Hull City beaten 4-2 by promotion rivals Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park

“The time has come for Fahti to start a game, and also it is no coincidence that our once stern defence leaks goals everytime Bruce is in there. Drop ye son Bruce and put one of our International defenders in there, not look after your family”

“Should say Burnley of course, before all you dictionaries come on and tell me.”

“by HCAFCscarb
Tuesday, March 05 2013, 10:37PM
."Well, that's Football for you.
We lost....we move on and we stay posative..
Anything can happen in any game...
We still have Watford and Cardiff at home.
We can still make the top 2 .
Fingers crossed...
Here's to us beating Burnley on Saturday ...
COME ON CITY YOU CAN STILL DO IT..
Course they can..."

Whatever you do, don't go to Burnely on Saturday , as any City fan will know and tell you know , we play them on MONDAY”

“Goal aggregate yes I have heard of that it is what we used before goal difference. Knowthetruth you cannot judge a keeper solely on the number of goals he conceeds. There are many other factors for example what protection did he receive? He has been beaten by two deflections in those games there is little you can do about that. He should have done better for the second Bolton goal but other than that there was little he could do. Outfield players can make many mistakes and they will often go unnoticed but a keeper is exposed and is scrutinised to his every movement. You would have dropped him after the last match judging by your post but what about the other players? Who was it giving the ball away as mentioned by other posters not Stockdale. We signed Stockdale because the manager thought he was better than what we already have and despite the last few games I don´t think we have seen anything to change that view and as for replacements who is there at this time of the season?”

“as i have said before we need a top goal keeper because stockdale is not in the class we need.let in 10 goals in 3 games says it all.any other team would have dropped him by now.plus i think the defenders should start having a look at themselfs”

“What a load of rubbish. First off we get thrashed at Bolton 4-1 then where beating Birmingham 5-0 and then the players start getting friendly with each other kissing, cuddling and playing grab **** and let in two stupid goals and then it's off to Selherst Park feeling so proud of ourselves and amid all the hoop la they get another thrashing 4-2. So let's see 3 games played 8 goals scored and 10 against. That's 3 points from 9, ever heard of goal aggregate!!!!!!!”

“Seems we did what we did at Bolon - clawed back a three goal defecit to 3-1 and then not build on that potential recovery by very quickly coneding at the other end. Good to see that we kept battling to the end but all in all it would not be he Hull City we all love if they didn't disappoint on a regular (if less frequent) basis.

I have said from the start of the season that it would come down to goal difference at some point and worryingly ours is much much worse than all the teams around us.”

“Pigman,an accurate summary of the game I saw.
I think we have all been swept away in the magic that was Saturday,including Steve Bruce.Hindsight is really just admitting you were wrong in the first place,and Steve Bruce,in hindsight,thought our talent would overwhelm Crystal Palace.He was wrong,and I felt Palace were annoyingly comfortable against us.For me an object lesson in assessing your opponent properly,and setting up accordingly.Boyd and Koren was a luxury,they don't win enough 50/50's to justify having both of them on at the same time.I would love an Olofinjana aged 26,say,because the willing but limited Meyler doesn't pass well enough,and Koren is great on the move but doesn't boss midfield like a Jimmy Bullard.Sorry!
The 1st half was even,and we had some good spells,but what impressed me about Palace was their efficiency,and by that I mean their possession to chances ratio.When they had the ball they looked quick and slick.I wish we had looked like that,but we didn't.We were well contained for the most part,against a well organised defence.
In all of this I feel we are getting too excited about our supposed attacking threat.The reason George Boyd is not a Premier League player is he's not quick,though he IS clever.By far the shining light of the night was Ahmad Fathi,who was clever as a substitute,and Gedo looked like he knew where to be to get chances.
There's no point going to the Premier League if you can't defend.Mainly we can,but against swift counter-attacks we can't.Ok,maybe we just need to score first,that'd help!”

“A shocking decision for the second penalty, no-one on the field or in the crowd appealed, or even realised a penalty had been given for several seconds, and then had no idea why.
But City did not play well in the first half, too many misplaced passes and eventually they deserted the passing game altogether in favour of hopeful punts to the front two.
They were better after the interval and were looking good until the breakaway second which indeed looked like a mis-hit by Phillips, followed by his looping deflection over Stockdale. It was good to see Simpson break his goal drought but he undid the good work very soon afterwards by losing the ball in midfield which allowed their breakaway for Zaha's goal. But City kept plugging away with Fathi pulling the strings and deserved their second goal.
Palace are very strong at home and benefit greatly from the rocking atmosphere created in the old stadium by relatively modest crowds. City are still well in the hunt for promotion but it is a bit concerning to see them being comfortably rolled over in two consecutive away matches.
Bucks Phil”

“Well it's a crazy world in the Championship this season!
Cardiff and Leicester scrape a draw against lowly oppposition at home. Watford have to pull back from 1:0 down against the Owls. Middlesborough lose to relegation threatened Huddersrfield and Brighton can only draw against another relegation threatened team - Bristol City!
Tigers concede 10 goals in three games but score 8! From the reports it looks like Zaha was the main difference between the sides - no wonder MUFC want him. An unlucky penalty that Stockdake nearly saved, a scuffed shot from KP that probably fooled the keeper and a long range attempt that took a deflection. Perhaps the supporters that went to the game have a different view but as regards KP (who I have always rated as a good player!) it smacks of slices luck rather than anything else.
It was the hardest away game by a long way that we will have to play the rest of the season. Palace have the best home record in the league and have scored more goals at home than anyone else.
Still it is worrying that we have started shipping goals (although scoring them as well). Reminds me of the fierts third of the season and the Peterborouigh match at the KC! Perhaps its to do with the formation again??”