Hull City vs Aston Villa Pre Match Thread

[Clampy]

I don't think I ever saw Whelan playing box-to box, he always seem to be sitting in front of the back four. He may have played as part of a two man midfield now and again but it wasn't every game, just like Grabban going out wide and Jedinak playing centre half wasn't. Moving Hourihane back after he got that hat-trick was a bit of a waste mind.

[ChicagoLion]

Fulham away, how many changes to cope with 1 injury?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I don't think I ever saw Whelan playing box-to box, he always seem to be sitting in front of the back four. He may have played as part of a two man midfield now and again but it wasn't every game..

You probably never saw as his little knackered old legs rarely got box to box but for far too many games he was playing in the more advanced role alongside Hourianne. I defended Whelan a lot last season and it was obvious that he tired during games due to the role he was playing. Later in the season he dropped back to the more defensive midfielder role, he mainly showed his value to the team.

[paul_e]

It wasn't every game but it was regular enough to be noticeable or people wouldn't have noticed it and made comments.

Aside from that in a team of 11 having 2 players playing in positions they'd never played before that season, mainly because you'd overloaded the squad with right sided players and sold alomst everyone who can play left, isn't good planning.  Adomah's goals masked a little how ineffective he was in most games and Hutton, whilst being defensively solid, meant we had absolutely no option for the overlap. With Snod cutting in on the other wing and rarely playing Elmo in we were very narrow and a lot of teams nullified us because of it.  Our extra quality meant that we won many of those games with a goal from nothing but it's still a problem we need to address, especially now some of that quality has left.

[eddiemunster]

4-4-1-1

Saw this bit at the bottom and thought WTF is that scoreline??Lol!!

[eddiemunster]

From what we have available I'd go with,

Steer

Hutton
Chester
Elphick
De Laet

Jedinak

Adomah
Hourihane
Grealish
Green

Kodjia

I'd play Thor instead of Jedinak, but would agree with the rest of the team.

[Nii Lamptey]

From what we have available I'd go with,

Steer

Hutton
Chester
Elphick
De Laet

Jedinak

Adomah
Hourihane
Grealish
Green

Kodjia

I'd play Thor instead of Jedinak, but would agree with the rest of the team.

Ditto - Thor for Jedinak and that should be enough for the 3 points

[Rudy Can't Fail]

By all accounts Hull as piss poor and happy to avoid relegation.

Great chance for Green and Kodja to shine.

0-4 Villa.

[Jon Crofts]

By all accounts Hull as piss poor and happy to avoid relegation.

Great chance for Green and Kodja to shine.

0-4 Villa.

Sun gone to your head or is it the Sagres?

[Chris Jameson]

Has anybody said it’s a must win game yet?

It’s a must win game.

[cdbearsfan]

Every game is must win. If we can get 138 points, it'll stand us in good stead for our FFP points deduction.

[Clampy]

Has anybody said it’s a must win game yet?

It’s a must win game.

The issue I have is every game is a must win game.

[Nastylee]

Adomah's goals masked a little how ineffective he was in most games

You have to admire the use of logic in this post. Those pesky ineffective goals ruined everything.

[PaulWinch again]

Albert is a fine player at this level, we just need to ensure we don’t burn him out.

[SoccerHQ]

He did dip after xmas. Guess his scoring rate was never going to be maintained but thought his general game dropped off. Green actually being fit would've been useful at that point to give him a rest.