and I know you'll disagree but it's the biggest game on the planet this weekend!
CMON LADS, SORT THOSE SOUTHERNERS OUT!!
Hull City thread
Psst, JJ is injured and probably won't play - but don't tell Frankie
turner, campbell folan = 3 nil!
Stoke drew, bristol won so we stay third - but looking good!
Col U put 3 past WBA, sadly West Brom got 4
good game - early goal (40 odd seconds) from the big centre back from a great free kick by Richard (Andy) Garcia and then a second from Campbell which seemed a bit poxy, although I will give him the benefit of the doubt. Sending off seemed a bit harsh, although I didn't see it clearly. Forlan then scored with about 10 or 15 to go, although Hull would have got a pen if he missed as he was fouled just prior to shooting.
Overall, Hull a lot better than a very poor Watford.
My thoughts were that Hull are a decent enough side, who stick to a pretty basic gameplan. Defenders do the basics - win the ball and get rid of it - while the midfield work hard although their passing was pretty poor for the most part. Campbell has blistering pace, so as soon as anyone in a yellow (orange???) shirt gets the ball, they put it in behind the defenders for him to run onto. His alround play is not too bad, although he has to get better at holding the ball up.
23,000 odd was a good crowd as well.
cheers frankie, you do realise that you were one of the 23,000 most honoured people on the planet don't you??
hopefully, we can secure Campbell permanently for ... touch wood... tempt fate.... the .. well you know what i'm too supersticious to say
f**k it - it's the Premiership and we are going there!!!! CMON CITY!!! 
We don't have a game until 12th April against QPR followed by Yorkshire Derby's against Barnsley and Sheffield United. These three games will determine our fate. West Brom have a tough game against Cardiff tomorrow night and could so easily slip up (I hope).
Sorry ColU couldnt quite help by beating WBA. We did try (2-0 up then 3-2 up).
Good luck with run in.
Good luck with run in.
yep, OpreW your lot gave it a huge go, shame for both of us that it didn't fall into place
We don't have a game until 12th April against QPR followed by Yorkshire Derby's against Barnsley and Sheffield United. These three games will determine our fate. West Brom have a tough game against Cardiff tomorrow night and could so easily slip up (I hope).
the Barnsley game will be televised and if they make the FA cup final they'll be cock-a-hoop, and another Yorkshire Derby v Sheff U will make for two tough matches
hopefully QPR will be outside playoff contention when we meet them
Palace might still have something to play for, but we should be to strong for them at the KC
I imagine Ipswich away on the last day might have some bearing on both teams' seasons
the fact that Bristol and Stoke play each other should be good for us!
OH YES!
watched the highlights that I recorded yesterday - Campbell deserved a bit more credit than I originally gave him for his goal, doing well to deflect the shot in. The sending off was harsh, although by that time the game was well away from Watford.
On another note, Uriah Rennie is a garbage ref. He gave a number of ludicrous decisions throughout the match, none more so than we booked the Hull keeper. A defender made a great tackle and the ball ran out for a goal kick. While the ball was being received by the ball boy, the keeper ran to the edge of the box to pat his defender on the back of the head, and was running back when Rennie booked him for time-wasting. Bear in mind this was when it was 3-0, Watford were down to 10 men and there was about 10 minutes to go.....
Rennie is not well liked in Hull - on a number of occasions he's given some bad uns against us
And....it's Deano's 39th birthday today! He is the third oldest to play for Hull City and will become the oldest if he plays in 6 months time.
Happy Birthday Dean!
who are the two oldest Austiger??
tigers2008-04-01 14:38:30
there was that loan player Peter Taylor picked up from some southern team (Gillingham) a few years back
p.s. - you tube goals v watford http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MovZ1Tc0rZE
Sorry mate, Deono is now the SECOND oldest behind Andy Hessenthaler (39 years and 168 days in 2005) sending Billy Newton (38 years 107 days in 1931) down to Third place.
Sensational report on Hull City Online site that Phil Brown secured the signature of Juventus under 19 international Gianluca Forllapio currently on loan at Brescia where he has scored 26 goals in 17 starts. Apparently there were a few Premier League, Serie A and La Liga Clubs after the very pacy, natural scorer but Phil was in the right place at the right time as Gianluca had fallen out with Juventus Management and signed on a free making him available to play immediately.
Jubilation on all Hull City sites - until someone picked up that Forllapio is an anagram of "April Fool"!
yeh Hessnetahler was the one i was on about (from Gillingham i think)
re that april fools' thing - yeh it got a bit of interest but most folks are a bit more sceptical today than they might usually be
hopefully the warm weather break will do the lads good (Portugal, from memory)
lets hope barnsley get distracted by either a cup loss with a few injuries/suspensions or a cup win with a similar amount of player unavailability
West Brom in a scoreless draw against Cardiff so we are still 3rd but Brom have another game in hand. With an FA Cup Semi-Final this weekend though the pressure would have to be on them as well as Barnsley who we have to play yet. This has been a great season for the CCC and it's not over yet.
yep, OT that draw was a good result
hopefully the weekend off will do city more good than harm
good that Soton beat Bristol
tigers2008-04-06 11:32:28
possibly a shame that WBA don't have the cup to distract them, but the loss might prevent an increase in their morale
I would expect the following from the mid-week matches effecting us:
Stoke 3 Crystal Palace 1
Blackpool 0 West Brom 2
Sheff Utd 2 Sheff Wed 1
Ipswich 1 Charlton 0
Watford 2 Barnsley 1
Blackpool 0 West Brom 2
Sheff Utd 2 Sheff Wed 1
Ipswich 1 Charlton 0
Watford 2 Barnsley 1
I do hope I am wrong but the way I see it Stoke will win the CCC from West Brom leaving us to fight it out with Bristol City, Watford and Ipswich (at the expense of Wolves).
