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Wellens not in charge tomorrow due to still isolating.

Wonder who is then, if the others arent back

Wright and Hunt tested positive right?

Mildenhall? McLoughlin?

Hodgetts and Hartley?

Mildy tested positive too.

Lee Peacock in his famous coat on the touchline it is then!

I would love it if Power took the side, simply for the meltdown.

I wonder who took training this week?

Isolating in Salford?

So what’s the difference between last week and this if the game goes ahead?

I heard this week that there has been little or no training due to most people in the playing squad self isolating.  Doesn't give me much confidence for the game.

Hull are at Evens with the bookies....tempting!

A chance to look at our new caretaker manager?

Accrington rearranged for Tuesday 17 November

They might be out of isolation now depending on when they took the test/last showed symptoms. You have to isolate for longer if you are a contact than if you have a positive test (14 days v 10 days) so they would be out of isolation before Wellens is.

Sounds like a penalty kick. Unfortunately.

The bit I don't get is why RW can't get another test and come out of isolation. The incubation period is 3-5 days right? So, test on day 5 and get back to it. Infuriating.

Re who takes the game - it would all depend on whether any of the staff who did have it have since have been tested again and been negative. If not, god knows. Alan Mac and Peacs at a guess.

I did notice that Millwall's captain took the team. Not sure if he was injured or whether they just decided it was the best decision. I'd be delighted if Baudry took the team if it meant he wasn't at CB.

We're going to get pumped.

I'm on them to score more than 1.5 goals at above evens. Scored 3 times in both of their last 2 away games I think.

14 days according to the official advice:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-and-treatment/how-long-to-self-isolate/

Fair enough, annoyingly and bafflingly.

Existing long enough to complete the season and staying up were my initial hopes for 20/21.

I’ve already revised this to just existing. Under the circumstances, I’ve become numb to the recent poor results and I don’t feel the need to invest emotionally if I’m not there.

So long as the lads show the right attitude, another defeat this weekend will wash over me.

Why bafflingly?

I find it baffling that despite testing negative you have to isolate for 14 days - considering they're looking at reducing that to 7 or 10 days even without a test.

I see your point.

if I heard it right the reduction is because they think people will be more conformant than with a shorter period. A balance of risk, which must be reduced the longer  the period goes.

in any case it may be that one or two of our positive testers have completed the 10 days?

Sounds like ‘academy’ coaches took training this week, with Wellens speaking to them daily in regards to drills etc.

Gary Stanley 8)

I hear Flitcroft has a free weekend

Hunt and Wright in charge tomorrow

Both could do with bringing their boots.

Guaranteed 3 points for the away team but no biggie.  As observed above, the bigger picture is far more important.

💼 Noel Hunt and Tommy Wright will take charge of the side for tomorrow's game against Hull City

#STFC 🔴

Town 1 ‘Ull’ 0

Hope not as we could be bottom of league 1 by five o'clock tomorrow

Points aside, a loss would be meaningless.

Would still be delighted with a win, though.

We need to stop the winless run but somehow a draw at home dosen't seem much better

Is this is it then? Have we come to this.
Where even the match day thread thinks that there is only one team in it.  :no:

I suspect that, pre covid, this will have been identified as a tough fixture. Current circumstances suggest it will be even tougher.

in context it would be a fantastic point

Not confident but we're playing a fellow League 1 team, so we should never write a game off. Hopefully we have more bodies available.

Maybe but what's better over the next two games a couple of draws or a loss and a win

I don't think a anyone is writing us off or given up on the team but they are in good form and will be clear favourites.   Hopefully they are knackered after the 2 games this week.

Solid defensive display. No mistakes at the back - CB pairing resolute. Keeper plays a blinder with several world class saves. Midfield clicks, breaking up play and first to every loose ball. Up front we are a menace and after missing a couple of early chances, we become clinical and cruise to an effortless 3-0 win!

We shall lose and lose comfortably

...at least we're comfortable though.

