Knocked out the EL by Lokeren this evening. Quite pathetic when you consider the sending that's gone on and the money they have compared to Lokeren.
Lokeren are hardly the cream of Euro football!
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Thread: Hull City
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28-08-2014 08:40 PM #1
Hull City
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28-08-2014 08:43 PM #2
Hull are hardly the cream of European football
Good professional job by Spurs
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28-08-2014 08:45 PM #3
Good to see in my opinion. Two bit clubs being artificially propped up by vast sums of money from Sky tv. EPL is sickening, there are clubs there no bigger than Hibs spending millions of pounds
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28-08-2014 09:03 PM #4
You can't blame Hull tbh. They could go on a good European run, play Thursday, Sunday, Thursday, Sunday and earn about 5 million and have a squad struggling with injuries and so on, and there is a good chance they could get relegated. On the other hand they could keep a fully fit squad and have a better chance of staying in the EPL and make about 30 to 40 million so you can see were the priorities lie.
The whole system is wrong IMO. A team like Hull should be delighted to be in Europe but its not the case. I blame Sky.
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28-08-2014 09:50 PM #5
Rupert Murdoch is the excrement Midas…everything he touches turns to Tom Kite
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28-08-2014 09:57 PM #6
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Would be better if Europa League was a knockout tournament IMO. Seems there's usually a few teams in it that simply don't have large enough squads to deal with the group stage.
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28-08-2014 10:17 PM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Lokeren are former quarter finalists in the competitions old format.
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29-08-2014 12:59 AM #9
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great day great stadium great fans.
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29-08-2014 04:49 AM #10
I remember going to their old ground, they were a poor club back then.
Cougars!!!
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29-08-2014 05:53 AM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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29-08-2014 07:49 AM #12This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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29-08-2014 07:51 AM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
But how long does history last?
They're bigger than us now.
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29-08-2014 08:12 AM #14This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I think the point is that they're only bigger than Hibs now because of the crazy money thrown at them in the last few years. They were a nothing club with very little support, playing in a town obsessed with Rugby League.
Throw the same kind of money at Hibs, Hearts or Aberdeen and we'd be playing in front of massive crowds.
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29-08-2014 08:33 AM #15
That's the EPL paradox .... qualifying for the Europa league is the aim for the likes of Hull, but the actual competition is a distraction because staying in the league is so vital. The money for doing well in Europe is nothing compared to the losses for relegation. Still a poor show by Hull considering the money they spend on players.
As for Hibs being bigger than Hull City. We are ... if Hull dropped back to the level they were at 10 years ago they would go back to the crowds of a couple of thousand they have historically had. The crowds they get now are attracted by the EPL not by the towns massive loyalty to its football club. No offence to the hard core who have always stuck by them ........ Respect.
Any suggestion that Hibs are bigger than Tottenham Hotspur is ridiculous.
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29-08-2014 08:58 AM #16This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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29-08-2014 10:59 AM #17
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Bizarre folk teams actually think Fulham, Wigan and Hull are big clubs in European football due to their average finishes of 17th place in the Barclay's Premier League. Even more bizarre clubs like Hull think they are too big.
Their fans seemed rightly pissed off. A chance off possibly seeing the likes of Feynoord, Celtic, Napoli, Seville, Inter, Beşiktaş etc etc at your ground completely donald ducked so you've got an alleged better chance of drawing 1-1 home to Stoke.
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29-08-2014 11:12 PM #22
All this talk of as big as Hibs........................Hibs are minnows compared to Hull, like it or not that's the present reality.
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30-08-2014 12:10 AM #23This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Yes Hull are currently bigger than Hibs .... but that's only coz they are in the EPL. The truth is they are way below Hibs status as a football club both in their place in the history of the game and the numbers and loyalty of the support they attract. There was a time that Luton Town could have claimed to be bigger than Hibs ...... where are they now? Hull are in that bracket ... a Johnny come lately who will burn bright for a time and then fade back into obscurity, as will the 90% of their current support who wanted sod all to do with them until their very recent flirtation with the EPL big boys .
In terms of their status as a football club both in stature and past and future supporter loyalty Hull City are not even in the same universe as Hibs, never mind bigger.Last edited by NAE NOOKIE; 30-08-2014 at 02:09 AM.
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30-08-2014 05:06 AM #25
Hull used to be league two playing here..
http://www.footballgroundguide.com/o..._park_hull.htmCougars!!!
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30-08-2014 08:26 AM #26This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Hope it doesn't work out that way but..............................
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Unlike Hibs there is no evidence to suggest that if the time comes when they return to the lower leagues they will not drop back to 2 or 3 thousand crowds they had before, or that they would ever be able to regain their lofty position.Last edited by NAE NOOKIE; 31-08-2014 at 12:11 AM.
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