Sone Aluko: Hull City's attacking philosophy behind goal glut
SONE Aluko says Steve Bruce has handed Hull City's forward line a licence to attack at will in pursuit of Championship riches.
The Tigers were in unstoppable form on Saturday as they bagged a 4-1 win over Millwall to climb up to fourth in the table.
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Sone Aluko celebrates his goal with Alex Bruce
Aluko, who grabbed his second goal in City colours, joined Robert Koren, Jay Simpson and Abdoulaye Faye on the scoresheet as the Tigers suggested their goal-scoring woes are finally a thing of the past when making it seven goals from two games.
A 3-5-2 shape is inspiring fireworks from City and Aluko says the emphasis is being placed on attack by Bruce.
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"We try to cause teams problems," he said.
"The system is 3-5-2 but because of how we play, it is very flexible. We interchange a lot and rotate. That makes it hard for other teams to pick us up.
"They can't think 'That's the one player I am up against today'. If they try that, they will be dragged all over the shop.
"The manager makes you feel good out on the pitch. We are well prepared and we know what is coming. Everyone is confident."
The last two wins – 3-1 over Bolton and 4-1 over Millwall – have seen Aluko paired with in-form striker Jay Simpson in attack.
Both were on the scoresheet at the KC Stadium on Saturday and Aluko said: "When you play with good players, it is easier. You click straight away. Jay is a good footballer with a good football brain.
"The midfield help as well because they do a lot of legwork for us. When we make a run, they give us the ball. Me and Jay try to finish things off but they do a lot of work.
"I am very happy. I said 'If I score one, I'll score a few'. You have to walk the walk when you talk the talk so it is great to have two goals."
City will be in high spirits as they embark on a week that promises to test their heartening progress.
Before Sunday's trip to Leicester City, a short journey to Leeds United will see the Tigers attempt to win at Elland Road for the first time in 25 years.
Aluko hopes City can emerge from this week with their momentum intact and prove they will be genuine promotion contenders.
"The games come thick and fast," he added. "It is good to get some momentum. It can be the difference.
"It is still early doors. We are up there, but it doesn't really matter now where we are. We have to keep clean sheets and win games.
"Leeds and Leicester are among our harder away games. But we have had a tough start. We've played a lot of the better teams – Bolton, Brighton, Blackburn.
"After 10 to 12 games, if we are still near the top we'll be happy."
Comments
by Blenda1
Tuesday, September 18 2012, 10:10AM
“@Maccy-George,
"Whacked the prices up? mine went up by 10% and was the first increase for 6 years.
it's a matter of priorities.
It costs me £7.56 a week to follow the Tigers.
surely no-one is that poor, maybe cigs and cider are a higher priority.
Great value at the KC in my book.
Awesome football for just over a quid a day.
Not all of Hull people are poorly paid, only thos who deserve to be
UTTFT”
by Maccy_george
Monday, September 17 2012, 4:47PM
“Re ticket prices for away fans - you can only charge them the equivalent of what the home fans pay.
I don't get why people are so surprised about the low attendances, the club whacked the prices up pre-season & just expected everyone to pay it, it's backfired badly.
They seem to forget this is Hull - low wages & high unemployment, rising gas, electric, petrol prices etc., something has to give.”
by JONIB
Monday, September 17 2012, 4:43PM
“What do we charge away fans ? Suggest the Allams cash in when they come here.
Football: It's realy quite amazing that there were only 2 of Barmbies first team playing on Sat. Thats Chester and Koren. Rosenior, Dawson, Evans now bench players. Dudgeon, Oli [awesome] and Simpson, back and at em, with Hobbs and Fryatt to come. Mckenna, Cairney, Stewart ?
At the moment, I'm very impressed SB”
by strummer1961
Monday, September 17 2012, 3:51PM
“I agree with Baz regarding ticket prices for Tuesday night,absolute disgrace if you ask me.
With regards to home attendances etc.Crowds have dropped at the K.C but we're not unique in that,there seems to me a marked drop in a fair few Championship Clubs.Couple that with the fact that away support hasn't materialised in large numbers at the K.C yet and I firmly believe that crowds will start rising due to the performances on the pitch.
An interesting way forward for the Club may be copying Blackpool in their 'Membership' scheme.A good mate of mine from work pays £25 a season to join the scheme which involves £5 off home tickets purchased,a one off 10% discount from the club shop,club scarf/key ring etc.It allows fans who can't commit to a season ticket,for various reasons,to stay involved with the Club and contribute to the coffers...Maybe worth looking at in the future.”
by MikeMadrid
Monday, September 17 2012, 2:39PM
“I remember a few years ago when R Madrid were going through a bad patch and Hull City were 4th in the Premiership, my son said, I'm sick of Madrid, I'm now a Hull City fan only! Must have been the first ever case of a Real Madrid fan defecting to The Tigers. I was so proud. If the Tiger get promotion, I'll even settle for Barça winning La Liga.....Forza al Espanyol”
by Tigerjim
Monday, September 17 2012, 2:02PM
“Nice to see you've got a sense of humour, Mike Madrid. It's something most merengues entriely lack. Being a Tiger gives you the advantage of self-effacing wit, as we've had to rely on it to keep spirits up for so long it becomes 2nd nature! UTT!
P.D. I have a quiet affection for Espanyol BTW and never go to watch Barça actually play.”
by EastYorksDuck
Monday, September 17 2012, 1:07PM
“Such a great performance in almost all respects on sat :) yeah Milwall got one back but we could have had another 3 or 4 goals if it weren't for their keeps :) Plus Milwall are no chumps either.. what a great day! hope we can continue to build on this for the rest of the season. Really pleased Simpson has been given a proper chance now and seems to be thriving in the new system :) Also so impressed with Aluko what I've seen so far.. reckon he's really going be a mjaor force for us.. waiting for the big German to come off the bench and get one for us now :) UTT!!”
by takeitinmy
Monday, September 17 2012, 1:05PM
“The roar after the 4th goal was the loudest I've heard in a long time. Loving this purple patch. It's been good to watch with everyone performing. Entertaining...”
by Davidht11
Monday, September 17 2012, 12:33PM
“Football or rugby league L***s always seem to have the Indian eye over us. I hope we show them no respect tomorrow night.”
by SnothillBaz
Monday, September 17 2012, 12:16PM
“I was just about to set off to the KC for a couple of tickets for Tuesday night, thought I'd check the ticketing arrangements, noticed the price per adult is £34!!!!! What the flipping 'eck is that all about? £34 to be stuck in a corner at a dump of a 100 year old stadium, forget it.”