Hull City 1-3 Aston Villa post match thread

[Drummond]

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.

As I said, I think we need to give him a run of 5-6 games.  If he can grab a goal or 2 it  will do him the world of good, he's had, pretty much, 14 months of injuries and comeback games, he will be rusty and needs some patience, especially playing up front on his own.  If RHM is the backup and is offering the same as tonight from the bench then I think we can afford to let him ease his way back into things.

What we do need to change though is getting Green into the team.  His pace and dribbling hurts teams and drives their defence deeper, in a squad as slow as ours he's worth his weight in gold, he'd be right behind Grealish and Chester in the order of names in the team for me.

He was cack. He looked like he couldn't be arsed, he fell over a lot and moaned a bit too. 5 or 6 more games of that and the fans will really turn. There were plenty around me who were fucked off with him too. He needs to sort his attitude out or fuck off to Leeds if it's true they want him.

[JUAN PABLO]

I thought it was the most dull game ( typical Bruce set up ) and we were clueless until the houriane freekick , not sure what time that was . Then the introduction of Green gave us a little lift and a defensive howler gave us the lead and after that there was only going to be one winner , even wit Ephicks cock up at 3 1 .

No one is buying Kodja so dont worry about him going , he looked rubbish with RHM offerring so much more in his cameo and was suprised Green did not start.

Hull were absolute garbage even thou as people have said they did cut through us at times , we need Axel in that back four.  Taylor needs to go , lets hope this bisto guy turns  . 

We have Jedi and RDL to come in too , I would have started with BB too but first game and 3 pts so Im happy with those .

Loved Huttons goal , proper Ricky Villa and the two mature women at the front of the crowd going mad and trying to grab him brought a small tear to the eye. Magnificent .

[Drummond]

We’re still a long way behind Leeds because of passion or something.

You're getting predictably dull now.

There's never a bad time to have a pop at dirty leeds.

There's never a bad time for Christmas Jameson to have a pop at... well anybody, or anything, really.

Agree

Everyone who lives near Leeds has every right to bring them up at every turn and have a good old pop. Having had the misfortune myself for too many years, it's exactly the thing to do.

As for being dull, where's the pots and kettles?

[cdbearsfan]

We were okay. scoreline flattered us somewhat. Elphick was dodgy i agree but the goal was all steer's fault with a completely duff punch. You can only beat what's in front of you so fair play because the 1st game of the season away is not an easy fixture. Sterner tests ahead i think

The punch wasn’t the best but neither was it the worst, it made the edge of the area but the volley back was really well placed and Elphick made a hash of trying to get to it. Nine times out of ten you would get away with that.

I don't blame Steer for the goal at all. He punched it all the way outside the area, there were a sea of Villa players in the box. It was Tommy's fault, and I feel he felt the same, hence his lack of celebration for the equaliser.

[AlexAlexCropley]

Kod looks like a poor man's Jermaine Beckford

[cdbearsfan]

Kod looks like a poor man's Jermaine Beckford

Don't say his name twice more. You'll make SilhillVilla reappear...

[Percy McCarthy]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2145767782375904&id=100008281083186

Can’t see it. Any good?

[brian green]

It is good but my foray into it was repeatedly blocked by adverts.  Worth persevering Perce.  Persevering Percy.  Good name for a horse.

[tomd2103]

No one is buying Kodja so dont worry about him going , he looked rubbish with RHM offerring so much more in his cameo and was suprised Green did not start.

I just wonder whether it is felt those two make more of an impact coming on in the latter stages at the moment JP.  Thought was definitely the case with Green last season as his pace caused real problems against tiring defenders.

[sickbeggar]

We were okay. scoreline flattered us somewhat. Elphick was dodgy i agree but the goal was all steer's fault with a completely duff punch. You can only beat what's in front of you so fair play because the 1st game of the season away is not an easy fixture. Sterner tests ahead i think

The punch wasn’t the best but neither was it the worst, it made the edge of the area but the volley back was really well placed and Elphick made a hash of trying to get to it. Nine times out of ten you would get away with that.

Disagree.

1. It was a slow-paced* looping cross at easily keeper height. He should have come out and caught it but he hesitates so by the time he does get there he has no option but to punch it.

2. Punching the ball has its place especially if a fast paced ball is whipped in at an awkward angle. If you punch one of them the chances are its going to fly in the opposite direction at pace with an opposition player unlikely to be able to punt it gently back in. *If its a slow looping cross on the other hand....

[Percy McCarthy]

It is good but my foray into it was repeatedly blocked by adverts.  Worth persevering Perce.  Persevering Percy.  Good name for a horse.

I don’t see anything at all, it’s about 50/50 for me with fb links. I’ve got an account but I don’t know the password as I never go on it.

[Nev]

Unsurprisingly reminiscent of last season, on occasion looking terrible, on occasion looking really but most of the time looking average. I have always rated Elmo and think he was underated in his contribution last season, and Hutton got what he deserved after years of trying. Otherwise I'm deeply concerned about Elphick and Kodja. The former looks as lost as ever defending and cannot be considered much further if we want to mount a promotion charge. The latter just looks miles from the player he once was. Even while waiting to kick off he appeared to be staring into space, his mind anywhere but on the game. Our style doesn't help I'll give him that but he still looks out of it. It's a good start but plenty to do.

[chrisw1]

Elphick and Chester looked very rusty.  Hopefully they'll improve as a partnership, but a better quality team could have had 3-4 goals.

Kodjia looked awful.  But we know he has enough quality to make it worth persisting with for a bit longer I think.

Taylor did better than I expected, but I'd like to see Hutton or a new guy on the left and De Laet on the right.

Green has to be trusted to start sooner rather than later and Rushian looks like he could be influential for us.

It was a pretty dour performance, but good to get the ball rolling and start with a win.

[ChicagoLion]

Some players never recover from injuries,, Kodjia looks fucked.

[Chris Smith]

It would not surprise me to see us return to the pre season line up of 3 at the back when Tuanzebe is up to speed and then Elphick will be back on the bench.