Gedo holds key to Hull City's Premier League hopes
DAVID Meyler has hailed the instant impact of Gedo and believes Hull City's new attacking sensation could be the difference in the Tigers' Championship promotion bid.
Gedo continued his impressive start to life at the KC Stadium when he capped a bright full debut with the only goal of the game to sink Charlton Athletic 1-0 on Saturday.
-
Hull City's Gedo celebrates his goal with Paul McShane
The Egyptian's heroics came just four days after he opened his account against Derby County last week and ensured City retained their encouraging grip on second spot.
For a City side hindered by its attacking flaws this season, Meyler says the contributions of the deadline-day signing have provided a huge lift.
IS YOUR CAR KEY BENT ? REMOTE FOB NOT WORKING ? LOST CAR KEYS ?...
Peace Of Mind Security Hull Ltd/Hull Car Keys
View details
FOR ALL YOUR CAR KEY NEEDS CALL US NOW ON
01482 423414
SNAPPED KEYS, LOST KEYS, KEYS LOCKED IN VEHICLES,
EXTRA KEYS
WE ALSO REPAIR 90% OF ALL REMOTES AND KEYS, NO FIX NO CHARGE.
Terms:
Terms: FREE REMOTE KEY FOB BATTERY ONE PER CUSTOMER
SAVE £3.00 WITH THIS FREE BATTERY
Contact: 01482 423414
Contact: 01482 423414
Valid until: Friday, May 31 2013
"Gedo's been fantastic since he's arrived, brilliant," said Meyler.
"I spoke with Ahmed Elmohamady before he arrived and he said he was very good. You can see how hard he works and he holds the ball up very well too.
"Most importantly for a striker, he's popped up twice with goals in the last two games. They were two vital goals in our season and what more could you want from your striker?
"I'll just hope he can keep scoring goals and we can keep on winning games. We've got a great opportunity."
Gedo's 33rd-minute goal proved decisive in a tense encounter as City registered back-to-back wins for the first time since Christmas to retain growing momentum.
Six points from two games at the KC Stadium has set the Tigers' promotion bid back on track after a run of one win in five, and Meyler wants to complete the hat-trick when Blackburn Rovers visit East Yorkshire tomorrow night.
"We sat down with the manager last week and spoke about how important these home games were. It was crucial for us to try and win all three," he said.
"That's two big wins and with a tough game coming up against Blackburn on Tuesday we've got to make sure we beat them too.
"The way this league is, you need to make sure you're right up for it. We were up for it against Derby and again against Charlton, so we need to make sure this little run keeps going.
"If we focus on ourselves then there's not a team in this league that can live with us when we're firing on all cylinders."
The significance of City's weekend win was huge as league-leaders Cardiff, third-placed Watford and fourth-placed Crystal Palace all secured valuable wins on Saturday.
A three-point cushion stands between Steve Bruce's men and the chasing pack, while Leicester, inactive again on FA Cup weekend, are now six points adrift with two games in hand.
Meyler added: "It's all about three points and moving on. We can't be getting preoccupied with promotion now, we've got to make sure that every game that we're bang at it and pick up as many points as we possibly can between now and the end of the season.
"It's nice to have the points in the bank. We're six points ahead of Leicester and although they've got two games on us, it's never nice to have to chase.
"They'll be confident of closing the gap I'm sure but we'll just look at Tuesday and beating Blackburn."
• Gallery: The best pictures from Hull City's win over Charlton
6 Comments
by ianhale1965
Monday, February 18 2013, 5:49PM
“Give the guy a chance........ Gedo we believe in you but really, give the guy a chance. Pressure is not the way to go.......... Maybe Gedo is the striker we have needed all season. Come on guys support the team, they may suprise you.......... hopefully!”
by Willie_Mason
Monday, February 18 2013, 11:09AM
“another 10-12 goals off this kid may see us over the line. watford, palace and leicester are still dangerous but i hope we can hold off any challenge from them and get into the premire league and stay there.
and hopefully sort out this field cutting up problem so tigers have turf they can play on all season round, for me this is the only problem of a shared ground.
As an anlaby roader who supports both teams i believe hull should display photos for free, but maybe should contribute to surface repairs(if they don't already) as the wigan huudersfield fa cup tie proved, pitches that share wiv league are in bad nick.
hopoe the owners of both teams can solve this problem instead of argueing all the time.”
by VoiceNreason
Monday, February 18 2013, 10:20AM
“Why do people keep going on about plays-offs and wembley as they wont be needed by cioty this time. Boyd will be here soon from what was said on saturday and with McShane now likely to be out for a week or 3 we need cover in midfield as Fathi will have to cover the 3 remaining defenders. Faye and McShane are not expected back until march 2nd at the earliest.
As for Gedo just keep nit going. With Cits water tight defence 1-0 will do for me all the time.
Charlton were lucky as but for Leon Cort the game would have been all over at HT.”
by steve64
Monday, February 18 2013, 9:39AM
“Hassle White - 93 days to the 27th May is actually this Friday, though I'm not going to quibble over one day!!”
by Hassle-White
Monday, February 18 2013, 7:47AM
“6 days to Boyd”
by EuroTiger
Monday, February 18 2013, 7:38AM
“Two goals in two games is a great start, athough of course we seek improvemnt.(lol)
Hard not to get the pedestal polished isen't it ? But let the guy(s) settle in , all three could be sensational as they regain fitness and th grounds get dryer & faster.
UTT”