Would be delighted with a point !!!!!,   Can't see it though
 (Unfortunately) 0-2 for me. Still think we'll be ok come the end of the season but we need to start turning it around soon.

We'll win 1-0

Lose. 1-3

Will be interested to see the team sheet at 2pm, as no idea who is or isnt fit, with no updates this week. My hunch is that Hunt, Lyden and Iandolo will be back so going with this:-

 Kovar, Hunt, Odemayo, Grounds, Donahue, A Grant, Lyden, M Smith, J Smith, DJ, T Smith
 Subs Fryer, Iandolo, Caddis, Baudry, J Grant, Payne, Hope

Hopefully a bit more solidity with the extra midfielder in Lyden and Matt Smith operating as the most forward of the midfield 3.

2-2 draw with two of the three Smiths on target.

Can't see past a defeat today TBH.

I can't see past a waterlogged pitch and flying debris at the moment :headhurts:

One thing about expecting to lose, the disappointment on losing is less when it happens.

Same here in South Somerset, heavy flooding on many roads and awful wind blowing around anything thats not tied down, could be touch and go if its like this up in Swindon.

I think thats my thinking too, preparing for the worst but hoping it doesn't end in that.

The weather is shite here in Swindon.

It's supposed to get better by early afternoon

Looks quite settled from 2 onwards according to the beeb.

No lassitude with supporting the team here.
If we can’t be sat cheek by jowl in the CG coughing and farting away to hearts content, then next best thing would be limited numbers in a 'secure' environment.
That’s not happening at the moment either so next best thing is watching online.
It’s better than nothing.

Low expectations for today, just be competitive and give them a good game.
Too early to predict a season of struggle just yet.

A good overall record against them over the years but different directions for both clubs since the last league meeting 15 years ago.

"If" we go into lockdown next week as predicted it seems pointless carrying on anyway

Time was when you coughed to cover up a fart. Now you fart to cover up a cough.

Anyway, no reason we can’t win this IF we stop the defensive howlers. No reason to think we actually will, so a defeat for me.

Need to hold out until halftime and go in at 0-0.
Then turn on the wind tunnel which could hopefully unsettle the Tigers.

Lucky to fill the bench today.

In 40 games vs 'Ull over the years the Town have won 17, drawing 15 and losing 7, scoring 49 and conceding 32.

In 20 games at the CG Town have won 12 games drawing 6 and losing just twice, scoring 33 and conceding 15. Town have won the last 3 on the trot scoring 10 goals and conceding 3, our last game against them back in 2004.

I remember a few of the games well, the 96 championship winning season under Muckmahom when they looked absolutely awful in a relegation season and we had probably 75% possession, we kept the ball for over 3 minutes at one point in the game while the crowd were gleefully shouting Olé with every touch. On loan Everton midfielder Tony Grant scored a fantastic 30 yard chip (5 mins into the video).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14PqqY1eKxE&feature=emb_logo

Hull currently sit in 2nd place winning 7 of their 9 league games scoring 15 and conceding 7 and losing just twice, one was a 4-1 thrashing at Fleetood and a 2-1 reverse home to Posh, a game apparently they should have easily won.

Despite their decent start their fans are less than enamoured with their manager Grant McCann, with many of their fans calling him very wittily(!) Grant McCant.

They have no players or staff with a Swindon connection and we have no players with a Hull connection.

A few comments from Hull fans on their forum.


And the usual Swindon knocking, which is so ironic from "Hull" of all places! a city regularly voted the worst city in the UK to live in.

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/hull-worst-place-to-live-2302333

I will be happy with a draw today under poor conditions and many injuries and Covid related absentees, I expect several of the youths will be called up to fill the bench today.

I've been to Hull, I can confirm it's a dump.

It’s a shit hole in the league of Luton shit holes.
The locals are gormless and struggle to string a sentence together and if you like really rough Women I would strongly recommend it.

I always wonder what bearing the perceived merits/demerits of a town/city have on anything.

In its defence it is better than Gillingham.

