Hull + Phil Brown

PHB · 05-10-2008 7:56pm #1

3rd in the league! 14 points!

Amazingly, 4 of the games have come away from home, with 3 wins and a draw away. Beating Arsenal and Spurs as well.
With any luck, they'll be able to get safe enough to stay, but they've already done a huge huge chunk of that.

What I relaly like is that Phil Brown seems like such a bloody nice guy, down-to-earth manager just putting in the work and seeing the rewards. Great to see.

~Rebel~ · 05-10-2008 7:59pm

PHB wrote:

3rd in the league! 14 points!

Amazingly, 4 of the games have come away from home, with 3 wins and a draw away. Beating Arsenal and Spurs as well.
With any luck, they'll be able to get safe enough to stay, but they've already done a huge huge chunk of that.

What I relaly like is that Phil Brown seems like such a bloody nice guy, down-to-earth manager just putting in the work and seeing the rewards. Great to see.

I'd be surprised at this point if they went down. Really have been so impressive, and what a buy Giovanni has proven to be! Its great that they have that little bit of skill and magic to go along with the work ethic. I dont think this level of performance will keep up for too much longer, but i could see them getting 50points over the course of the season.

estebancambias · 05-10-2008 8:06pm

I don't see where they will score goals from, once Giovanni stops scoring these crackers.

OPENROAD · 05-10-2008 8:14pm

Fair play to them, they have certainly surprised me, nice to see an English manager doing well, wheteher they will stay up or not,a long way to go, but every point they are picking up at the moment is a real bonus.

05-10-2008 8:18pm

Well i thought they were gonna be relegation fodder once they didnt get campbell in and didnt seem to fill that position but what a great job Brown has done there.

ntlbell · 05-10-2008 8:39pm

fantastic start to the season and they have done with some nice football too.

Dub13 · 05-10-2008 8:55pm

I would love to see them staying up.

jesus_thats_gre · 05-10-2008 8:57pm

Fair played to them. You can't but admire that they have achieved.

_blank_ · 05-10-2008 8:59pm

The Premiership is no place for a team like Hull.

Talk about a lack of glamour ffs.

estebancambias · 05-10-2008 9:06pm

couldnt give a toss about them at the start of the season but when i heard brown signed mcshane, i knew i'd be looking out for their result each week...

Dub13 · 05-10-2008 9:07pm

Hull is actually quite a big town with a population of about a 1/4 million people.I no what you mean about a lack of glamour but they are there on there own merit.

~Rebel~ · 05-10-2008 9:07pm

Des wrote: »

The Premiership is no place for a team like Hull.

Talk about a lack of glamour ffs.

what the premiership needs imo are teams which, on their day, can realistically get a result against any other team in the league. And Hull have certainly shown they can do that.

kensutz · 05-10-2008 9:11pm

Dub13 wrote: »

Hull is actually quite a big town with a population of about a 1/4 million people.I no what you mean about a lack of glamour but they are there on there own merit.

City

and before the start of this season they were the only city based team never to play in the top tier of English football.

Charlie · 05-10-2008 9:14pm

Great to see them doing well, and not bending over like Derby. However, I find Phil Brown to be quite detestable.

mike65 · 05-10-2008 9:15pm

Hull are the new Wigan 2005/06 and like Wigwam I bet thier points return will hit the buffers mid season but already having done enough to avoid the drop.

Mike

estebancambias · 05-10-2008 9:15pm

just reading about hull there, the largest ethnic group consists of the 749 chinese people in the city.

Dub13 · 05-10-2008 9:18pm

estebancambias wrote: »

just reading about hull there, the largest ethnic group consists of the 749 chinese people in the city.

Thats a very precise number.

Dave! · 05-10-2008 9:30pm

Great achievement for them so far, well done.

estebancambias · 05-10-2008 9:31pm

i wonder do any of the chinese attend games?

lordgoat · 05-10-2008 10:06pm

i haveit on good authority that 27 chinese people attend each match, they have a lottery system to allocate tickets.

pickarooney · 05-10-2008 10:42pm

estebancambias wrote: »

just reading about hull there, the largest ethnic group consists of the 749 chinese people in the city.

