Red Exile

Following the match on here from sunny Bologna. Great win, whatever the performance. That beer is going to taste alot better now. COYR!

9 minutes ago, st andrews gas said:

See you 2017/18- twice at least.Nah not on a wind-up as you know, can't be bothered.Respect to the few that actually praised our efforts. I ain't got the foggiest about the new owner though we will find out soon enough. Wouldn't need too many additions though league 1 is a porker to get out of as you know....

It is! Phew...

Good luck to them…goodness knows their recent failures have given us plenty of entertainment…mustn't get greedy!

1 minute ago, Red Right Hand said:

What`s happening, we loads better or they given up?

sounds like we are loads better.

Fans in great voice.

Oh yes!! 

"pure quality"...

LJ dancing on the touchline

Great win. Looking forward to some entertainment in the remaining matches of the season…would be great to see a win at Brentford.

3 minutes ago, Super said:

Same here mate! Gutted!

and me - that M4 closure has proved very unfortunate...

3 minutes ago, EstoniaTallinnRed said:

Sags losing 2 - 0

and Accrington have just scored - Scott Brown (our Scott Brown?)

woohoo!

Great observation in the commentary…Reid with the ball in our box, shouts from the Dolman of "just get rid of it", Reid puts his foot on the ball, looks up and sets up a counter attack…question posed was whether our supporters need more patience and understanding.

Wonderful start. Missed it having got stuck on the M4…just made it back home to listen to this…great stuff.

28 minutes ago, mattjtsmith said:

Did Arnie manage to get sent off twice in the u21 game?? That is impressive

That he managed to get sent off in either the 71st or 78th minutes is pretty remarkable when he only came on as a sub in the 65th!

1 hour ago, Jack Dawe said:

And yet, Hull were 3 wins in ten going into yesterday. 

It sounds like you were "beaten" before the game started, and possibly one or two of the team! 

 

 

Well...I don't spend 7 hours sitting in a car to watch 90 minutes football if I don't think City can get something from a game! Just trying to put some of the more extravagant comments on this thread in some context. Hull were on a poor run and we had a chance…shame they got off to such a flying start.

In my opinion, only mine of course, you won't get much fun out of watching City if you can't appreciate the quality of the opposition on occasion!

1 hour ago, Slippin cider said:

Whilst I agree with everything above ,how many times have we heard the 'work in progress' statement as well as the players are still learning at this level? ...how long does it take? We have very few games remaining and yet they're still learning and we are still a work in progress...lets hope we can maintain our championship status and continue to build for next season.

Sadly I think the answer is quite a while. Yesterday, to Hull's great credit, away supporters had their own bar at the ground. Whilst we watched the Villa match we could also watch past encounters. Boothferry Park…what a dump, when they played there it was always easy to patronise Hull…and we seemed to do quite well against them. The new ground made an enormous difference to their confidence as a club…I know a number of their fans…and that win at Wembley…well…I must have seen that Windass goal half a dozen times on screens there yesterday. 

That was a massive result. It's catapulted them into a world we simply don't know. The gap is huge. Their whole club reeks confidence and money. 

Now, that might all fall to pieces and behind the scenes we know that there has been all sorts of strife at Hull, but currently the difference is that they are managed by one of the most experienced managers in the game, their loanees come from Arsenal, the midfield is bossed by immense characters, their tidy right back cost £3.5 million, one of our number one targets for last summer sat on the bench and their £10m Uruguayan international had a rest.

Our players put in a shift but were outclassed, as we outclassed countless sides last season.

If nothing else yesterday will have woken Mark Ashton up to the job he's taken on.

Just back. Reading this thread reminds me why it's better to attend a game than read analysis on here from people who weren't there!

Bottom line was that Hull were better than us all over the park, as was to be expected. They have a Prem team aiming to return, we have a slightly disjoined mix of loanees and Div 1 players seeking to stay up…it showed. And we have no one with the class and experience of Snodgrass and Huddlestone running our midfield. No point pretending we have. They are a top flight outfit on the pitch and on the bench and we have a long way to go…there's no shame in that.

Positives, despite it not being their day both Tomlin and Odemwingie have quality touches. O'Donnell made a couple of cracking saves. We didn't give up.

Negatives, as others have said our midfield needs to step up to compete at this level. Jonathan Kodjia, despite his goals, looks naive at times…by which I mean he's constantly caught offside, makes runs no one else is looking to him to make, and when he gets in precious positions overelaborates or runs out of ideas. And that was a pity today.

Looking forward to Tuesday, which I suspect will be very different. I'd expect Wilbs to start.

Very entertaining write up. Thanks. About to set off. 

12 minutes ago, Woodsy said:

I've been going since 87, so getting on for 30 years too....is that true they've only finished above us 5 times, I'd have put money on it being more. Pitiful, I like that word when it comes to talking about the blue few

Someone will know when they were last above us, remember someone quoting how many days it was not so long back, anyone??

They finished 6 places above us in 88-89, 1 (painfully) in 89-90, 4 places ahead in 91-92, 3 in 95-96 and Malago is right, the only time they've finished above us since was by 2 places in 99-00.

Loving that link TwoSheds!

3 minutes ago, Woodsy said:

What year was it we were last worried about them, from a derby / league table point of view?

Beautifully put, M. Can't argue with any of that. Not been there for a long, long time, but their pasties were good!

I was just discussing this with my younger son - aged 23. He can't really remember us playing Rovers in the league, as we've not done so since he was at primary school. It's almost exactly 30 years since Rovers left Eastville…a footballing lifetime. In that time they've finished above us on just 5 occasions…and never by more than 6 places…which for local "rivals" is a pitiful record.

One of the truly epic away wins. Had the lot. Haha! Ecstatic on the tube on the way home. 

Very poor I'm sorry to say. Created nothing since they scored. They look dangerous on the break. We look ponderous. Dare I say clueless? Such a shame. Immense support being given nothing to cheer.  On the other hand if we got a goal it would be game on. They are nothing special   One or two man team. 

2 minutes ago, OddBallJim said:

To all who said we were safe, I bloody well told you so

 But in all seriousness who expected us to win tonight? I certainly didn't. Aside from the reverse picture earlier in the season, Wolves are our bogey team.

Important we put things right in the next match and try to go on something of an unbeaten run in order to make sure we are consistently claiming points in this relegation dog fight.

Not me! 

Good grief…lots of gloom on here! Terrible point to throw away but we still have Rotherham and Bolton at home and I'm looking forward to 3 points at Fulham on Saturday. 

Darn..that's foolish

Great fact from the BBC - we've won our last three away games…we've not won four consecutive away games whilst in either of the the top two divisions since 1906…sadly...