All most footy fans see of Swindon is the walk from the station to ground which is grim.

when Grimsby is a highlight of exiting Hull you know it's shit.

I'm at peace with getting a pasting today.

anything else will be a surprising bonus

I remember going up there, first game of the season, Shay Given’s debut. Won 1-0. Our minibus got stoned/bottled on the way out - which was impressive as they only had 3000 odd home fans.

We took a fair few, too. Ty Gooden looked like a world beater!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah2CSyYM7us

I have mate from Hull (Or Holl, as he would say).

He's a Liverpool fan.

Luton and Gillingham are undoubtedly shit holes but Hull doesn't come close in my opinion. I went to the game in '95 and remember walking around the marina (a marina if you please!) before the game and I was quite impressed...I suspect we'll get a bit of a shellacking today though...

(https://mercedesrosello.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/hull-marina.png)

I had the 'pleasure' of living in Hull for six months through work in the late '80s. I can confirm that it is a typical end of the Road Town and the only reason for going there was because you lived there. It has improved significantly in the last 20 years and, in its favour, I used to do alright at the dog track at Craven Park and picking winners on a five-dog track was easier than one from six. The surrounding area in really nice and Beverley is a superb town with a good racecourse.

On the negative side, I did not make a friend there for the entirety of my stay and there seemed to be an inbuilt hostility to any soft southern bastards. Not the greatest six months of my life, although the last six months have not been especially brilliant either. Oh, the marina is nice though!

Yeah, the streets could do with some litter picking but there is some late Victorian and Edwardian architecture for away fans to admire along the way if they are of a mind to do so.

Keep your chin up you sound like a decent genuine guy

Hull is a great city, and certainly doesn't deserve the slating it gets.

Memories and knowledge of Hull:

Some great civic architecture.

Also on the receiving end of a few bottles flung by local yooves before the Given debut game.

Saw my first ‘Tanfastic’ tanning studio in KuH.

I think I’ll require the help of Perlenbecher 7.9% to get me through this!

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ElpmOfLXIAEODPZ?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)

Baudry not even on the bench
No Dj either

I would think we will line up as ....

                    Kovar
Caddis  Grounds  Odimayo  Donohue
          A Grant   M Smith
J Smith       Payne            J Grant
                  T Smith

In the scheme of things not as bad as I was expecting.
No DJ a concern, I guess an injury.

The match preview on the OS yesterday reported that DJ picked up an injury in training and wouldn’t be featuring.

I like the back 4.

Hoping to see Pitman and T Smith together later in the game.

DJ has a knee injury and Baudry has a thigh injury apparently.

I cant see Payne lasting a whole 90 mins, so that could happen.

Really excited about this. Trying to send positive vibes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJqimlFcJsM

"And Nobby Dancing....." RIP Norbert Peter Styles.

Hope starting instead of Tyler Smith.

hope in, t Smith out. bugger

T Smith injured in warm up. Hope plays instead.

Got away with that, huge gaps in our defence.

FFS iFollow stop with the replays so we miss an attack by Town.

FFS. sort the replays out

Spraying it around nicely at the back at the moment.

Pretty scrappy game so far, we are trying to pass the ball but Hull are closing us down quickly so we aren't getting the ball into as many dangerous positions yet. We still look pretty shakey at the back when they do attack.

what was odimayo doing!

Hope and Joel grant miss great chances from a Payne cross, probably should have hit the target.

good chance that! unlucky

Hope and Grant miss chances.

Hull should have scored there but he hits it wide weakly from a great position.

First chance for Hull. Lucky it wasn't on target!

Town not getting to grips with the strong wind yet.

Caddis limping badly.

And Caddis seems to have got over it already!

0-1

On the break 20 yarder into the bottom corner.

Shitty defending but great run and shot.

fucks sake

Ran through the whole team!
0-1

yup

Just foul him FFS it’s basically!

Oh dear

Bollocks!

Yet another corner to them.