I'm fairly sure they're outnumbered by whites.

Frisbee · 05-10-2008 10:45pm

PHB wrote: »

What I relaly like is that Phil Brown seems like such a bloody nice guy, down-to-earth manager

+1
Great Guy, taken a liking to Hull this season. Even if they did beat us at the Emirates....

mikemac · 05-10-2008 10:45pm

Des wrote: »

The Premiership is no place for a team like Hull.

Talk about a lack of glamour ffs.

Nope, as said Hull is one of the larger cities in England and they deserve a Premiership team as much as anyone. So well done to them and I hope they stay up.

In fact during the Championship playoffs last year, there was a statistic that Hull was the largest city never to be represented in the top Division.
Bristol is currently the biggest city without a Premiership team but one of their teams, Rovers or City did play in Division 1

pickarooney · 05-10-2008 10:51pm

Des wrote: »

The Premiership is no place for a team like Hull.

Talk about a lack of glamour ffs.

Don't worry, I'm sure at least two people didn't take that at face value.

nlgbbbblth · 05-10-2008 11:00pm

micmclo wrote: »

Nope, as said Hull is one of the larger cities in England and they deserve a Premiership team as much as anyone. So well done to them and I hope they stay up.

In fact during the Championship playoffs last year, there was a statistic that Hull was the largest city never to be represented in the top Division.
Bristol is currently the biggest city without a Premiership team but one of their teams, Rovers or City did play in Division 1

Bristol City were in the first division in the late 1970s. Came 13th in 1978-79.
By late 1982 they were bottom of division four. :eek:

Dub13 · 05-10-2008 11:04pm

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Bristol City were in the first division in the late 1970s. Came 13th in 1978-79.
By late 1982 they were bottom of division four. :eek:

He said...

Bristol is currently the biggest city without a Premiership team.

nlgbbbblth · 05-10-2008 11:19pm

Dub13 wrote: »

He said...

Bristol is currently the biggest city without a Premiership team.

I know.

He also said

wrote:

but one of their teams, Rovers or City did play in Division 1

I was adding some background information to City's division 1 experience.

Vokes · 05-10-2008 11:20pm

charlie mchugh wrote: »

However, I find Phil Brown to be quite detestable.

Why, what did he do?

mike65 · 05-10-2008 11:26pm

Indeed, spill Charlie. Spill.

Mike

Skud · 05-10-2008 11:33pm

hull know they need another striker. they tried to get campbell last day of transfer window. What they doing is building a rep for themselves, hopefully they will get a decent striker in jan and go on to do really well.

Great achievement for them, they deserve some plaudits.

Pigman II · 06-10-2008 1:22am

I think the majority of the credit must go to McShane. It's no coincidence that Hull are undefeated since he joined. I confidently predict in time that he will become the greatest player to have ever graced the game.

Melion · 06-10-2008 1:28am

Im delighted with Hull this season, i remember seeing a piece about them on Football Focus a few years ago(i think they were in Div 2) and have followed their results since then(Same as Livingston in Scotland). They've had a lot of ups and downs since but im really enjoying seeing them performing like this. As the OP said, its great for Phil Brown because he does seem like a genuine and honest man.

~Rebel~ · 06-10-2008 1:34am

Phil Brown reminds me of Hugh Laurie.

Pigman II · 06-10-2008 1:38am

He's a good manager, but he should change his name from Phil Brown to Phil Faketan.

Charlie · 06-10-2008 2:05am

mike65 wrote: »

Indeed, spill Charlie. Spill.

Mike

He's had it in for Newcastle fans, being a Mackem, and hasn't had the best things to say about us ever since we failed to worship his good friend Sam Allardyce.

Xavi6 · 06-10-2008 2:15am

estebancambias wrote: »

just reading about hull there, the largest ethnic group consists of the 749 chinese people in the city.

"The Chinese - a great bunch of lads"

Charlie · 06-10-2008 2:16am

Xavi6 wrote: »

"The Chinese - a great bunch of lads"

Here here.

estebancambias · 06-10-2008 2:17am

that episode was on tonight.

