Hull City boss Steve Bruce admits loss of Sone Aluko is a 'huge blow'

“Yep,more bad news,more red arrows...Elmo's gone.”

“great not only this now elmo's gone back to blunderland, tim to splash some more cash, hopefully”

“Hold that phone call Steve!!!...The Red Arrow Army say nay ,they've obviously got a better suggestion,LOL.”

“What about a young 21 year old currently looking to go out on loan from Man Utd....Federico Macheda?

Come on Steve get on the phone to Sir Alex,we'll have him for 19 games!!”

“Sunderland have told Louis Saha that he can leave, at 34 he might be worth a punt for the rest of the year with an option for another, if the wages are ok .”

“Its a blow Yes - but hardly the end of the world. The first 4 games in December were Won without Aluko which is something that has not been mentioned. Maybe Aluko's injury is the sign for Nick P. to get his chance to shine. He scored a belter last night at the Orient. Its Nicko Time.

I also expect a new striker to arrive if not in the Jan window then in the emergency loan window. Nice to see the normal panic comments from knee jerkers. I though Phil Buckingham as another would have learned by now.? It Seems he has not. UTT”

“Aluko is a great player no doubt but he is also a show boater. At the end of the day we are playing 2 midfielders as attackers.........square pegs in round holes although it's worked up to now. We played without Aluko in December and were unbeaten, what's the panic ?? He's our top goalscorer........with 6 goals......hardly a goal sensation.......now look at Proschwitz, he's scored 4 and never plays and when he does he comes off the bench......for me the kid hasn't been given a chance and now it's time. He's clearly very skillful on the floor, he set up Korens equaliser against Sheff Weds with some great hold up play before playing the ball out to Elmo, he also scored last night with a fantastic strike and created/assisted Cairneys winner. I think Nick knows where the goal is and can finish.....but he needs the service. Not a huge fan of Simpson as he isn't clinincal enough but for the time being I'd play Simpson and Proschwitz up front with Brady, Quinn, Koren, Meyler/Evans and Elmo as a 5 man midfield and Hobbs, Chester and Faye as a back 3 but resorting to a back 5 with Brady and Elmo running the wings and defending when required. We clearly need at least 1 more striker but getting them is an issue, I'm sure Brucie and Allams have a plan, we're 2nd in the league so we need to press on. However I do not think this is our season, we will make the play offs but I think we'll miss out, next season however we have the squad we have now plus we can get rid of Mcshane, Dawson, Olifinjana, Maclean, McKenna etc.........probably 100k a week on wages there and replace with 5 top players on 20k a week.......plus we'll have Fryatt back......lets be honest, if Fryatt was playing we'd be top of the league now !!”

“It's only a huge blow if we don't deal with it!

We've been crying out for a striker anyway,due to the fact that Aluko and Koren don't fit the criteria.

With Aluko out now,for god knows how long,it's simply not the answer to couple Koren with Proschwitz and hope for goals.Koren needs to be deployed where he contributes best...In midfield.

We've got an excellent mid-field in Brady,Quinn,Meyler(looked a bit jaded last 2 league games),Koren and Elmohady.Let's hope that it's left as is and we don't weaken it by taking Koren out of it.

We now need some immediate activity in the transfer market...Goalkeeper and at least one striker!!!.Not easy I know but the Club need to move before Saturday.”

“Would appreciate any update on likelihood of game on Saturday being on. Travelling over Thursday night to the UK and planned taking nephews down to London Road for the match.

Thanks”

“This is maybe not as big a blow when you look at it long term. This time of the year is always difficult for skilful players. Yes, it would be great to have him in the team week in week out. However, what the injury also means is that Aluko will have had a good long rest in the lead up to the final part of the season. Had he been playing game in and game out, it may not be as easy to maintain the level of sharpness for every game. Being a bit cynical. I have never fully believed everything I read in football columns. It is surprising how many players appear to have sudden injuries at times when it would not be a bad idea to leave them out of the team. Some players struggle more than others at this time of year, and given the cold can contribute towards injuries to muscles and tendons, a good manager should take that into account. Geovanni might as well have hibernated completely during the Winter months.
Good to see that Proschwitz was on the scoresheet again. This may be another master stroke by SB. Proschwitz seems to have a lot of skill for a big player and so gives us that mix of skill and height which can be useful on difficult grounds at this time of the year. He may not have the speed to react as well with people like Aluko, but with another nippy forward, we could see a hatful of goals in the coming week. It really is a pity that Cullen has not developed at the rate he should have done. He was scoring goals for fun in the reserves at one point, and was supposedly an excellent goal poacher. Perhaps he would be worth trying alongside Proschwitz, who seems to be getting better at holding the ball up, while we get someone in. Another win from our second string players against a good Orient side. Not all that much to complain about I would say.”