Yates scores for Blackpool

Nice ball into the box from J Smith but no Town header in the 6 yard box.

Town win their first corner.

Matt Smith's passing so far has been pretty poor.

Kovar makes a decent save as they hit us on the break yet again.

getting ripped by their pace

Kovar save at the near post!

Nothing like an old fashion exaggeration

I think it's obvious we are playing against the wind this half, probably why Hull turned us around from the start

Kovar shocking footwork gives away a corner.

Absolutely, we just can't play against the wind, be a very different story 2nd half, hopefully we can keep them down to a single goal and maybe even grab one on the break, we arent playing awful.

replays are really pissing me off

I'll keep quiet from now on.

We don't really have any in Midfield defensively unfortunately. If we get out of shape and have no cover then we struggle.

Is it me or do more than a few players look like they can’t be arsed?

Embarrassingly poor.

Its ok you will get used to it on matchdays, just hope Iandolo doesn't come on and make an epic mistake that cost us a goal because you can't say anything against him.

:-)

I don't think we look poor at all, I think defensively we arent very good and they are coping with the wind better than us, but we aren't playing that badly IMO.

1-1 Caddis

Get in!!

Short corner to Caddis 7 yards out thumped into the roof unmarked.

Have that! 1-1

Great goal!

1-1

great quick corner.  fantastic

YES!!!

Wow

Fucking belter!

Good old defender's thump shot, nice..

Handball just outside the box, free kick to Town.

J Smith turn volley after an Odimayo backheel just over the bar.

Its simple really, if you're putting yourself up as match reporter then say what happens or accept people might have a different opinion.

536565

What are those numbers

Hope inches away from Smiths cross in the 6 yard box.

It looks like some sort of screensaver kicking in at Ifollow HQ

A Grant getting stuck in nicely.

Working it nicely down the Right flank now, confidence is building but still nervy when Hull break.

Smith fouled on the touchline, free kick to Town 20 yards out.

Watching with the sound off as they were getting on my nerves and with that we score. I am sure the wind is playing a part as well. Their number 6 seems to have a lot to say to the ref  I notice.

That happens with poor internet connections on iFollow mate, random numbers floating accross the screen, happened a lot to me last season.

Virtual attendance?

Hull have looked very poor since we scored.

Smith cuts inside and has a shot saved and Donohue misses the rebound.

Kovar easy claim from a cross.

Is it me, or is Matt Smith shit!

Cross shot by Hull goes well wide, looked dangerous, Kovars kicking has been very poor so far today.

I didn't think Hope was playing

Its easily his poorest game so far.

He replaced the injured Tyler Smith minutes before KO.

Hull certainly no better than us. Three points there to be won second half, especially with the wind.

HT 1-1.

Decent.

Really? Probably our best player in most games

This isn't the first one he's looked dodgy.

Bloody hell. How injury prone are we?

We're the best team here.

some half time ska:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGXedjQ9Lg4

Good half, still heart in mouth time when Hull attack but not bad and a cute worked goal from us.

It's you

Would take that first half display.
Clearly we don’t have that out and out goal threat but created a few decent half chances.
Only concern is we are still prone to giving away gifts.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Unbelievable isn’t it.
I am sure some people don’t watch the game.

Impressed that we remained patient after going a goal down.

Still look a bit suspect at the back.

J Smith and Caddis linking up well on the right.

Certainly came more into the game as the half progressed. Lots of possession early on but couldn't do anything with it.

Great thinking by Caddis and good vision from J Smith for the goal.

Thought we came more into the game as A Grant became a bit more influential. We had a threat down the right with J Smith and a bit with Donahue on the left.

71.4% possession to town

enjoyed that last 20. this team has heart and fight. we lack striking options and a bit more quality but they give everything

What are you on ?

We’re not impressing the Hull fans

‘I thought Bristol were poor, Swindon are even worse.....some of the errors they've racked up already have been shocking. If Wilks had a footballing brain, he'd be bloody brilliant, tendency to be an absolute hogger too often.’

