DON’T PANIC!! - It’s only a game!
TEAM NEWS:
Hull midfielder Jake Livermore will miss their Championship match against Nottingham Forest because of a knee problem. Robert Snodgrass (groin), Nick Powell (hamstring), Ryan Taylor (toe) and Shaun Maloney (ankle) are also out for Hull.
Forest, who sacked manager Dougie Freedman on Sunday, are without Nelson Oliveira (groin injury), Henri Lansbury (knee), Andy Reid (groin), Matty Fryatt (unknown/various) and Britt Assombalonga (knee). Twisty Burke and David Vaughan will possibly both be in contention for a place, at some point, albeit on a ‘walking wounded’ basis (both with broken hands!). Jamie Ward may be better, he may not (hamstring).
The Reds are still awaiting clearance on the loan signing of Federico Macheda from Cardiff City (any assistance supporters can give in shimming the apparently inept FA of Wales along with this is welcome – please contact them at info@faw.co.uk or telephone 029 2043 5830).
The Popcorn Chicken loving and former Rams favourite Paul Williams will be taking charge of the game on behalf of the Reds, ably assisted by Andy Reid in a fitness coaching role.
To compound issues further, The Rev appears to have booted himself off (or should that be up?), Morninchile is hospitalised (get well soon mate, whatever the issue), NFFC is suffering from a crisis of faith and RFB is still listening to the closing moments of the Sheffield Wednesday game. You, therefore, have me.
WELCOME TO THE NETHERWORLD EVERYONE -
WELCOME TO 'UL
Hull v Nottingham Forest – Match Thread
posted on 16/3/16
Because sometimes Tesche is on the field
posted on 16/3/16
Don't want to Tesche bash, put I posted on a article last year the following:
When he played:
- the whole 90 minutes - W3, D5, L6
- at least part (inc the above) - W5, D9, L10
When he didn’t feature in a game, the stats are as follows:
W9, D2, L0
It didn't look good!
www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewArticle/304003
posted on 16/3/16
*an
posted on 16/3/16
This season, it is not so bad
Not Played – W6, D7, L7 (ie 30%:35%:35%)
Played – W5, D7, L5 (ie 30%:40%:30%)
*not including cup games
posted on 16/3/16
However, we have drawn three of those games, where we were in winning positions before he came on:
Leeds - 80th minute sub (ended 1-1)
Charlton - 70th minute sub (ended 1-1)
Hull - 73rd minute sub (ended 1-1)
posted on 16/3/16
Make of all that what you will.
posted on 17/3/16
Stress and Pie
Ul 1 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1
Welcome to the Netherworld, in which the laws are as follows:
LAW 1: Reality lasts a microsecond. Everything else is agenda.
OH MY GOD DID YOU SEE THAT? GARY GARDNER! GARY BLOODY GARDNER! WHAT A BELTER! TWENTY FIVE YARDS, THIRTY FIVE YARDS, EIGHTY FIVE YARDS! GOAL OF THE SEASON!
DID YOU SEE THAT, DOUGIE FREEDMAN? THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LET YOUR MIDFIELDERS GET A SIGHT OF GOAL. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TAKE THE SHACKLES OFF AND PLAY ATTACKING FOOTBALL. COME ON YOU FOREST BOYS, YOU CAN DO THIS.
DID YOU SEE THAT, MAGGIE THATCHER? DID YOU SEE THAT, JOHN PERCY? DID YOU SEE THAT, YOU PIOUS RANTING HACKS? FAZZER WAS RIGHT - PLAY-OFFS HERE WE COME!
LAW 2: Truth is merely a commodity, endlessly bartered between the armies of hope and doubt.
Good grief we're playing well. Or are we? Are we really playing any different to our previous away performances? Well we must be because, however imperceptibly subtle the changes in tactics and approach, we're winning. At least we're not losing three nil, so we must be getting better. And we're beating a top three side, when all's said and done. Except that this top three side are a bit w@nk, aren't they?
LAW 3: If things can go wrong, they will. If things can't go wrong, they will.
Three quarters of the way through the match, and Ul are getting worse. Then Vaughan, the best outfield player in the history of the Netherworld, bogs up a clearance, a shot deflects crazily over our defence and lands at the feet of Aluko, who, fresh from his duties with England Women, pokes it past Doris to level the scores. Nobody's fault, except perhaps Vaughan, or perhaps even Tesche who had just come on and was probably responsible in some oblique way we find difficult to define. Still, a rotten piece of luck all round, because Ul were only ever going to score through some outrageous piece of good fortune, and they did.
LAW 4: An infinite number of realities can exist in the same continuum.
Which is another way of saying that you can say what you like. You can express your relief that Mister Dug's gone or you can suspect that nothing much will change. You can praise Mister Fazzer for doing the best for the club he loves or you can see recent events as yet another spin in the great cycle of blunders. You can see the Ul match as a refreshing step forward or you can worry that our lack of cutting edge means it doesn't really matter who's in charge. The thing is, the babble of all these conflicts turns honest confusion into a kind of Pandemonium. This is not the place to say "I simply don't know". In the Netherworld, certainty is the only valid currency.
LAW 5: Forest always beat Derby.
This is the most important law of all. Its importance is so great that it may end up bending history to its own inexorable will. Without Law 5, the foundations of Netherworld would shudder and split, and though you might sacrifice a thousand oxen to the Gods of Football, the earth would split asunder and all would be lost, right there in front of you, on Sky or BT or Parasite Cable or whatever corporate cowhouse has got its grubby hands on the fixture this time.
Sorry about that. Welcome to the Netherworld, where slipping in an out of sanity is a recreational hazard.
posted on 17/3/16
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posted on 17/3/16
posted on 17/3/16
Tesche the Jonah?...