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The (whatever Hull Telecom are calling themselves this season) Stadium
Ooop's it's now a Builders Merchants, MKM - since 2021, 'ood a thunk, eh?
Not really that near 'ull Docks
'Bit nearer than we are tho'
'Bit of a walk from Boothferry Park (now a housing estate)
and The Boulevard (now a school)
Not to mention 'ull Station.
Kick-off 15:00 UK Time
Saturday 11/11/23
Saturday is Remembrance Day.
Sunday is Remembrance Sunday
That there's a few people in "important jobs" in this country that maybe need reminding of that and what it actually all means says a lot about them and how fit they are to do the job they are charged with (and well paid for) doing.
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Royal British Legion
At the end of a week when both Arsenal and Man Utd's Manager's (Head Coaches) both go into meltdown regarding VAR (and about time too), Mad Nads is flogging a dead horse (aka, her fictional book about her hero Blo'job Bodgit, though she's had more air time on The Beeb this week than she ever spent in her Constituency) and our Home Secretary is trying to bring a war in Palestine/Israel to and remove "life-style choice tent people" from The Streets of London, Town head down the M62 to our east coast "neighbours", Hull (
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we only sing when we're fishing
) City.
Rant 1 over.
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There's more.
I accidentally deleted the draft of this thread just before posting and somehow or another recovered it, but some links may or may not work and you may or may not get some oddball pop-ups saying things aren't right or whatever. Just go with it. I can't track down and fix all the problems (yet) as I haven't a list of what the problems are.
Now, if you were rational, you wouldn't pick a fight with a fisherman's wife down there, let alone one of the lads off the docks either if you were sober, so don't even think about it if you've had a couple of wobbly pops before or after the game. Hell, when I played rugby as a kid, their U16's were the size of a trawler and the forwards were even bigger. Must eat more fish!!
The Beggars Litany is so called for a good reason.
They ain't got one of these in 'ull though.
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OK it's ovver t'ill in my home town, but great for taking the head and tail off a big lump of cod.
Just mind your fingers.
Not that there's much fish landed at that there 'ull these days either as Brexit has pretty much put paid to what was already a precarious livelihood with EU fishing quotas. Apparently, it's easier and cheaper to land and sell a catch in Denmark now than in that there 'ull and try sell what we don't need into Europe. Another Brexshitty bonus.
Overnight ferry to Rotterdam? No problem, just don't forget to shout "Ajax" afore you disembark and go looking for them there diamonds.
No I don't mean Hackney Diamonds either.
https://watchonlyfoolsandhorses.com/epis...orses-0x5/
WARNING this link might throw up a dodgy link that your bug-bashing software doesn't like.
Assuming you've invested in bug-bashing software. Click at your own risk. I didn't do it on porpoise.
This is going to be one of the few games this season where Managers/Head Coaches of a skin colour that ain't white will pit their wits and teams against each other.
It shouldn't have to be said, but Liam Rosenior v Darren Moore is one helluva different match-up to "the norm" in this country.
Hmmm. Given how many play the game, mostly with some skill to boot, it's really rather pathetic really.
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Rant 2 over.
Tickets, depending on which bit of the stadium corner you sit in, are £20/£24 and are cheaper still for us old 'uns. For appoximately £100 more you can treat yourself to a 4 course meal, a programme, a parking space you might get out of by 6pm and you still have to buy your own booze. Well who wouldn't want a £100 fine dining experience instead of a £10 half-time pie and a pint? The (probably really only worth) £4 fish pie is put on a plate with parsley sauce, mushy peas and chips and you get to use proper cutlery. Joy. Cup-a-soup starter, banana and cream for dessert and a cup of tea/coffee to finish. Hell, can't wait. £100? Cheap at twice the price. Oh, and you get to see the match too, sorry, nearly forgot that.
On the tellybox?
Not showing anywhere at the moment other than iFollow (abroad) and some 'dodgy stick' links.
Latest news
It's still raining, on and off (really?).
Some of the culverts and drains have been cleared so we've not had too many floods, yet, but thanks to global warming, most of the leaves are still on the trees, so we've still got all that joy to come too.
Former Town backroom supremo, Stuart Webber, who was credited with bringing David Wagner to the club, and was more recently credited with bringing David Wagner to Norwich, has left a month earlier than his 6 month "agreement" was supposed to let him leave Norwich.
He is due to turn up at the other end of the A62 in L666s anytime soon. 'oood a thunk eh?