‘Swindon look like a parks football tribute act’

Hull fans views...

Close to a penalty for Town ref gives a goal kick, definate touch on Grant by the keeper.

Another penalty shout declined

You
Jeez. Didn't realise we were playing Barcelona.

Didn't think it was, but seen them given for less.

They always say these things even out, in which case we're going to have one hell of a run

This season 3 or 4 have been given against us for less already.

Amazingly arrogant attitude by them TBH.

Yes!

2-1 Joel Grant great finish.

What a fantastic move! 2-1

what a goal!

Lovely goal!

2-1

Nice, Imagine the Hull fans are spitting..

Real strikers finish too by Grant, buried low and hard from 15 yards.

This makes me happy.

They aren't happy but most saying its desereved and a good goal.

Imagine getting beat by a pub side..

Easy save by Kovar.

"Tribute" pub side at that!

Hope has been exactly what we needed. Holding and linking play brilliantly

Hull fans not saying anything our own fans have been saying anyway.  I have no problem with them.

Just delighted we seem to be putting in a shift at last.  Keep it up, pls.

Hull take off the 2 players I thought were their best 2 players.

Great team goal but it was Hope's touch that made that goal. Much better game for him than against Northampton, feel glad for him.

Town win another corner from a long ball by Kovar.

Me neither, but in a season of not much to smile about, you have to take it while you can..

Better defending by Grounds there.

Exactly!

Odimayo looks to be limping

Joel Grant and Hope have both put in a decent shift today.

Much, much better in the second half, not really surprising given the wind!

Agree with that.

Bloody hell Payne should have scored there after a great move down the right.

Great claim by Kovar there.

Another good claim by Kovar.

Kovar is having a good game so far today.

Oxford currently bottom.  Time for another managerial rant?

And we're up to the dizzy heights of 19th.  It's all relative, but I'd take it.

Still 65% possession to Town.

Football's a funny old game

If he is fit enough I would like to see Pitman get some minutes instead of Hope who has had a decent game but looks a little tired.

Fucking lucky for Kovar there.

Phew!

phew.

Phew

Phew.

Didn't want that to happen (him being slow off the line and beaten) as I thought his confidence had been building nicely.

Their number 6 is a niggly fucker.

Hope felled on the edge of the corner of the box when clean through.

Hull upping the pressure in the last 10 mins.

Easy save by Kovar.

Hope down and has run his guts out today.

Not quite sure why the ref is letting Joel Grant get murdered by their right back time after time, he's not going down any easier than any other player...

The ref is not giving us anything when our players go to ground.

Payne breaks but his pass is the wrong way for the running Smith, great chance.

Awful ball from Payne 😟

Jeez this is nervy stuff.

Iandolo on for Joel grant.

This is how I used to feel at matches in the 80s!

Absolutely, every game used to end up like this!

Didn’t they just.

Corner to Hull off Iandolo.

J Smith fouled and yellow given against his fouler.

I don't like it now at my age!

Arthur, I think.

We need to be cuter at taking the ball into the corner - and keeping it there!

Hope has easily been my MotM today.

We need this.  Especially if the season is about to be put on hold.  Come on, Swindon!

Come on lads. Keep it tight.

Pitman on for Smith.

It's Hope that's killed 'em

How many hours of injury time?

1 minute into the 4 added.

I put a large (by my standards) bet on Kingston upon Hull to win. I am delighted to have lost my cash.

Come on lads!

Hull pushing everyone up now.

Hope totally knackered.

Last minute.

Nerves.  This takes me back.

So will elite sports be stopped again?

Good by Kovar going to ground, arguments over the challeneg.

I heard a rumour they will continue.

I'd be surprised if they're not.

Blow the fucking whistle ref.

FT 2-1 great win under difficult conditions, deserved. 6 bloody minutes added!

Get in. Massive three points. Well done Town.

Very. Fucking. Happy.

Yes!!  Great result, Town.

