johntheclaret wrote:Jim05 wrote:Spuds 3-0 at the break, R's defence is a shambles, could of been 6-7 up
Hull down to 10 against Stoke but lead 1-0
Late equaliser to Stoke
Terrible decision to award them a throw in when clearly came of a Stoke player. From the throw in its crossed into the box, shot comes of the post the the keeper and Shawcross taps it it.
Bruce would be rightfully fuming at the poor decision from the officials after the hard work 10 man Hull put in when they went down to10 men.
Stoke look like they did under Pullis again just throwing long a forward and hoping Crouch gets on the end of them. I can see them being one of our rivals this year.
From what I've seen up to now and it is very early days I think the teams we will be looking to do battle with at the bottom are;
Southampton.
West Brom
Leicester
QPR
Crystal Palace
Stoke
you're dead set right about the throw in and resulting goal.
Hull were down to 10 after 15 minutes then parked the bus very well and we had no adventure to our attacking, very stagnant and lacklustre. Credit to Hull, they were very tight and organised.
So many players had rubbish games for us though, it was very frustrating to watch! Diouf had no help and his touch let him down, i dont think he can play as a lone striker. Arnautovic couldnt keep the ball, N'Zonzi needs to play the defensive midfielder, Hughes had him in more of an attacking role but that didnt work. passes were played too late and communication wasnt there.
i dont think it's all doom and gloom though, we'll bounce back, there have been some handy ins and considering this i think it'll take a month or so to click together.
Stoke wont be fighting relegation this year.
I am not talking to you for 3 minutes because you punched me in the head and it hurt and that was not okay for you to do