Good to know that the top 6 Prima Donna League clubs are now starting to realise that VAR is a farce that needs officials who know what they are doing for it to work properly. Previously it only worked in their favour for the most part, so they didn't moan. Of course having 3 officials (or is it 4?) anywhere near the pitch knowing what they are doing is another matter entirely. The other two (or three) in the dark room in a car park in Bletchley (or are they in a Range Rover with pull down blinds and an iPad?) need to co-ordinate who is going for a pee, who is boiling the kettle and who is making the tea/coffee and opening the next packet of biscuits in my opinion. They all seem to miss or ignore the bleeding obvious at the same time for some reason. If we improve things a bit, FIFA might start inviting more of our refs to officiate at World Cups again. Don't hold your breath on that one.
That said, the ref we had last weekend, Sunny Singh Gill, following in his dads footsteps as one of the few South Asian refs in English Football, was having his first game at our level. He maybe let a few things go he shouldn't have but was otherwise more than capable than many I've seen at this level and tried to let the game flow, if two teams that couldn't string three passes together could ever create flowing football that is. That the Town supporters boo'd him for not letting us take a corner 7:45 mins into the 7 mins added on, when we only seemed to realise how shit Watford were after 85 mins, should not detract from his performance.
Rant 3 over.
Pies, Pees and Pints
These lads never let you down - unless a couple of pubs have shut, oh and they still haven't got the stadium name right either
https://footballgroundguide.com/leagues/...-city.html
Out Injured/Suspended/Isolating
How many of the missing 11 from last weekend will have been to Lourdes this week to drink the holy water from plastic Jesus shaped bottles and made a blessed recovery?
We'll have to see in the pressers.
Back training but not oven ready/Back in the frame
Hoggy will be back from his 1 game suspension, to collect another yellow card no doubt. Harratt will be back from taking his hare coursing dogs to the vet, (apologies if it was a more serious matter) hell, we might even fill the bench this weekend. Scoring a goal might be another thing. Winning? Yeah, OK. For miracles, see the section above. We're playing in 'ull, not Lourdes.
Last time out
With a much patched up squad and only 6 on the bench we bored Watford (or they bored us, they were just as bad as us really) into a 0-0 draw.
The first 0-0 draw between the teams and the first draw this century.
I did bring this to your attention before the game and if you didn't bet your mortgage on it, don't blame me.
I didn't bet on it either if it makes you feel any better. I don't have a mortgage to lose any more either.
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Hull went to WBA and managed to lose 3:1. Really? How? West Brom fans, see that thing about answers on a £5'er below?
Answer as you feel necessary, I could use the £5'ers.
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L666s continued their winning ways and stopped the winning ways of Leicester last Friday. Wayne Rooney's Brum finally dragged one point from the jaws of three when they let Ipswich score twice in the final throws of their game. Brizzle won one of the games of teams under (or looking for) new managers, Rotherham and QPR played out a 1-1 draw that was almost as nail-biting as our game v Watford. Norwich continue to plummet down the division after hammering us. Now just 2 points above us, go figure, eh?
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On Tuesday night Rotherham finally managed to play Ipswich in the game that was flooded off the other Friday. It's not been noticeably much drier since, but the ducks had left the car park, quackers if you ask me. The result was a 2-2 draw which puts them 1 point closer to us than on Saturday.
Musical Interlude.
Nowt to do with 'ull really but here's one for our Home Secretary, if she's still reading my threads these days.
When I was a kid, it was only in London when you saw this, it isn't anymore. It's every town and city plus a few villages.
We have a PM that is "proud of his Party's record with the homeless".
Good to know, what a prat he is.
A couple of years or so back he managed to find the brass on a magic money tree to supposedly get them all off the streets, then the magic money tree suddenly withered and died.
Where did all the money go? Some lass and her hubby that converted bra's into breathing masks for two? 'appen?
'Penny for the Guy, guv'?
I'm sure she'll sort it out when she stops sulking and our next Government's Official Opposition grow a pair and dump all of Farage's phonies out of their party. If I hold my breath for long enough they might just all disappear along with that magic money tree. Then again, we've a country full of feckwits that read and believe the Daily Mail and other similar titles. Ain't gonna happen is it?
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Rant 4 over.
There's no more. Honest.
Housemartins? Beautiful South? Fatboy Slim? Hang on a minute ... bit of a theme going on 'ere .....
"Ajax"
We used to walk out to this ...
I preferred some other toons if I'm honest, but they weren't from bands in 'ull .......
The Sack Race
The managerial
In Door has been far busier than the
Out Door this week.
You won't be surprised to find out that the Manager-Go-Round is once again thin on new talent.
