Saint86

You're in cloud cuckoo land mate. We are wide open defensively and have been for weeks. We're home to a side that have just sacked their manager and are 1 point of the relegation zone, whilst we're chasing automatics.

I think we'll still win this. But serious questions emerging over squad management for me. We're weak in defensive midfield and full back, we've wasted a loan over the whole Rothwell/alcaraz situation (clearly other areas needed strengthening over any debatable upgrade there - alcaraz is better regardless imo). And then... more importantly, for weeks now, Martin has demonstrated a total inability to manage the squad... Routinely making wholesale changes of 4-5 players each week, rather than minor tweaks of 1-2 players every week to give players a proper rest. The result now is really disjointed teams and loss of form, for a tactical setup that needs complete fluidity to work. I know he's a young manager without the previous experience of such a large squad to balance, but we've got sort this out for the playoffs!!

Never a free kick. Indecisive keeping. Although the millwall player never played the ball or even jumped, just ran in to bazunu who was in the air.

And better than manning.... 🤣

Any news on KWP's injury scare from the other night? Looked like a potentially nasty one although he did manage to finish the game. Wondering if we might rest him for this and go with Stephens and manning at LB (i'd rather seem Meghoma). Isn't bree also meant to be approaching fitness?

Same with this one...

I tend to concur.... having been sat in Itchen corner (right on the divide with the away fans), and having spent the first 45min giving abuse to a morbidly obese and shirtless father-son combo... and then having to put up with them coming out second half, chanting "leeds leeds leeds" and "come on you yellows" (they were playing in blue) whilst they were swigning their shirts around their heads still 3-0 down, and then ultimately giving us back the banter by the bucket loads when they scored the 4th... A grim grim day indeed. Pretty sure i also threw an old tv set on the floor following one of the Portugal tournament exits... probably the one with the testicular stamping incident... have mellowed since those days 🙈😄 Also, when i was really little, i think i cried after the tranmere cup exit. Something about 4-3s i guess...

Hull didn't win that game. Martin lost in in the first half with the wrong team selection and balance. Sadly, i think Leeds are likely to win (or at least draw) with Leicester, at which point it really is advantage to them and its fairly irrelevant whether teams have a blueprint to beat us as we'll be pretty much assured playoffs anyway.

It will cost us the playoffs as well mate.... we won't be playing huddersfield and co in the playoffs.

If he doesn't get promoted he should get sacked... Broadly speaking.

they won 4-3? Pretty much everytime you post something like this, the worst possible response happens ^_^

Simply not good enough. Games like this is how promotion is thrown away.

Great blocks by THB and Janny B there.

Incredibly poor if we just surrender it like we are tbh.

Also, this ref is a right nobber.

He'll probably love the players, be so proud of them, and then apologise for his own tactics whilst learning f'all.

Ditto chez. As far as i can tell he did absolutely nothing before they eventually scored No.2. Really worrying. Maybe he thought we could hold on till half time and he could give them a proper reset, but i was also thinking we absolutely had to drag off manning for stelphens and rothwell/smallbone for Charles at 30min... was so obvious.

Absolute dog turd.

Hull have had a day less rest than us...

Easiest away 45 Hull have had all season i reckon.

It needed two at 30min. and it was obvious. One of smallbone/rothwell off for an actual anchor man, and manning...

Rothwell again in midfield ffs. Just too many changes and tactically awful with no anchor in midfield. So disjointed and easy to play through. Martin needs to make serious changes second half.

I don't think i ever want to see manning starting an important game for us ever again. Absolutely shocking tonight.

We need to save our 5 subs and waste 45min just to establish that fact mate. Deano adamant the only thing that is wrong is a lack of running and not the tactics 🤣

Ah too late... Horror show from Martin this half.