Hull City recently completed the signings of Nikica Jelavic and Shane Long from Everton and West Brom respectively. Manager Steve Bruce is hoping that they prove to be the difference in the second half of the season. He says that both strikers can score the goals required to make them look like bargains. Scoring goals has been a major problem for Hull in after their return to the Premier league. Even though the club have been able to stay well clear of the relegation zone, they would have been closer to the European qualifying places if not for a bad scoring record.
Bruce has been able to organise his team extremely well so that they are tough to beat and also score goals against. This has helped them get one of the best defensive records in the division amongst all teams put together. They have allowed just 27 goals in the 21 matches. The problem with scoring becomes apparent when looked at the record of goals scored in the 21 matches, as it stands at just 22. Even though they are in the 10th position right now, they are just five points above the relegation zone. Bruce is not taking chances this time around and he hopes that the addition of Jelavic and Long become the difference.
“I have, in 15 years as a manager, always treated any club I work for as if it was my money. I think of the actual prices we have paid, both are real value for money, I really do think that. Of course the numbers have add-ons but the actual fees paid are the same or they are a margin apart. I believe at this particular moment for a 26-year-old (Long) and a 28-year-old (Jelavic) to do the business we have is fantastic piece of business otherwise I would not have done it,” said Bruce.
A scout from Crystal Palace was sent to the Football Championship League in search of players that could fit a certain set of requirements that can help them fight their way out of the bottom spots of the Premier League.
This however seems as a huge task for them with a number of weaknesses that other teams are exploiting as each match is played every week. This is evident taking into consideration that Crystal Palace are fighting in the bottom spots of the Premier League having scored 7 goals and conceived 21 goals so far in this season. Read more »
A 2-2 draw against Cardiff City which was played on the last day of the season of the Football League granted Hull City the chance to make their return to the Premier League and now they are playing the best teams in England, having won 4 matches out of 12 they are sitting in the 13th spot with 14 points.
Despite their fairly respectable place in the Premier League, fans of the club are unhappy with the latest decision from the owner Assem Allam as he already spoke of his desire to rebrand the club and change the name.
‘’Hull City Association Football Club’’ has been the name of the club for 109 years but according to Assem the name was just too long and he also disliked the word ‘’City’’ as it is too common and boring “Hull Tigers” is the name that the club will be changed to as of January of next year.
The 74 years old owner of the club said that branding the name of club shorter will be easier to be recognized and just not have the same style and format that most other clubs have. Assem also said that the club suffered from a £28m loss and changing the name will help the club not only to be renowned around the world but also financially despite the claims from fans saying that instead of changing the name they should focus on upgrading and developing their stadium further.
“Manchester United are selling shirts in the far east,” Allam says, “selling commercial activities all over the world. We need the club to be known globally, and shortening the name will make the club known globally.”
Blackburn Rovers have made good progress in the league in the last few weeks, which has delighted manager Gary Bowyer. The team are currently ninth in the table just five points off the top six places, which will be the play-off positions. Bowyer was given the task of getting the club back into the Premier league after their failure to do so last season. He has made some signings over the summer in order to strengthen the squad, and they seem to be clicking at just the right stage in the season.
One of the signings has been Hull City’s Corry Evans, who has formed a great partnership with Lowe in the midfield, and Bowyer reserved his praise for the youngster. Blackburn have won the last two matches in the league against Bournemouth and Watford. They will be going into the weekend knowing that hat-trick of victories will put them even closer towards the top six. Wigan will be the opponents during the weekend. Blackburn are undefeated in the last three matches and they have conceded just one goal in this period.
Midfielder Lowe has said that there is no reason that Blackburn can think about three points prior to the match against Wigan because they have been in good form over the last few weeks.
“We’ve said all along that Corry’s fitness levels would get better and better with games and credit to him and the sports science team and the medical team for increasing his fitness levels in-season. With having so many games that can be quite difficult, but we’ve managed to do that. He’s only going to get better and better,” said Bowyer about his summer signing ahead of the match with Wigan. After this encounter, Blackburn have matches against the likes of Blackpool, Brighton and Hove Albion, and Middlesbrough.
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