Liam Manning left Oxford on 7th November, but he wasn't out of work for long as, by shear coincidence on 7th November he turned up as the new head coach at Brizzle City. Elsewhere, Joe Edwards has been appointed at Millwall and Bratfud City have appointed former Milton Keynes failure Graham Alexander as their 11th in 7 seasons new boss. This was after losing 1-2 at home to Wycombe in the FA Cup 1st Round on Saturday, so at least he doesn't have that defeat on his CV. Bless. Nor will he have a run to the last 16 on his CV this season. Former Town player Chris Lucketti is his assistant. Well, he wasn't here for long. I can handle it. I think.
Tables, Form etc.
That Plymouth, Norwich and Brum, who have scored 3 or 4 goals each against us are only just above us says something.
I'll let you work out what that something is because I'm blowed if I can.
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Innies and Outies
The new(ish) owners on Humberside splashed some cash to get them away from the bottom 3rd of the table this season.
If only we'd have used that strategy at some point eh?
So far it's working, given that they've been in the Top 8 for most of the season.
Will they make a mad (lemming like, I know, long disproved) dash for the top 6 in January? Time will tell.
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Who's banging 'em in
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They can't all lose
Down amongst the dead men, Watford are at home to Rotherham, (another 0-0?) Wendies play Millwall, QPR are at home to Brizzle in a new manager scrap, Coventry are at home to Stoke in what is labelled as a West Midlands derby, but they are almost as far apart on the M6 as we are from Hull on the M62. (60 miles v 70 miles).
It will take Stokies about an hour to drive home after the other hour it takes to get out of the car parks.
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We've played 'em before
We're a squirt in front and haven't lost to 'ull for a few, will it continue? Answers on a £5'er please, usual address.
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Next up?
There's another weekend off for International matches before we play a resurgent Sarfampton at home on 25th November
Pressers
Moore's Mumbles
Nearly 20 mins in this week afore it starts? Maybe 10, ooh, 5. Get That Scrolling Rolling, Raaaaaaw.....hiiiiide.
Players Pontifications - REG
"The clean sheet was really important for us and it's a platform for us to build on. Hopefully we can get something tomorrow.
"There's a lot of work on the training ground. We worked hard on our defensive shape and it showed on Saturday. As a defender I was buzzing to get a clean sheet and I think the whole squad was to be fair. Obviously you'd rather win but you take what comes.
"Hoggy has big boots to fill so it was a privilege to step in. I've not played as much as I would have liked to this season but I'm always ready to step in for the team. He tries to guide me and help me and give me advice whether he's playing with me or if I'm playing instead of him.
"I do see myself as a centre-back. I've played there most of my career. But I've been playing defensive midfield for a while now and I can add it to my traits. There's good competition for places at the back but everyone who's playing there is doing well.
"At the moment it's about what the team needs and I'll always give 100% wherever I play.
"I try to do more after training to try and get my fitness up, having not played as much as I would have wanted to. I need to keep doing as much as I can. I've taken it on and want to try and improve on it and try and finish 90 minutes. All the actual work is only going to benefit me when I play.
"I've been on loan a few times and just want to try and secure a spot here now because I've been here a long time, I've come through the academy, and I just want to give back to the club who took a chance on me.
"I take everything as a learning curve and I think I'm ready for anything that comes my way.
"We're expecting Hull to be a possession-based team but we want to disrupt that and show our strengths and try and get three points."
The Views from Spurn Point
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ry-8893633
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...li-8894477
PS. I had some bloke from Wolves FC knock on my door this week about joining their £1,000 per week charidee draw. Sound familiar?
I pointed him in the direction of the sticker in the back window of my car. He suddenly scuttled off next door.
Doubt he got much change off them either and though he's from Wolvo, she's a Liverbird.
I didn't hang around to see who answered, but it's rarely him. Former local pub DJ of many years standing, he's as deaf as a post now anyway. Yow wot?
Sooooo, to this weeks big pre-match questions that really matter
1). Haddock or Cod?
(Apologies to any Veggies that are reading this, but deep fried Mars Bars are not an option this week).
2). Chips or Mash?
3). Mushy Peas or Garden Peas?
(Beanz are an alternative option, with or without the peas. Must get your 5 a day.
That's another rant for another day).
4). Parsley Sauce, Tartar Sauce or Chip Shop Curry Sauce?
5). Newsprint or polystyrene?
6). Cup of Tea with Bread and Butter or a Pint/Half/Bottle of Your Fave Beer/Lager/Glass of Wine/Fizz?
Coke/Pepsi etc. don't count, sorry. Next. Soft drinks full of sugar? Pah!! Kids stuff.
7). Apple Crumble and Custard or Ice Cream with a Wafer (or a Flake)?
8). Indoors or Out? (Batting off the seagulls as required).
9). Where would you pay £100 for that? Exactly.
What do you mean brown sauce or red sauce? That's the Sausage Sandwich game.
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