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Hutchinson was outstanding yesterday.  Man of the match by a country mile.  Turner also excellent.

Didn't hear any booing or moaning about Joao so hopefully just a small pocket of supporters.

As soon as Nuhii came on we started to struggle.  Joao wa a excellent at holding the ball and bringing it down on his chest, linking with FF.  The ball just hits Nuhiu and it's a lottery in which direction it goes.  He rarely brings the ball down and looks for the flick on every time.  

I would continue to start with Joao.  He gave two England CB's the run around and made Dawson look like a little boy.

Bannan had his poorest game as a creative force but I think his main objective was to stop Elmohamady, which worked.  Wallace did the same on the other flank.  Excellent point, well done.

It was small number of fans booing Joao but noticeably included a group who always give Nuhiu a standing ovation when he goes off so it seemed to be motivated by him not being Nuhiu.

It was interesting that Forestieri was the player who gave the ball away the most yesterday but he gets cut more slack because he adds so much else.

You make a good point about Bannan & Wallace doing a job preventing Hull using the flanks effectively.

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Great report, MS.

We're starting to look good and there are positives. Hull are a team I expect to be in the top 6 if not top 3 really.

That's disappointing to hear fans were booing Joao. This kid is a rough diamond, a fine polish away from being a gem. Just about every aspect of the club is undergoing a positive transformation. We will still lose games and have shitty days but we're in no situation that warrants booing of any sort imo.

I thought Hull's movement was very good, especially during the final 20 mins or so pinning us in or final third. Even had a half chance or two to sucker punch us.

As for Birtles. He went off like an arsehole. As I said at the time. Rarely have I heard such blatant one sidedness.

Agree about Beagrie, he summed it up fairly imo. Hinchliffe was about to tell his Di-canio Vs Alcock story but they cut him off

I think QPR are rocking a bit at the moment, it's a tough game. I believe we could shock them, or at least get the point.
Rotherham won't be an easy 3pts but it should be 3pts.
Forest are in a bit of freefall and I can't see Freedman lasting much longer so that'll add to their injury woes. No reason why we can't sting them for 3pts

It is a minority but some fans appear to have become Nuhiu fans rather than Wednesday fans.

Hull are a very good side at this level yet we made them look largely ineffective yesterday. Last season we were easily beaten by most top six sides.