Hull City v Aston Villa Pre-match thread

[robbo1874]

0-2- you gotta believe 😄

[JUAN PABLO]

Obvious , lose we are going down.

Win , will hopefully do us wonders.

We have to win.

And I have no idea.

I'm going for hull with lots of chances and one on target for villa that goes in.

Hull 0 villa 1  Weiman

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

0-0, Lambert to say post match it was a "fantastic point against a side minutes away from winning at Man City on Saturday."

[simon ward 50]

Any win will do!

[jeowje]

We're Hull's bogey team so let's hope that continues.

7 teams we've played them in the prem, 6 wins and a draw. Even two wins and a draw under Lambert!

I was strangely confident of a win until I read this, now inclined to predict a 1-0 loss... 😒

[cdbearsfan]

Can we change the "City" in the title to "Tigers" please? Yes, I'm easily amused.

[Jimbo]

0-0. It'll be a cataclysmically tedious encounter, so stultifyingly boring that advanced broadcasting equipment as far away as Kuala Lumpur will seize up; Chinese blue collar workers will riot causing 3000 deaths in a city of 14 million people, which we've never heard of; and Randy Lerner will be turned into a pillar of ash after his own personal performance artist "Kuago" mimes the game by satellite at Lerner's retreat from his retreat in the Hamptons, in Alaska. 

[PaulTheVillan]

0-0.

That's shots on target.

[Villa in Denmark]

0-0.

That's shots on target.

I think that's being optimistic. It's the sort of game that would have been set up for Jordan Bowery, who I think I'm right in saying is the only striker to leave the club with a negative goal tally for the first team?

[bob]

Convincing Villa victory

[ADVILLAFAN]

Think we have a chance of getting a result. We've looked a bit better since Gil has arrived going forward and they have a crap record against us.

2-1 Villa.

[eamonn]

Would be nice to have Agent Sidwell as a ballboy for this one.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

On paper their team is really poor, Alex Bruce, McShane, Meyler, Elmohamady, Aluko, Ramirez even their keeper McGregor is very average. If we match their intensity from the start and if Benteke and Delph show up we should have enough. A win would set us up very nicely for the cup game too. A nervy 1-0 to the Villa.

No to Cleverley!!

--------------Guzan
Hutton, Okore, Clark, Cissokho
---Bacuna, Westwood, Delph
------Gil, Benteke, Sinclair

I'd prefer Vlaar (if fit) in for Clark - we need our experienced captain, and Sanchez instead of Bacuna.

[PeterWithesShin]

Jores Okore is in positive mood heading into the Hull game - and has called on the team to play with their hearts at the KC Stadium.

Okore was upbeat following the loss to Chelsea because Villa matched the league leaders for long periods and deserved something from the game.

The Danish defender equalised early in the second half with a far-post header from a cross by Carlos Gil, though a Branislav Ivanovic winner denied Villa a share of the points.

However, Okore sought to emphasise that Villa's impressive performance can give them confidence looking ahead to the Tigers game and beyond.

He said: "I think that we had a really good performance - we played very well and showed we could compete against Chelsea.

"It was unlucky that we didn't win but that was one step forward and showed that we can play really good football.

"It's something that we already knew we could do but it's just nice to get it confirmed that we can play a really good game against Chelsea

"I just think that if we can get the same kind of effort in the upcoming games we can perform really good. I am looking for us to do that.

"It's a really big game and it's a game where we're looking for the win. We're going to go out there and really put our heart out there to get the three points."

Despite the defeat, Okore was understandably delighted to score his first goal for the club.

He continued: "I'm really happy to get that goal and not to wait too long to get my first goal for the club so hopefully there's many more to come. I am really relieved to get it.

"I just was really happy and glad - and hopefully we can get the fans up and running with the energy we get from that goal."

Newboy Gil provided the assist with a teasing cross from the right - and Okore was quick to praise the Spaniard's impact since joining Villa.

He added: "Carlos played really good. He created a lot of things on the pitch and the way he came in the team and in games and showed creativity and drive has helped the team a lot.

"He is a good lad and he played really well."

[FranzBiberkopf]

Guzan
Hutton, Okore, Clark, Cissokho
---Bacuna, Westwood, Delph
------Gil, Benteke, Sinclair

Its when you see it like that, in black & white, how very poor we are.

I wouldn't argue with the selection, or the formation, but that team has bottom three written through it -regardless of who the manager is.

There's just no leadership there.
There's no pace there.
And, as we know, there's nowhere near enough goals in the side. Having a midfield three who contribute a sum total of what, say 5-6 goals BETWEEN them in a normal season is a recipe for disaster.