The Football.....

[Firestorm]

Well we were pretty much played off the park by Utd. Didn't get in their faces enough, sat too deep, poor on the ball, pretty much like our performances in League 1 (when it really matters)!! Still good to see the pace and movement of a Premiership team and I hope we at least learnt a bit from watching Juan Mata run the show.

Made a bit of cash but now back to the reality and importance of retaining league 1 status

Out of interest, why did Barnett fall out of favour at Shrewsbury, he was rather good last night..

 

[MarkF]

Im a Hull City fan and like the rest of Hull am continually surprised and delighted by their success. It seems like our fairy tale just goes on and on. You never know what they are going to do next.

You are where you should be, enjoying the advantages that you do, the Championship is made up of 3 types of clubs only.

1.Parachute payment clubs.
2.Clubs with owners willing to invest/risk millions in the pursuit of the PL.
3.No-hopers.

I see that Burnley are 2nd .............

 

[Piemaster]

Think we've been in all 3 categories at some point!
The owners have put a lot of money in. When we were last promoted old man Allam said something like the plan had not been promotion that season but the following one. He obviously then had a think about it and as he was 74 thought 'what am I waiting for?' and chucked some more money at it in the transfer window.
Now though we're in the 1st category, owners and fans don't have a great relationship and the club would be sold for the right offer.

 

[steveindenmark]

You are where you should be, enjoying the advantages that you do, the Championship is made up of 3 types of clubs only.

1.Parachute payment clubs.
2.Clubs with owners willing to invest/risk millions in the pursuit of the PL.
3.No-hopers.

I see that Burnley are 2nd .............

I think you are right. But it looks like we will be nipping up to the Premiership for a season to earn a bit of money. We now have a fantastic stadium but when I started watching them in the 60s it was totally different. We all used to crowd together like penguins on bunkers hill to keep warm. We always had to sell our best pladers at the end of the season to make ends meet. We are going in the right direction but stepping up to the Premiership is a whole different game.

 

[Piemaster]

EPL is what we aspire to. But you go through the joy of watching matches in the Championship with a reasonable expectation of another 3 points to being at the bottom end of the EPL and desperate for anything. The number of clubs that have done it and the consequent parachute payments have narrowed the gulf and clubs generally now seem better prepared for promotion. Overall Steve Bruce deserves a lot of credit for his managing of signings, decent promising players who will mostly be able to step up without spending silly £ and a calmness about it, if we are to be a yo-yo club so be it. None of the desperate mediocre signings at the end of the Phil Brown era that only served to leave the club with a lot of debt.

 

[ianrauk]

Row Z

 

[mark st1]

Row Z

Almost as strange as Mata last night not sure how this stood ? however the rules seem to change that often.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35636778

 

[gavgav]

@gavgav

As I only watched until half time I can't comment on the overall performance but I can't imagine that the second half was much different to the second half.

As ever the big thrill of the FA, usually at least until the last stages, is rooting for the underdog. So, I would've loved you to win.

My disappointment was that Shrewsbury didn't seem to want the win. Would've been better to at least try and take the game to MUFC and go down trying rather than sit back and defend deep. No way did they have players fast enough to counter attack United on the break. Maybe would've been better to play a long ball game and take your chances?

Not as bad as Pellegrini's disgusting team selection yesterday though - at least you put a decent team out.

I don't think it was not wanting to win, but more the fact that Utd were just so much quicker on the ball, and passed and moved it superbly, that we couldn't get near them to get in their face a bit. When we did get the ball we tried to play it out, which is our style, but just kept giving it back, meaning we got pressed deeper and deeper and just couldn't get out. Second half was a bit better, as we changed shape with an extra midfielder, but when a side costing £0 is playing a side costing £175 million we were always going to struggle

 

[gavgav]

Out of interest, why did Barnett fall out of favour at Shrewsbury, he was rather good last night..

He blew very hot and cold for us, on his day superb but there weren't enough days for a player who cost his reported £100k fee. He didn't fit into our style of attempted passing football either. I imagine he would fit into a Phil Brown side better?

We had also reached our wage ceiling and so needed to free up funds to try a different type of forward (Andy Mangan) who to be fair has returned to the club even better than he was for us last season. Now to find about 8 others!!

 

[MarkF]

I think you are right. But it looks like we will be nipping up to the Premiership for a season to earn a bit of money. We now have a fantastic stadium but when I started watching them in the 60s it was totally different. We all used to crowd together like penguins on bunkers hill to keep warm. We always had to sell our best pladers at the end of the season to make ends meet. We are going in the right direction but stepping up to the Premiership is a whole different game.

I think you had the squad to stay up tbh, you squandered loads of points early on whilst palying well.

I have fond memories of Boothferry Park, particularly in 1996, surprisingly, your chairman gave Bradford City the home kop to make as much cash as poss from the large travelling support. Unsurprisingly, your fans didn't take it too well.

 

[Firestorm]

He blew very hot and cold for us, on his day superb but there weren't enough days for a player who cost his reported £100k fee. He didn't fit into our style of attempted passing football either. I imagine he would fit into a Phil Brown side better?

We had also reached our wage ceiling and so needed to free up funds to try a different type of forward (Andy Mangan) who to be fair has returned to the club even better than he was for us last season. Now to find about 8 others!!

I thought it might be wages and inconsistency, we have had many a player who looks a worldbeater for a brief honeymoon period but then sulks if he doesn't get the luck later on.
He seems to fit into our passing set up quite well and we haven't resorted to the long ball for some while now.
In a bit of a dilemma with him , we are not sure if anything has been agreed fe a permanent move at the end of the season, if he carries on like this we may get outbid....

 

[gavgav]

I thought it might be wages and inconsistency, we have had many a player who looks a worldbeater for a brief honeymoon period but then sulks if he doesn't get the luck later on.
He seems to fit into our passing set up quite well and we haven't resorted to the long ball for some while now.
In a bit of a dilemma with him , we are not sure if anything has been agreed fe a permanent move at the end of the season, if he carries on like this we may get outbid....

I think it says it all in that every club he's signed for, for a vastly overinflated fee (1.25 million to Peterborough ) he's started off superbly and then faded away

 

[mark st1]

Non league that's where it's at come on you Magpies !

 

[ianrauk]

You wait 10 years for Messi to score against Cech and then 2 come along at once......

 

[SpokeyDokey]

You wait 10 years for Messi to score against Cech and then 2 come along at once......

What a magical team Barcelona are - that was pretty effortless on their part. Arsenal are gone.