Just back from the game...

[Bakesy]

What i found glaringly obvious was how much better we looked when Lua Lua came on, he was double marked yet still managed to skin them and get a ball into the box.
On another day we would've scored a hatfull.
I hope we get the opportunity to see Lua Lua start more games this season.

 

[catfish]

Bruce has just admitted on the FLS that we could have won the game.

 

[mistahclarke]

the FLS didn't show most of our good chances.

 

[Sharpybhafc]

Need a proper striker to put them hatful of chances away!

 

[Jack Daniels]

We definitely a miles better side than last year. The one touch passing and movement created havoc for them at times. Coupled with the ability to retain the ball and not squander it needlessly. We looked like the home team for about 70 of the 90 mins.

Results will come if we can keep that level of form up.

 

[1066familyman]

Oh, and another positive...great to see Hull's Olympic gold medalist, Luke Campbell, get a standing ovation from all of us during his half time lap of honour

 

[SeagullSongs]

If we play like that regualy then I don't think we will have a problem this season. Good performance.

My thoughts exactly.
One of the best away performances I've seen for quite a while.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

How was CMS's first touch? Has it improved?

 

[SeagullSongs]

How was CMS's first touch? Has it improved?

Yes.

 

[albionite]

How was CMS's first touch? Has it improved?

Yes his first touch has much improved, only thing that was missing was the goal.

 

[clippedgull]

Need a proper striker to put them hatful of chances away!

This is it in a nutshell. No good bossing the game and losing. Strikers are paid to score, CMS is really struggling to do just that in the Championship. Always count on him for enthusiasm, but he really needs to sharpen his finishing. Midfielders need to follow Crofts example and shoot on sight, not try and pass the ball into the net. They are not good enough at this stage for that.

It's encouraging to note that we play well without Vicente too.

Oh well, Cardiff up next. Hope we put them out of sight in the first half.

 

[Mendoza]

Lots of positives from the game, we created more chances away from home yesterday than I remember us doing in a long long time. Encouraging to see and the passing looks to have a bit more purpose now. CMS looked sharp, unlucky to hit bar and snatched at his other chances, but very encouraging performance by him, and more importantly team mates finding him!

I thought Noone was lucky to stay on the pitch even if his first booking was a bit harsh.

Luke Campbell's lap of honour was brilliant too.

 

[Blackadder]

...I know it's an old cliche, but we really were BY FAR the better team, particularly in the second half. I think we would've won handsomely had Buckley or Vicente been on the pitch[, but I just can't understand why CMS couldn't score with such fantastic opportunities. Anyway, it was very encouraging, and all the Hull fans seemed to think we deserved something from the game.

Don't think I've ever been anywhere where everyone's so friendly, except perhaps Sunderland.

Didn't go yesterday but I think you have hit the nail on the head with those two players. They were immense against Chelsea. If we could only keep them fit......

 

[Blackadder]

Bruce has just admitted on the FLS that we could have won the game.

Saw that last night. We will be fine.

 

[Notters]

Oh, and another positive...great to see Hull's Olympic gold medalist, Luke Campbell, get a standing ovation from all of us during his half time lap of honour

He looked surprised didn't he? He shouldn't have been, they're all heroes.

 

[NIGELROBERT]

hi i was their , Dicker had a great game ,we play very well lots of hope well done lads .

 

[Black Dalek]

The performance was encouraging, CMS actually held the ball up well. Disappointing not to get something from the game.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Hull City v Brighton and Hove Albion MATCH THREAD - Page 4

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Hull City v Brighton and Hove Albion MATCH THREAD - Page 4

Post #74 is interesting in that they thought Attwell was as useless as we did, especially in getting all 3 bookings wrong.

 

[RM-Taylor]

No mention on number of away fans, guesstimate at between 950-1100