Right margin, right result. I'll take that.  :)

What a great win, sounds like we battled well despite what the Hull fans said

We won a game of football!

what a win!

Thoroughly deserved. Thank you Swindon, I needed that.

'kin 'ell. That's a turnip for the books. Wellens should isolate for the rest of the season :)

(joking obviously)

Wellens out

Win from behind can’t ask for more especially after the week we’ve had! Hopefully kick start the season!

Wow! Wow! Wow!

Noone thought we had a chance, especially after going 0-1 down.

What a 96 mins from Hope!

Best performance from Kovar.

A Grant came alive after the goal too!

What an exciting game!

For Mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNe5npkid-s

fanstastic win. been telling everyone all week to bet on hull. obviously i never did  :D

out fought them. 2nd half all hull did was lump it forward and usually its our weakness but everything cleared easy.

payne and hope brilliant pressing.

pre-season i thought to myself the whole success of this team would be down to our wingers and showed today with jonny smith. with him fit, we have a danger- such pace, crossing and shots. without him there is little spark. also fantastic defending by him.

massive win.

Thought we played quite well in spells, but the last 20 mins we were asking for it a bit.  The defence still looks ropey, teams seem able to find space far too easily.

Having said that, they didn't really create that much.  Thought we could have taken full control of the game if we'd carried on as we were playing.

Overall, workmanlike.  Take the points, see out another week financially, await the end of the season - seems likely the lower leagues are hanging on by a very think piece of string right now.

Superb, well done lads!

Hope that second half - absolutely didn’t leave anything on that pitch.
Superb.

Hallam Hope absolutely superb today

Our yellow pals now 24th.  Out of 24.

That's going to hurt.

Lifted my mood no end that.

Apart from a couple of mistakes we edged that and deserved the win. Great CF performance from Hope. Hasn’t looked like scoring at all but brilliant at bringing Payne and the wingers into play in the final third. Wasn’t getting the service at Northampton but showed flashes of being very useful when he came on for the last 20 mins in the game before that. Great to see it come off today.

Here Here!

Have to agree, I was disappointed when Hope replaced Smith just before KO, but fair play he put in a great shift

My nerves Man.
Ffs I was shaking at the end :)

Easy my man of the match, both Grants had a good game too as did Jonny Smith.

You'd like to think so

They're that thick they read the table upside down😁

The football league....is upside down....The football league is upside down....

You're buzzing today Pete :clap:

Huge win lads! I can enjoy the remains of the weekend so much more now

Damn right mate!

Great win against all odds.

“You’re getting mauled by the Tigers”

;)

Oxfud have a strong squad, they're holding up the whole division.

Fantastic win Dukey go and have a couple of pints to settle the nerves :pint:

Another shout out to Caddis today.
Just calmed it all down and those last 2 minutes at the bank would have had the DR stand on their feet.

That win today just gives us back Hope and not just Hallam.
We all needed that and the cherry on the cake was the fence painters losing again.

Hunt:
- Boys fantastic
- Showed character
- Second goal pleasing
- Gaffer wanted us to pass the ball
- Good J Grant off the mark and Hope played well
- Hope reliable. Gave us the platform. Which was important
- Room for improvement. But put in good shift
- Before Covid holiday we worked on defensive shape. Paul Jewell worked on it
- Odimayo and Grounds passed it well
- On another day we would have scored more
- We are not going to get any penalties this year!
- Payne should have scored
- Stopped the rot. Needed to be defensively strong
- They had a couple of big boys and good attacking player
- Defensively we were really, really strong
- Great result for the young boys
- T Smith feeling his groin
- L Haines. Had to be called back as we only have 15 players
- Havent looked ahead to Tuesday yet
- Will assess the group now and start planning for Tuesday
- Paul Jewell took training Wed and Fri. Lee Peacock helped
- We are one big team from kit man to Press Guy. Everyone chips in.
- Hunt still coughing but not contagious.
- Wellens was calling through. Hunt already had a couple of missed calls
- Wellens back for Tuesday

Absolutely Mate :)

Great win today. We needed that. Yellow piss stains bottom of the league

Hull fans take so far on the result.


