The ACN Match Review 24/25 – Hull (A) | OneFootball

How did we play?

A hell of a lot better than on Tuesday night and last Saturday, plenty of nicely crafted moves but still with a mostly wayward end product.

For the most part we controlled the tempo, which is no mean feat given almost all midfielders not named Jacob were unavailable and this was our seventeenth different combination in the middle of the park this season. To be fair, Wright grew into it after a shaky start and Lungi was ok. Slimane looked off the pace again in this one. The young full backs showed a much greater willingness to get forward too.

Matěj Jurásek was probably the standout in the hour or so he played. He has a nice gear change, can shield and turn away from trouble, can cut in, can drive to the byline, can cross with both feet. He’s a handful for opposition full backs and opens up many more pages of the playbook than our much more one-footed wingers.

What was the best bit about the day?

While I haven’t got to as many away games in recent seasons, Hull City’s Footy Scran™️is surely unmatched in the Championship. “Dirty Dawg” smothered in cheese, BBQ sauce and Jalapeños, pulled pork loaded fries, pulled pork burger, chicken gyro box, even a Biscoff loaded brownie if you need a dessert. Goodness me.

A lesson to all other clubs, especially in the top two tiers of the pyramid – if you charge a little less for the match ticket (a very reasonable £23 for an adult yesterday) but offer concourse food of this calibre, I for one will happily pay the difference and then everyone wins? Hope they stay up for this and this alone.

What was the worst bit about the day?

The state of the car park after the game. Thank goodness the Humber Bridge was open this time, unlike on my last visit, and thank goodness we were leaving Hull with at least a point. Otherwise that’d have made for a truly bleak four-hour or so drive home, of which around 95% is single carriageway.

Hero of the match

Can only be our furry friend who surged forward down the right wing, making the perfect decoy run for us to forage an equaliser. Great ball from Kellen, the one time all game a crosser and their target were on the same page, and that’s all Sarge needs. What an impact sub. How do you rate the MKM Stadium as an away day?

For what is an identikit modern bowl ground, I don’t mind Hull. It certainly has more soul than the likes of Wigan and Reading which, if I never go back to, it’ll be too soon. The aforementioned sensible pricing and top tier food options certainly help, as does the fact it is in the city, not by a motorway or in the middle of nowhere.

There wasn’t much noise yesterday but when you’re rock bottom of the home table, and several points adrift of the next poorest side, that’s perhaps symptomatic. The players emerge to Eye of the Tiger and make no mistake, they’re in a fight.

Summary in Five Words

Decent point after difficult week.