posted Aug 31, 2008

just looked at the stats for this game. wigan had 4 shots on target and scored 5 goals!

one of the goals wasn't even a shot, just a scuffed corner. but city were well beaten by a better side on the day, but that happens to virtually every team outside the top four every season. for example, last season
blackburn lost 5-3 to wigan, 4-0 to villa and 4-1 to birmingham and STILL finished 7th. Hull aren't going to do that but this is just a bad day at the office. I have a feeling that this season a couple of 'big teams' are going to get binned out of the premier league. now that will be funny.

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posted Aug 31, 2008

"We should of at the very least taken one point."

I think that is a ridiculous comment. A very naive way to look at playing Wigan. As a previous Hull fan said to stay up you have to take points off the teams around you. Wigan are not going to be a team anywhere near you this season.
As Hull fans you need to stay realistic and be gratefull for any points picked up from any game!

To be honest I don't see you staying up this year. A bad day at the office would suggest losing to wigan 2/3-0 (we are not a prolific goal scoring side) but the fact we beat you 5-0 is not only a bad performance by you but an actual gulf in class between our sides, can't imagine how Utd/Arsenal/Liverpool/Chelsea will punish you!!

Watching West Brom they looked well adapted to the PL, Hull and Stoke look like to champ teams who will try and dog a season out to remain, which I dont think is possible anymore with the climate of the league.

Great fans at the ground though, wish you all the best of luck, remember we were in your position once so Wigan fans understand!

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posted Aug 31, 2008

latics_ed - The reason we looked like a championshipe side yesterday, is because that's exactly what we were.

With the exception of Geovanni, the entire team was last seasons. With Gardner, Boateng and King all missing, we lacked quality in all areas and lost the spine of the team.

We're far better than that poor display you saw yesterday, though we need to bring in some more quality and quickly.

Glad you enjoyed your day out though.

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posted Aug 31, 2008

do you honestly believe that even with a full strength team you would have taken anything off us?

The absence of King is not a handicap trust me! he wouldn't have done anything!

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posted Aug 31, 2008

may not have taken anything, but would have been a lot closer... manchester united would struggle with wayne brown at centre back... and its not everyday ricketts scores an own goal.. you where worthy winners.. but 5-0 was a bit flattering..

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posted Aug 31, 2008

I'm not psychic, I can't tell you what would have happened with a full strength team, other than we would have played far better than we did yesterday(based on our opening two performances) and you almost certainly wouldn't have put 5 past us.

I'm not knocking Wigan, you looked excellent against Chelsea and I don't doubt that you have a far better squad than ours.

I didn't think you played well yesterday(neither did your manager), we gifted you the game, you might well have won it anyway, but it would have been nice if we'd have given you a proper game.

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posted Aug 31, 2008

Wigan fan here - have to admit from what i saw on MOTD Hull had plenty of play and plenty of the ball ( wonder what possesion stats were?) and a few chances of their own - however the difference was the mistakes they made - forgotten the players name but that dude who headed it back when Heskey ran on to it and finished it well, Ricketts slicing it into his own net and nobody defending when Valencia picked it up to finish off well - it's not the Wigan played particularly brilliantly or outclassed Hull it's mistakes of the above sort that I have just mentioned that were the big difference - Hope the tigers work on it and sort it out

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posted Aug 31, 2008

Wigan were not at their best yesterday I will agree with that. Bruce was spot on when he said that it was the weaker of all our performances- against chelsea and apart from opening 10 mins at West Ham we looked brilliant.. but we lost. Ive said before there is no point keep playing brilliantly and geting nothing. Yesterday we played average and walked away with three points and 5 goals under our belt. I want us to emulate the performances from our first two games definately but after all our hard work from them matches (and not a bad performance yesterday albeit below par) we deserved that and we were worthy of our points

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posted Aug 31, 2008

What happened yesterday has shown me how far Wigan have come, they did to Hull what established premiership teams have been doing to us in the past 3 years. Granted we haven't been defeated so heavily in the top flight, but how many times have teams played us and scored all their chances? we had 4 shots on target and won the game 5-0!

Had a great day out yesterday, Hull fans were very welcoming and it had a real family atmosphere about it, good luck for the rest of the season and I hope I will be making the journey to the kc again next year in the premiership!

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posted Aug 31, 2008

Wiganeramc - spot on , mate. It's converting the chances that make all the difference. And that's exactly what we did yesterday. I didn't get to the match as I've just got back from Wales - but when I heard of the result my shouts of celebration must've been echoing down those valleys enough to put harry secombe to shame!
It's all very well playing great football, but it's the goal scorers that get us the results, I'd rather sit through a dull game and get results than watch great passing football and leave the ground frustrated that we didn't get anything out of it - a bit sad, you might think, but there you go. In Amr Zaki we now have that goalscorer!
5-0 - what a fantastic result!!
COME ON WIGAN!!!

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