Premier League - Countdown: Hull City

Eurosport - Tue, 04 Aug 12:30:00 2009

Eurosport.yahoo.com continues its countdown to the Premier League season with a look at Hull City.

FOOTBALL Hull manager Phil Brown, fined £2,500 by the FA for comments about referee Mike Riley following an FA Cup match against Arsenal - 0

Manager: Phil Brown (pictured)

Last 10 seasons in the Premier League (1999/2000 to 2008/2009) : -/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/17

POSSIBLE STARTING XI:

Boaz Myhill

Nathan Doyle Michael Turner - Andy Dawson Kevin Kilbane

Richard Garcia George Boateng Dean Marney Geovanni

Manucho - Craig Fagan

Back-ups from: Steven Mouyokolo, Ian Ashbee, Nick Barmby, Bryan Hughes, Matt Duke, Richard Garcia, Bernard Mendy, Peter Halmosi, Kevin Kilbane, Caleb Folan, Kamil Zayette, Daniel Cousin, Nicky Featherstone, Anthony Gardner, Will Atkinson, Liam Cooper, Jamie Devitt, Jimmy Bullard, Liam Cooper, Steve Gardner, Ryan Kendall

TRANSFERS:

In Steven Mouyokolo (Boulogne, undisclosed)

Out Dean Windass, Michael Bridges, Ryan France, John Welsh (all released); Wayne Brown (Leicester, undisclosed); Sam Ricketts (Bolton, undisclosed)

POSITIVES: Hull got off to a flier last season, losing just one of their opening nine games to climb to third in the table. That run proved Phil Brown's side are capable of holding their own, and if Geovanni can replicate his sensational early-season form they might turn some heads again this year. Brown got his team scrapping for every ball last season and his motivational skills will be to the fore once more.

NEGATIVES: That said, Brown's aging squad hung on for dear life at the end of the last campaign and he's added just one new face over the summer defender Steven Mouyokolo. That will not be enough to shore up his team's woeful defence. Hull conceded 64 times last season and that just won't do.

VERDICT: Hull's squad is simply not good enough for the Premier League. Last year was fun, but don't expect a heady run for Brown and his boys this season. And don't expect any singing either.

PREDICTED POSITION: 17TH

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  1. brown is stupid he should not be in charg of transfer­ in the club

    From okpeboycity, on Tue 4 Aug 2:43PM
  2. down goes hull city with a max of 20 points

    From okpeboycity, on Tue 4 Aug 2:40PM
  3. i love phil brown

    From matt.morrison65, on Tue 4 Aug 12:57PM
  4. As a City supporter I have to say in the teams CURRENT­ state 18. Tigers or Pompey 19. Birmingham 20.­ Burnley
    Why are Wigan getting a pasting?? Daft.
    This­ is City's chance it's do or die this season IF­ there are not any significant signings and with­ Brown's lack of tactics City will be down.­ Nevermind tho some 'fans' incredibly don't­ mind if they do go down(?!) so they can nurse a beer­ all night in the local and talk about what could've­ been! Loser mentality which is helping City to stay in­ trouble.

    From Tab N, on Mon 3 Aug 3:12PM
  5. I don't know who checks the published content on­ this site but the quality control on yahoo's site­ is very ordinary. The above is just an example! Last­ year when they publish a 'likely' starting 11­ before each game they never seem to get that right­ either!!

    From steee009, on Mon 3 Aug 1:52AM
  6. What @#$% wrote this????

    From spetherbridge2001, on Sun 2 Aug 11:13PM
  7. Mark my words,
    Hull WILL be relegated!
    Absolute­ stone-cold certainty; the only question being, will­ they 'beat' Derby's record!

    From cameron w, on Sun 2 Aug 8:41PM
  8. if all hull city fans are honest they will say as long­ as P,Brown is manager no player of any standing will­ sign for the club ,so why has the board not woken up­ yet and sacked him before its to late

    From diane_whitney, on Sun 2 Aug 7:49PM
  9. whos the muppet who put this on here how can kilbane be­ a starting eleven and back up at same time 2 liam­ coopers and a player whos not even close to being at­ the club get it right moron

    From cherrychris43, on Sun 2 Aug 5:09PM
  10. as a tigers fan for as long as can remember i think we­ will get relegated with our current squad unless we do­ some signing then i can see us being humiliated

    From cherrychris43, on Sun 2 Aug 5:06PM
  11. Manucho had already left and return to Man Utd and also­ has been sold out to one of the spanish club...

    Please­ do some homeworks before publishing your %$%&

    From Benjamin Chua Tian Shi, on Sun 2 Aug 4:21PM
  12. yes diss Hull again, all the experts had us been worse­ than Derby last year and were proved wrong, this year­ will be the same. The one thing you are all forgetting­ is even though the second half run last season there­ was only a couple of games we were outclassed, West Ham­ away and Arsenal at home, the others were all 50/50 and­ could have gone our way. Brown will get some players in­ and once again we will shock you all.

    HULL CITY­ A.F.C. ARE A PREMIERSHIP TEAM GET USED TO IT­ !

    "UP THE TIGERS"

    From Veneztiger, on Sun 2 Aug 3:15PM
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    1.Liverpool 2.Chelsea 3.Arsenal 4.Everton/Villa­ 5.Everton/villa 6.Man.Utd 7.Spurs 8.Man.city 9.West Ham­ 10.Bolton 11.Wigan 12.Fulham 13.Blackburn 14.Portsmouth­ 15.Sunderland 16.Birmingham 17.Wolves/Stoke­ 18.Wolves/stoke 19.Burnley 20.Hull

    From dostavajegnila, on Sun 2 Aug 1:18PM
  14. I got a feeling city will go down this year. Only one­ signing to date and he isnt exactly premiership quality­ either! Bullard out till oct / nov. Nobody respects­ Brown and this will show ! Hopefully he will be gone by­ January.

    From samantha, on Sun 2 Aug 1:02PM
  15. How come jimmy bullard not in the startin 11?

    From tidus520520, on Sun 2 Aug 12:54PM
  16. Its just great to be written off before the start of­ the Season! Why? Because when we are still there at the­ end of the Season some people will be eating humble­ Pie! C`mon Tigers!

    From Easyrider2609, on Sun 2 Aug 12:54PM
  17. Hull are gonna finish last this season and will be­ relegated along with birmingham and burnley

    From wevegotelnino, on Sun 2 Aug 12:43PM
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    1,Liverpool.2.chelsea3.Arsenal4.Man Utd5.Man­ City6.Spurs7.Everton8.Villa9.West­ Ham10.Sunderland11.Blackburn12.Fulham13.Bolton14.Stoke1­ 5.Birmingham16.Wigan17.Portsmouth18.Wolves19.Hull20.Bur­ nley.................Mark my words.

    From resentdtox, on Sun 2 Aug 12:37PM
  19. Bottom three: Hull, Burnley, Portsmouth.

    From Philip B, on Sun 2 Aug 11:30AM
  20. Obviously written by someone who knows nothing about­ Hull City, Manucho isn't a Hull player, Garcia, ­ Ashbee and Bullard are injured and will miss the start­ of the season, the back four will include only two of­ the four players mentioned and there will probably be­ about 5 new players coming in and 5 going out before­ the season kicks off.

    Waste of a web page !

    From Rob Lambretta, on Sun 2 Aug 11:17AM
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