BigBillyBilly

Oh Lordy,Hull fan here...Enjoyed the discussion so far.Goodison has always struck me,along with many away fans,as 'graveyard'.If I were an Everton fan,I'd certainly expect my team to do enough to win against Hull,which along with Burnley,Hartlepool and Middlesbrough should be 'closed down',according to The Economist! We may be ugly,but Steve Bruce is certainly trying to make us beautiful,by our standards at least. As others have said,Hull will be hard to beat.We got promotion from The Championship last year without potent strikers,and it looks like not much has changed,in truth,but really that's a huge compliment to the rest of Hull's squad that we found a way to grind out ugly wins time and again to extract ourselves from that League.No one player,as at Cardiff,scored more than 10 goals last season,so you don't have much to fear there! What we have done is sign players of the quality of Jake Livermore and Tom Huddlestone,the former on loan,which has lent us an almost dizzying quality and control to our midfield,but make no mistake,this team is founded on hard work,much like Everton,I would think. I suspect this will be a tight game,Everton SHOULD have the players to pinch it,but I hope that you Toffees come away with your teeth clagged up and aware that Hull are officially NOT a useless outfit,for perhaps the first time in our 109 year history!