“Lee: the trouble with a should he / shouldn't he poll is that it is more complicated than that. For me it is he should play IF he is fit, IF his attitude is right, IF he is committed. We don't know the answers to those IFs. Lambrettaman, you really over here? Graham, Hong Kong

Indeed I am, it's my second home, I've been coming regularly for 26 years and I'm currently sat in the Shangri-La in Tsim Sha Tsui, it's 4.51am, I think I might be up a little too early!”

“southern tiger, just you and alan or can I have an invite, as a Sheffield lad I'm a bit short on tigerchums haha!”

“Phil Hessle - Y? cos it's the Hdm.
Alan (Ripon) whos details I' ve again mislaid - sorry. I will b over for both Derby and Knotts florist. Lunch at the usual?”

“Why such a stupid report? Why not a report on the City players on interntational duty? Why not a look at the "emergency loan" market opening?
Why nothing on the players that are out there on frees on those that have been made available for loan including players such as Cudicini and Luke Moore- something that would be unltimately more facinating than this drivel!! The HDM reporters are allo busy creaming themsleves over a local rugby derby- which willultimately come to naught (with rugby being a 2d class sport and all)

I had to laugh the other day when the OPTA stats came out - Ashbee is statistically the best City player at the moment. Solano is then statistically the 2nd best!!! It just shows you can make stats do what you want
AND AN ERROR HAS OCCURED!!!!”

“pops, i think what baz was doing (as the intelligent poster i know him to be) was using those players as an extreme example to make his point which i get cause i have the ability to not take things on face value and appreciate that sometimes its necessary to use examples like that to explain your thoughts. bit of a wasted 2 paragraphs there matey!

see, i could do the same with your comment.....

"His performances last season showed he wasn't prepared to put the effort in"

but i wont cause i know youre just using that sweeping generalisation to try and make your point.

ignore this hdm article, its a space filler on a topic they think we're still interested in. i'll reserve judgement until the press conference and 3pm saturday.”

“Give Jimmy a chance..!! I do not believe any of the fans have see Jimmy play to his full potential in a tigers shirt yet. How can we expect him to show us if he doesn't get the oppertunity...???
Come on NP, prove us right.!”

“Hey BAZ, the players you mentioned in your post ( Best, Marsh, Bowles & Gasgoine), were lightyears away from Bullard in terms of footballing ability. People actually wanted to see these guys in full-flow, because they could turn just about any game on it's head with a moment of pure class.

Sadly the same cannot be said of Jimmy Bullard who, in reality can only dream of being in the same league as those you mentioned.

His performances last season showed he wasn't prepared to put the effort in and actually earn the money he gets paid. He didn't want the ball, gave it away when he did get it, and just stood around looking like he wanted to be somewhere else.

If the guy stops acting like a buffoon, makes genuine attempts to improve as a player, as a person, and as a potential mentor to some of our younger players then good luck to the guy, but at present he's getting exactly what he deserves from the powers that be at Hull City.”

“Richard@work 1140 with your HDM stutter. LOL ! - Sometimes people get an analogy so right - re Citys defence and HDM s reporting. You win todays bang on the nail prize.Lambrettamans view of the M6 at 3am from HongKong = runner up for forward vision.”

“HDM whats the point posting on here when they disappear into the ether?”

“Senor Bring Bullard Back please read the article again. This is just guess work by a lazy HDM reporter. There is not one quote from anybody to do with Hull City it is just pure speculation. They clearly had nothing to write about today so jumped to this conclusion relying on the fact that most people love to moan and this will give them something to moan about. The last we heard from any official source Bullard is available for selection and it is up to the manager to decide if he merits a place.Normally there is a press conference on a Thursday they could have waited until then to find out if he is in the team and if not they could have asked why. Tony M you have hit on something in the 4th line which is often overlooked in that players with flair have to work hard. The great Brazillian teams always worked hard. I would just add that discipline is important regardless of whether you are a so called flair player or not.”