Xavi6 · 06-10-2008 2:21am

Was it? Quality!

mike65 · 06-10-2008 10:29am

charlie mchugh wrote: »

He's had it in for Newcastle fans, being a Mackem, and hasn't had the best things to say about us ever since we failed to worship his good friend Sam Allardyce.

Bitter, no-one likes a bitter.

Mike

Boggles · 06-10-2008 10:51am

charlie mchugh wrote: »

He's had it in for Newcastle fans, being a Mackem, and hasn't had the best things to say about us ever since we failed to worship his good friend Sam Allardyce.

What do you want him to say about ye?

06-10-2008 11:03am

PHB wrote: »

What I relaly like is that Phil Brown seems like such a bloody nice guy, down-to-earth manager just putting in the work and seeing the rewards. Great to see.

+1

Delighted for them. Did you all hear he grew that Goatie for charity before shaving it? Which other manager in the PL could you see doing that?

Wouldn't see Fergie doing it, that's for damn sure

Benedict XVI · 06-10-2008 11:14am

mike65 wrote: »

Hull are the new Wigan 2005/06 and like Wigwam I bet thier points return will hit the buffers mid season but already having done enough to avoid the drop.

Mike

Yea and a bit like Reading in 2006/2007 - There is usually one promoted team that manages a good early run to stay up, but it's usually not the play-off winner.

I remember Hull being is real trouble back about 7 or 8 years ago, owner locking the gates of the old ground etc.

But like Wigan, Rugby League seems to have come to the rescue

Boggles · 06-10-2008 11:14am

Deleted User wrote: »

+1
Wouldn't see Fergie doing it, that's for damn sure

What Charity is this fella attached to?

Charlie · 06-10-2008 11:17am

Boggles wrote: »

What do you want him to say about ye?

That we've all got lovely big cocks, and are a sound bunch of lads. What do you think??? I'm not saying that he should be licking our arses, but when he has a dig at us, do you expect us to be all over him like a bad rash like the rest of you seem to be?

Boggles · 06-10-2008 11:21am

charlie mchugh wrote: »

That we've all got lovely big cocks, and are a sound bunch of lads. What do you think??? I'm not saying that he should be licking our arses, but when he has a dig at us, do you expect us to be all over him like a bad rash like the rest of you seem to be?

I couldn't give a shíte what he said about Newcastle United Football Club, and don't think many more on here do either.

People are discussing him because he has Hull 4th in the toughest league in the world, not what he might have said about The 3 ring circus you support, get over it or you will end up bitter and twisted.

06-10-2008 11:23am

Boggles wrote: »

What Charity is this fella attached to?

Real Madrid apparently....we did sign fecking Nunez from there!

Charlie · 06-10-2008 11:24am

Boggles wrote: »

I couldn't give a shíte what he said about Newcastle United Football Club, and don't think many more on here do either.

People are discussing him because he has Hull 4th in the toughest league in the world, not what he might have said about The 3 ring circus you support, get over it or you will end up bitter and twisted.

As I have already siad, props to Hull for playing so well. However, the thread is titled 'Hull+Phil Brown' I gave my opinion on both, and for the latter it was at the request of other posters.

I couldn't give a monkeys what you think about Newcastle or my views, but don't act the eThug and try call shotgun over what views people can and cannot express.

Boggles · 06-10-2008 11:29am

charlie mchugh wrote: »

As I have already siad, props to Hull for playing so well. However, the thread is titled 'Hull+Phil Brown' I gave my opinion on both, and for the latter it was at the request of other posters.

I couldn't give a monkeys what you think about Newcastle or my views, but don't act the eThug and try call shotgun over what views people can and cannot express.

eThug? Good Lad. :rolleyes:

Blazer · 06-10-2008 12:39pm

Fair play to them for coming up and playing well.
I'm sick of the likes of WBA and the likes coming up and going down every 2nd year.
I'd like to see QPR come back up also and do well.

dfx- · 06-10-2008 12:51pm

Much prefer them to Stoke's neanderthal stuff. That 'football' went out of fashion with the Wooly Mammoth's decline.

Hull + Phil Brown

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