It will depend on West Brom who could well slip up whilst our 'on-a-roll' run (hopefully) continues.
it seems a pretty volatile division, so scores seem hard to predict (e.g Col U beatin Ipswich)
tigers2008-04-08 10:26:21
your predictions seem logical but you never know!
in an ideal world WBA will be flat after their exit and Barnsley will be determined to make amends 
perhaps Palace will nick a point at Stoke
one point off automatic is more than i would have believed possible following the last two seasons so i suppose i be able to accept play-offs as a good outcome - but imagine going up from top 2
Edit - YES - Palace nabbed all 3 points at Stoke! (2-1)
now two points off top spot with a game in hand (as long as West Brom slip up!)
perhaps Palace will nick a point at Stoke
The bastards nicked all 3 points
blackpool 1-0 up v WBA, 66 th min
but wba win 3-1, not so good but City can still go up in second place - it's all in our own hands at this stage!tigers2008-04-09 09:25:23
1 win and Hull are top! Awesome!
So now all the Yellow Fever fans of Championship clubs swing in behind our friends at Hull. Good luck from ColU fans.....not long to wait to find out your fate!!
It's awesome alright but we must appreciate that we are where we are with an awful lot of luck. The new owners decided to consolidate this year with a 'mid-table' position being the target. Our 'million pound' signing Caleb Folan appears to have been born injured. We have been led by what has been described by other CCC Clubs as a ' fat, snail-paced, old, potato-headed, has-been' (Dean Windass) but who has managed to contribute his fair share of goals. Richard Garcia has suffered illness and bereavement in his family resulting in visits back to Australia which must have affected his game let alone his personal life yet he has performed exceptionally well. The loan-in of Frazier Campbell has been a touch of genius and inspiration for the side. Couple this with the fact that our rivals are starting to feel the strain and are dropping points they never should, and the 'fairy-tale' ending to the quest for the 'promised land' is within sight.
Will we too feel the strain?
We meet your beloved QPR next and this will decide if we continue onwards and upwards.
cheers OpreW and LG,
liked your "born injured' comment OTiger (sad but true)
Toffeeman when are you back??
Barnsley beat Watford 3-0 overnight at theirs, so that'll help
Windass has been an excellent signing -primarily for the hardness he's brought to the club (i remember years of "Windass to sign this Friday " threads on the City Online site )
)As you said OT the signing of Campbell has been inspired (shame it's only on loan)
some great squad building over summer has added depth all over the park
our only real worry at the moment is at CB with Brown (ex Col U hero) injured and Clement hauled back from loan by WBA (hopefully letting Delaney go won't prove too costly - he was at least competent)
btw - just downloaded a brilliant podcast of an interview with Ian McKechnie of the KCFM site, about tot listen to one interview with Okocha off the same site
Barnsley won today 3-0 at Twatford and Col U are down barring Wednesday lossing the rest of their games 4-0! Sorry to beak the bad news.
But next season I'll keep an eye out for Col U. If ever a team needed a decent break after being ripped apart on and off the field! I wish it had happened to Cardiff and that racist owner of theirs!
Looking a bit serious now. Will try and get to the Barnsley game on Tuesday if I can. Very cold over here. I miss the sun 
wrap up warm and shout loud!!
hopefully the football will take your mind off the cold!
City drew 1-1 with QPR, got the equaliser on 90 mins (Turner)
WBA v Watford, and Bristol v Wolves both draws as well so that helps, still in our hands re top 2, but three points would really have helped!!
Shout loud on Tuesday Toffeeman
1 win away from top spot.
There's been about 20 games this season where QPR have either drawn or lost it in the last few minutes or in injury time. Sounds like the Nix.
Honours shared.
Dear Hull, please win at Barnsley on Wednesday morning!
Lonegunmen2008-04-15 15:24:17
halftime, 1-0 to the Tigers
link to sky coverage for any City fans lurking out there (any Tykes fans can click on it if they promise to be good )
)CMON U 'UUUULLLLLL
i hope you enjoyed that toffeeman!
3-1 to the Tigers YES!
watched the game on sky - another impressive win for Hull.
It seems they save their best performances of the season for when I am watching, so it might be worth Tigers et al chipping in and buying me a season ticket, travel tickets, etc for next season.
Hull are running really hot right now. I'm glad we got a point off them. definately the form team in the division.
watched the game on sky - another impressive win for Hull.
It seems they save their best performances of the season for when I am watching, so it might be worth Tigers et al chipping in and buying me a season ticket, travel tickets, etc for next season.
just stay there til we go up, and we'll re-negotiate your contract after that - i can forsee a 600% increase in your package
watched the game on sky - another impressive win for Hull.
It seems they save their best performances of the season for when I am watching, so it might be worth Tigers et al chipping in and buying me a season ticket, travel tickets, etc for next season.
just stay there til we go up, and we'll re-negotiate your contract after that - i can forsee a 600% increase in your package
you stop talking about an increase in my package and winking...
I'm shocked, at your interpretation of our perfectly innocent offer
Hull's Ricard Garcia has received 'call-up' papers from Pim Verbeek to play in the Socceroo's summer matches. Richard is responding well to a shoulder injury at present.
I hear Brown and Turner are both doubtful for the trip to Bramhall Lane
huge game - but then they all are at the moment
a totally unjust, scrappy 1-0 win would be fine by me 
, as would handing them a 3-0 footballing lesson
, as would handing them a 3-0 footballing lesson
0-0 stoke v bristol would be good, if either has to win then i'd go for Bristol as they have more chance of dropping points in the last to games (in theory)
Toffeeman and Frankie - either of you going?? (I'm guessing not - but hey worth a try )
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