8th December 2012 Saturday.
This was a game which told us a lot about Steve Bruce’s squad. Form team Watford had been flying in the league up to today having won 5 of their last 7 Games and no losses in that run. But that meant nothing to this Hull City team who just got stuck in with skill, speed and energy and were much the better side in the first half. The Tigers are now 4th on 38 points after 21 games and looking good value to camp in that area of the Championship for some time. A plus point being we have gone above Leicester again!
Jay Simpson replaced Aaron Mclean up top and as expected we had Jack Hobbs on the bench alongside the other returning player Tom Cairney. No Sone Aluko though, he had a reaction after that training session on Thursday and his Achilles gave him trouble on Friday. He has had an injection and will rest up; so it seems we won’t see him for a few weeks. It was the 3-5-1-1 formation again with Koren just behind Jay Simpson otherwise the same as last week.
Paul McShane had to come off after 15 minutes with what looked like a calf problem he couldn’t deny and that let Jack Hobbs into the game; fantastic that we now have this guy back and he was straight into the game as he’d never been away.
David Meyler headed in a rebound from a Corry Evans strike on 41 minutes to give a well-deserved half time City lead. It was his first ever goal in his senior league career.
Watford had a lot more to say about the game in the 2nd half but City looked to have settled things from a great Robbie Brady free kick on 73 minutes, a goal which made it made it 0-2 until Troy Deeney got one back in the 92 minute by being first to the ball against slightly reluctant David Stockdale deep into stoppage time. It was touch and go if that goal should have stood though as Deeney went in with studs up along the ground, clattered into Stockdale and forced the ball through to goal; 1-2 to the Tigers at Full time.
A good feeling after the game that we now have an excellent away record and fear no-one in this league, Cardiff do look awesome but who knows what this group of players is capable of in the return revenge fixture in Wales.
Attendance was 12,156 and the referee was Mr M. Hayward.
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