We should win this one Hull have quite a poor recent record at home (last 8 WDLWLDLL) an ugly 1 - 0 win will do me tho, I'm looking for a good response after what was a creditable performance if ultimately too big an ask on Wednesday night shame we've lost Kun again (his fragility is starting to worry me) looks like another 2 weeks.

 

[micky_blue]

With Chelsea's lead 9 points we need to ensure that we win at Hull, and keep winning until we have played our games in hand and close on Chelsea and anyone else.
Lose on Saturday and go 12 points behind Chelsea and that is the title over for us I believe, and we then have a battle to ensure a top 3 place, with Liverpool in such good form in particular, and a loss may even also give Spurs, Everton and even Man Utd a glimmer of catching us especially as we still have to play both Utd and Everton away.

Could the doomsday scenario occur where we lose at Arsenal, Liverpool, Utd and Everton (and maybe even Hull) and in fact get caught by one or more from Everton, Spurs or Utd ?

Will we we be hoping that Man Utd beat Liverpool on Sunday or of we win at Hull is that outcome not as important ?

We have not played well since Spurs away and with none of our strikers scoring since that day either and Aguero now possibly injured yet again, there is a slight worry that the season could end badly.

If we finished 5th would Pellegrini still be manager at the start of next season because we have won the League Cup ?

Where do you think we will finish now in the League ?

What do you think will be the outcomes of the remaining fixtures . My predictions as follows ?

Hull (A) - Draw - 1 pt
Fulham (H) - Win - 3 pts
Utd (A) - Draw - 1 pt
Arsenal (A) - Lose - 0 pts
Southampton (H) - Win 3 pts
Liverpool (A) - Lose - 0 pts
WBA (H) - Win - 3 pts
Crystal Place (A) - Win - 3 pts
Everton (A) - Lose - 0 pts
West Ham (H) - Win - 3 pts
and
Sunderland (H) - Win - 3 pts
Aston Villa (H) - Win - 3 pts

Thus 23 pts from last 36 pts to give us a total of 80 pts - Not enough to win the league but likely enough to finish 2nd or 3rd ?

Thoughts, predictions ?

Thoughts? I think that you are a cheerful sort........there was better news in the doomsday book

 

[gmckennasell]

hulls last home game they folded against newcastle and lost 4-1 , you can bet they will be a totally different side against us , and take into consideration we havent won their in the league 108 years , (all of 7 games i think) a pointless media stastistic . But we need to put pressure on chelsea its an early kick off and we can get within 6 points , and hope mourinhos "little horses" cock it up at Villa.

 

[Ed2607]

For my sins I've just watched the home match against Hull again (yes I'm a sad fuck who records every match and watches them time and time again)
Our home match was no walk in the park, that's for sure, and although we eventually won 2-0 it could've been so different and they caused us a multitude of problems so don't expect Saturdays game to be an easy match or even a winnable game.