hull Stories - Bitter and Blue
Hull 2 - 1 City
There is seemingly endless discussion of the top four in recent times, with talk of Liverpool's woes and the chances of the trio of pretenders (ourselves, Tottenham and Aston Villa) who are banging on the door waiting to take their place. Whilst Roberto Mancini has introduced a consistency and...
Ten released as the transfer window kicks in
Manchester City can confirm a final list of 10 players that have not been retained for the coming season. Of the 10 released, four were members of the 2007/08 season first team squad, with the other players young Academy lads or reserve team regulars. Paul Dickov, Geovanni, Emile Mpenza and Jihai...
Manchester City 5 Hull 1
Manchester City v Hull City Friday December 26, 2008, 3.00pmCity of Manchester Stadium - Att: 45,196mcfc.co.uk report, MEN report,Some thoughts from the Boxing Day victory:If Mark Hughes was hoping for a statement performance from his side given the recent attention on him, then he most definitely...
Hull preview
Back on home turf, and welcoming the side who went into meltdown following (or during if you are Phil Brown) a heavy defeat in the corresponding fixture in 2008/09.A first half shellacking resulted in the bizarre sight of Brown conducting his team talk on the pitch, a move that endeared him to...
City 1 Hull 1
The danger at holding a 1-0 and not killing a side off when you are in the ascendancy is that you run the risk of allowing your opponents back into the game.Today was a perfect example of this and what should have been a return to winning ways to start an important week results in the sense of...
Hughes reaction to the Hull point
"Of course it is a disappointing run we're on, because we're failing to see out victories when we have the lead.We're trying to get something started here but at times we look exactly what we are, a side that has been thrown together very quickly. That means we'll have bad days among the good...