Seems the consensus is that they lost the game rather than we won it.

I listened to the interview and I'm impressed how quick you've posted😁

Listen and type at the same time. :-)

Sometimes ends up as gobble-de-gook and have to go back and 'modify'.

Really feel lifted by that performance. Pre match we were no hopers to many and certainly our opponents had us down as nil points. So MOM, all of them. That performance is what we were looking for after the early season wins. We are not that far off having a team to compete and do well. We, I feel have had (like other teams I’m sure), an injury list that is a massive spanner in the works to us especially in relation to our size of squad, depth and injury prone players. Coupled with some dubious reffing and a lack of Lady Luck have all conspired against us. How you respond is a measure of how good you are on many levels and today our boys were up and down that skyscraper like a whores drawers. So to conclude, immense performance, immense team spirit, immense win.

Cant argue with that. I concur.

Cheque is in the post as I type 😉

I absolutely hate watching us play on iFollow. It’s fucking heart-wrenching.

I think we’ve got enough to stay up.

On a side note, Jerry Yates cost me over £3000 today.

Tell him he’s a cunt. Won’t get you the cash but may make you feel better.

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

It won’t

A good win today - last 10 a bit tense, and I wasn’t sure why we got nearly 7 mins of extra time - but the referee was poor through the game.
I think it’s difficult Initially to assess how bad the wind is on iFollow - at least until we saw both goalies kicking. That may have contributed to our slow start.
Overall we competed well, and passed the ball well. Second goal a gem.
Hope and Caddis were my MOM contenders- the way they eked out time in the corner was brilliant.

That was a great performance.
After going 1-0 down to a softish (but goof) goal we didn't panic, and upped it to get back into the game. The importance of the Caddis goal was matched by it's brilliance.... The second a beauty.

And while Hull did indeed force a fair few corners and have obvious quality, I never felt another goal was inevitable.

fair fucks. it's a funny old game..

I know we looked a bit shakey at the back occasionally but it was a lot better than some of the performances with Baudry at centre half. Kovar looked more secure apart from their offside goal and we moved the ball around well. All in all, an enjoyable afternoon and the second goal was excellent

I love this type of away fan comment. if we looked good then how did we look a poor side. this was obviously a bad day in the office for hull based on their league position.

we out fought them and played some very good triangles around them in the last 3rd throughout. they just lumped it forward.

Some Hull fans must not be aware that football existed before they moved to their shiny new stadium

I suspect that similar statements have been made on this forum on many occasions.

This is all

https://youtu.be/L9sHfcCwTYA

Interesting that all of our positive results so far have come at home. If we can start picking up a point or three in the odd away match our home results could see us in a respectable position soon enough.

Also fun to note the Oxford mob are currently wetting their little yellow panties with talk of relegation rife already.

On to Plymouth for the mighty reds. 

They told us they were going to piss the league and boasted about their state of the art training facilities were far superior to ours

 :bye:

If we win the rearranged match it probably won’t count anyway - afterall we cheated to get the first match called off.

Nah, didn't feel a thing.

Struggling the season after a play off final defeat and sale of best defender/captain.

Sounds familiar....

Didn't watch the game. How did Odimayo and Grounds work as a partnership at CB? Really hoping that it works as we've had no stability at all at CB.

Worked well i thought. Odimayo getting more confident every game

Looked shaky early match but after about 20 mins Odimayo started to play a lot better and had a good game. Grounds is a solid defender, he is always capable of making 1 or 2 mistakes a game but hes a better CB than Baudry IMO, being one is left footed and one right footed they do compliment each other well.

With Grounds' history and experience he was always likely to be a good signing at this level.

I'm feeling more comfortable with Kovar every game, even though he did still have a couple of dodgy moments. He's coming for crosses now and catching them rather than punching them. He also helped to start the attack for the winner

TBF they're right about the training facilities. Just goes to show, it's not always necessary/enough to have the best facilities, it's what you do there that matters.

