Hull City 1-3 Aston Villa post match thread

[Sexual Ealing]

I fell asleep at half time because I celebrated getting a new job with daytime wine in the office. I'm going to fight, and shag, you all.

Edit: I wasn't the only one drinking wine. When they leave me in charge everyone gets wine.

Haha. Amazing. Congratulations, mate.

Thanks Axl.

[Brend'Watkins]

I thought Wheelan played well tonight, something I thought I’d never say. We’re still far too sloppy all over the place and Kodja is a pale shadow of what he was. Wasn’t impressed with the starting line up but it was okay against  rubbish Hull.  I want to see more of RHM and Green together as pace is what we need.

[cdbearsfan]

Congrats, SE.

[TonyD]

Just saw Hutton’s goal.   Nice. 

[Dante Lavelli]

Just saw Hutton’s goal.   Nice. 

The contrast between Mad Tom, Elmo and Hutton's celebrations is worth looking out for.

[Steve67]

The way Elphick didn't celebrate, has made me wonder if he's joining Hull in the next few days!  Elmo was showing respect to his former employers, Hutton went bat shit crazy. 

[Damo70]

Just saw Hutton’s goal.   Nice.

This quote was brought to you by Jazz Club's Louis Balfour. Nice.

[Edvard Remberg]

Alan Hutton - dang! - after his story with Villa - this is like cinderella

[Sexual Ealing]

Congrats, SE.

Thanks mate.

[tomd2103]

Good result, even if the performance wasn't great for long periods of the game.  Grealish apart, the rest just looked limited and laboured. I thought Green and RHM definitely added something when they came on and would have liked to see them on earlier really.  Whelan has been getting some stick on this thread, but I honestly thought he did OK in the holding role and kept the ball moving. After a shaky start, I thought Taylor did OK and kept Bowen pretty quiet (didn't realise he was the non-league striker Sam Bowen's son!!). 

Just like last season and the one before, a lot of long balls to a centre forward who is either not capable or willing to challenge for them.  We are going to continue to play that way under Bruce, so it's paramount we bring in a centre forward who can hold the ball up and is a real nuisance up there.

All in all though, a good win and a good start to the season.  Looking back on where we were a month or so ago, plenty of reasons to feel optimistic if we do some good business in the coming weeks.

[Clampy]

Good win. The Scottish Pele's goal was marvellous. We looked very rusty in the first half but seemed to gain confidence once we went in front. Can't ask for a better start really.

[pauliewalnuts]

I don't think we played very well, the manager set us up defensively, again,

However, if it takes a few weeks for Bruce to get his shit together, potentially with more players coming in, then much rather we win matches like this than lose them in the meantime.

[OCD]

RHM’s hold-up play looked good. We could look at playing Kodija off RHM.

Whelan did pretty well. Players in that position rarely get credit.

Not sure why we bothered with this Portuguese keeper if we’re bringing in a number one because Steer looked solid and didn’t put a foot wrong.

[thick_mike]

Those substitutions would never have happened unless the owners have put pressure on Bruce to play the youngsters. When was the last time he brought on attacking young players when we were ahead away from home?

[ROBBO]

As poor as they were Hull waltzed through our defence on four occasions any team with a bit of quality we would have been in trouble. Green looks ready to be a proper footballer now and lots of pace. Kodjia is a shadow of when he first joined us not sure what the problem is but he needs replacing. We have started with a win lets hope its a sign.