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Hull - league cup

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by bantamlad92, Aug 3, 2022.

  1. Kevin1954

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    Agree re Songo’o. I said well before the season started , I couldn’t see a place for him in the side. I was proved right.
     
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  2. Offcomedun

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    Really? He wasn't on the ball much. But he was all over the place, pressing their defenders, closing down space and preventing them from moving the ball forward quickly. Which, I'm sure, was exactly what MH sent him on to do. He was a big part of an excellent game management performance from our lads.
     
  3. Dratsab taf

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    what are people's thoughts on Harry Lewis? Looks steady enough but looked a little nervy at times last night and was possibly a tad slow getting down for one of the Barrow goals at the weekend. He will hopefully get more confident once he builds up game time having not played first 11 football for 3 years, however if i wanted to be picky there were a couple of things where there is room for improvement.

    He looked a bit uncomfortable clearing the ball from the area at times, admittedly not helped by silly passes along the six yard box, he was almost at the goal line twice when clearing the ball and there was a couple of occasions where i felt he either could have come for a cross but was rooted to his line. I also noticed on other occasions where he looked a little slow and unsure whether he could have come to the edge of the box to collect the ball over the top. A couple of times they had a ball down the channel where ideally Halliday and Ridehalgh could have just headed it back to him had he been in a better position but he made it more difficult for them by being in the position he was.
     
  4. banktopbantam

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    2nd Round still regional, North and South
     
  5. Sergio Pinto III

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    Banks had a very good debut. He certainly has something about him and will cause all sorts of problems for L2 defenders and he got stuck in too - far more than I would anticipate for a young winger. His set piece delivery was superb.

    Young again showed he has a bit of quality. The sub at 60 mins clearly shows that he is in Hughes plans for Saturday. Cook lead the line superbly. Chapman showed improvement too.

    A pleasing performance by all.
     
  6. Kevin1954

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    Not worried at all tbh. Excellent save from their goal, a shame he couldn’t do anything about the rebound hitting him on the back.
     
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  7. Kevin1954

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    “ He wasn’t on the ball much” ….Exactly Offy. I just think he doesn’t look half the player he has been?
     
  8. trevor

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    Its his work rate and reading the game that helps him. His closing down of space often denies the opposition the space to work with, As Fergie at Man united always said its what a player does without the ball that is most important and managers who ball watch will miss the importance of controlling the game through denying space even under pressure
     
  9. Tony Wilkinson

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    There is a 30 minute highlights of last nights game available this morning on SKY on demand...
     
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  10. HUDDERSSBANTAM

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    The highlights are on Sky several times today.
     
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  11. Bronco

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    I believe the likes of Gilliead and Cook get singled out at times as they were both a part of that poor team under Adams, as you say both excellent last night.
    We have to produce that kind of performance on Saturday against Newport and get our season up and going, backed by 17,000 fans.
     
  12. Edin Nowhere

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    And this is the concern. We looked more likely to score last night against a team who come out of their own half, but didn't look like scoring against a team like Donny who were happy to sit back. Newport will take the sit back and break us down approach and that is likely to be seen for most of the season when teams come to us, it's overcoming that if we are to even mention promotion this year.
     
  13. Bradfordlad

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    Certainly is.
     
  14. TallinnBantam

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    Certainly a bit of a headache for Hughes on Saturday now - in a good way! Cook surely has to start. I thought Young was excellent also. Hughes needs to get himself a bumper pack of Panadol ready for when Walker is fit and Harratt is back off suspension. Can't remember when we last had so many attacking options. I liked Banks, and maybe, just maybe we've found the option on that right side, with Halliday looking good and linking up with the wide men well, not to mention slinging early balls into the box.

    On Saturday, we need to get an early goal, so that it makes the oppo come at us instead of just sitting back at 0-0. We looked a lot better soaking up pressure and looking to get something on the break. Totally different from the two league games, where it's us who leads the play and we get nervy/frustrated and get caught out. Something Hughes needs to work on.
     
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  15. Bronco

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    Your right we say judge the team after 10 games but as fans when you lose (especially the way we did at Barrow) it's natural to question things.
    I think Hughes has got a group of players who are quite capable of getting us out of this league and as you say with players returning from injury and suspension Hughes has selection problem most managers would be delighted to have.
     
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    I was saying prior to the match that I won't really mind paying out good money bringing in Oliver if the most we get out of it is Andy Cook's mojo.
     
  17. NorthernMonkey

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    Not for me Kevin.

    This has shades of Will Atkinson whereby he started to receive lots of praise for transforming from absolutely awful to below average.

    That said, I'm not yet convinced by East either so there definitely is a shirt up for grabs in that role.
     
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  18. NorthernMonkey

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    He's played right wing twice and attacking midfielder once though Kevin. Harsh to judge him when he's clearly out of position. Unless he gets a run alongside Smallwood then it's an unfair comparison.
     
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  19. Ulysses S Grant

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    Quite right. "NO" Gilliead is perfect for every position in the team.
     
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  20. Ulysses S Grant

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    My wife is a fan of the floater. I prefer ones that drop to the bottom and scar the bowl.
     
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