I'm really surprised that Hull haven't tried to pick a few off the clubs that went down, there's a few there that would do a decent job, and must have some ambition to stay in the top flight.

Ishmael Miller I like, Gary O'Neil would give Hull some width say. Arca is a decent footballer. Tuncay is a headless chicken but he'd give you 100% and in a side with few legs to get about, he'd give you that.

I just can't see the sense in Barton, aside from his obvious issues, he's another run of the mill, central midfielder.

For me they needed (and still need) a right back, a central midfielder or 2, a left winger and at least 2 strikers.

What's most bizarre is that there have been plenty of players in the positions they want potentially on the move, but they've either shown little interest or an unwillingness to stump up the money. Instead they prioritised a young, unproven in the top-flight kid who continually messed them about and a pipe dream of Michael Owen.

What they should have been looking at IMO is the likes of Huddlestone, Ashton, Brunt, Doyle, Derbyshire, Commons, and maybe some younger loanees/gambles like Gibson and Jonathan Spector. As said, unlike Brown I'd have also been interested in Hunt. Gudjohnsen would also have been a more realistic big name to go for than Owen, particularly with the Bolton links.

In some ways I think Owen was a more realistic target than Gudjohnsen. Looking back from now, with Owen very happily set up at United, it'd seem that they were never in with a realistic chance of getting him. But when Hull were going after Owen there was only Stoke City being mentioned as being interested in him.

I don't know what's happening with Gudjohnsen, so if he's in the process of signing up for some dire side like Hull I'll be proven wrong, but I'd just think he'd think of packing it in if Hull City are the calibre of side he's attracting. Owen going from the jokers at Newcastle to Hull was at least a move back to the PL, but Gudjohnsen would be going from the Spanish and European Champions to Hull.

All of those players would improve City as would some of the names JWP mentioned in his post. It's not rocket science, for me it show the cluelessness of the manager and the lack of ambition of the chairman. I honestly can't see a way City can stay up unless they produce 3/4 good signings before the end of the month.

Personally I think Owen would have gone abroad before signing for any team not expected to compete for a european place. Also his reaction to the Hull interest even before Man Utd entering the frame showed that he considered it laughable.

Gudjohnsen from a playing perspective is still quite unlikely, but you never know how his previous experience of Phil Brown could affect the chances. The last I heard of him was that he was interested in Celtic. Now aside from the historical name, that's almost as much of a step down in calibre IMO.

Exactly right. It's not like they've been unlucky with signings, or there's no suitable options about. The fact is they've simply been found incredibly wanting and are looking odds on to receive the consequences. Still, they'll have made a few bob, which is looking more and more like the priority for them.

All of which is a real shame as they had a genuine chance this season of cementing themselves as a PL club with 4/5 shrewd signings and taking a little bit of a gamble.




I see Guillem Balague has said that Utd and Valencia have spoken about David Silva but as yet no offer has been made for the player.

Taylor > Kadar > Mouyokolo

Senderos to Everton.

Hull needed to 'do a Sunderland'. They got their lucky break last year, now they had to build massively on it, back the manager and do everything they can to stay in the league. I doubt they have the investment of Sunderland, but they have to bring in a lot of players, their squad looked massively weak after a few months in the league, the defence was woeful and attack non-existent for large parts of the season. If Hull's transfer window carries on like this, and they try to stick with the same side, they will have to have an even luckier year than last season. Hull were more than bad enough to go down last year, they need to put their future in their hands, they can't risk all the other teams having woeful seasons again.

Paving the way for Lescott to City?

Is Moyes pushing his luck with this signing? He's signed some diamonds in the rough in the past and most of the time they've pulled off. Senderos, I think is a pretty good player. Has most of the attributes you want in a defender, he's big, strong and aerially dominant, he reads the game pretty well at times, too. I think Moyes can turn him into a better player than Wenger can, but there's no doubting his brain farts.

Just seen us linked with that Defour at Liege. He's always looked good when I've watched him play, which is about 4/5 times for Liege and a few times for Belgium. I also liked the looks of Axel Witsel, who looks a real classy player.

Think Everton are being linked with a £12m move for Defour too. Would you be happy with Aquilani? I have not seen a great deal of him tbh.

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As for the previous posts linking Beye with Hull, I don't think Brown's moaning about the deal will have got him anywhere.

I reckon he'll end up at Villa, for what it's worth.

According to the HDM Beye is using us to try and get clubs like Villa and Everton interested and seems like he isnt interested in coming here.

Well he can stay where he is, I don't want him.

That the same Taylor who you said was better than Turner?



And also whos Kadar?

I was laughing at the players name I had highlighted, Taylor. He is another Bramble

I don't see the big deal about Turner, he's extremely average. I lost count of the amount of times last season where he ended up on his in the process of the opposition scoring. If he hadn't scored a few goals, there wouldn't have been anywhere near as much talk about him. Whilst Taylor isn't anywhere near the finished article himself, I'd still take him over Turner.

Kadar is a very highly-rated youngster who nearly made his debut in the first team last season before suffering a broken leg. Will almost certainly play a big part in our defence this season.

Some young numpty who couldn't even break into Newcastle defence, then broke his leg. He is so good he will be lighting up the championship next season.

But of course, Newcastle are still bigger and better than half of the premier league clubs.

If the stories of him being after a last big payday are true they might as well stay away. Trying to play clubs off to engineer a big money move suggests he has the wrong attitude to me, and perhaps puts him in with those Newcastle signings indicative of why they are in their current plight. Money grabbers who don't give a damn.

Of all the players to choose in our squad to say that about, you chose Beye. Dear me.