Yes spot on

Thanks all. Good to hear.

Thankfully wrong this time JBZ. Perhaps it's time to reassess your approach to overly certain future results for Town?  :hmmm: They have been (understandably) negative.

 :pint:

In fairness, I think that the result came as a (welcome) surprise to many.

I'm just teasing. Great result.

Also though, Hull isn't that bad a place. It's a cracking place. Think a lot are judging it based on the late 80s or early 90s. It has come on a bit since then.

Not me, knew we'd win  ;)

Fucking Nostradamus know it all  :D

understatement.

And when they scored their first I knew I was right. Right up until I wasn't.

Can't even call it a lucky win. We at least matched them after the first 20.

So, Plymouth on Tuesday then...

I am now expecting a big win against Plymouth

As soon as the first went in I turned the radio off, muttering same old shite.

Firstly a little moan about the replays on Ifollow, I wish they would stop doing it so much during the game, it cuts into so much game play that you miss the flow of the match.

Anyway - I thought Hull absolutely bossed us for the first 20 minutes or so as we struggled to come to terms with them. When they scored I was the same as Jay 'same old shite etc' and really feared a bit of a battering.

To our immenses credit, and I think the Caddis goal, which came from very quick thinking by J.Smith came at exactly the right time and gave us a big wedge of belief back. We ended the half much stronger.

Second half I thought we really played well, Hope was tireless in his lone front man role holding the ball up well and we looked a real danger down the right hand side with Caddis and J.Smith building a great relationship. We scored an excellent second with a wonderful team goal from the back, J.Grant finishing well. We then saw the game out expertly frustrating Hull.

I think Grounds and Odimayo (bar one ridiculous pass) are very good ball playing centre backs and are improving game by game. Sometimes they ooze class on the ball. I think Odimayo's positioning still requires work but of course he is young and hopefully the experienced players can help him here. I do think our achilles heel is crosses into the box, Kovar took a couple of clean catches second half to ease pressure and I assume he's been trained to punch less. Its worth remembering hs is very very young and so probably needs a clean sheet or 2 or 3 good games until we really see him coming into his own. He didn't let his minor rick in giving away a silly corner in the first half affect him so fair play.

Hallam Hope was my man of the match. He ran himself into the ground, as did Caddis to be fair who is developing a great relationship with J.Smith. A.Grant showed some of his L2 form and made one brilliant tackle in the first half to snuff out a dangerous Hull attack in our box. When we get Lydon, Conroy, Fryers, T.Smith and Pitman fit and firing we should be fine.

on ifollow replays, totally agree.  I only learned recently such tech as 'auto ball follower' was being used thanks to that lino bald head incident!

is it possible replays are on auto detect too? if so, turn them off please ifollow.

I think goals only replays should be administered. I know its probably not viable but they could do an accumulated half time highlight reel of replays if they really must?

...and the 5 minute long advert break when you're trying to listen to a pre-match interview with the manager, a coach or a player, very annoying.

Why does the extended highlights have commentary from what I suppose the EFL Quest fella? Does he just add commentary after the game is finished?

I switched to radio only after the game and you don't get the adverts.  I assume you can do the same beforehand, but I didn't think about it until afterwards.

Think that is a sharing of resources agreement with the Press Association. A lot of the media companies do share their footage/resources; I would assume with a pre-agreed fee/contract.

I've done that a few times, problem is there has been occasion where the live video stream hasn't started up again and I've had to restart the browser or change to my phone's hotspot or some such other solution. 

Don't fancy not having the video ready to go from kick off.  It hasn't been a problem before this season, the 1st season of iFollow was often ropey but since then it's been pretty good, extra usage from UK customers, I guess, has likely been the problem in this regard.  The introduction of these long ad breaks is also a new thing mind.

Fair point.  Safest to take the hit pre match and make the switch post match, I guess.