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at 19:51:32

I notice that having accidentally done a Derby v Cardiff preview you've now amended it to saying Derby v Hull, unfortunately, you haven't amended quite enough of it.

Two consecutive losses and the loss of their management team find the Tigers in a tail-spin as they head to Derbyshire - Erm...I don't think so, we're very optimistic of a win tomorrow, we outplayed West Ham last game, despite the result.

On the personnel front, they will welcome the return of Anthony Gerrard in defence after he was suspended for their match before the break against Leeds. One forward not in contention is Rudy Gestede who will miss with a hamstring injury - Erm....these are both Cardiff players, so won't be in Derby tomorrow.

Both teams have been capable of scoring multiple goals so far this season but at the same time have been leaky in defence - Erm...We are one of lowest scoring teams in the league, but have the best defensive record in the league.

In short, this preview is complete nonsense.

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Health and safety nonsense hovers over Hull trip — full match preview
at 10:48:34

YorkRanger

I'm sure the pitch would have started fine, but they're now predicting heavy snow tonight and again for tomorrow, which I think was probably the deciding factor.

I'm gutted, I can't go to Palace next week due to a family Christmas do, so I've got no live footie for over two weeks now.

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Health and safety nonsense hovers over Hull trip — full match preview
at 10:28:12

Northernr

I take your point re the Stingrays, but it's not really comparable, considering the conditions between here and Sheffield and their normal attendances, there's likely to about 200 people there.

If you take our worst ever attendances, then they have increased four fold, in fact last season they'd increased six fold, I was just pointing out that they didn't increase purely because we moved to the KC. Your attendances are currently three times higher than your lowest season, yet you haven't moved at all.

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LFW Travel Guides — Hull, KC Stadium
at 09:45:46

To those coming by train, your information above is about four years out of date. If you turn left out the train station(which is the best way to go), there is no bus station or building site, there's a flash shopping centre called St.Stephens. Walk through it(it's warmer), walk out the back and follow the sea of amber and black, skating towards the ground. You still have to pass the ugly hospital though!

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Health and safety nonsense hovers over Hull trip — full match preview
at 09:42:22

Hull fan here.

Though I agree entirely with the sentiment of the article, there does come a point where the risk exceeds what is reasonable for people attending a sporting event. Last week at Boro, we had a situation where the Teeside police were telling people not to leave their homes, while over 1000 of us travelled up there to see what can only be described a pantomime(though I suppose it is pantomime season). The players couldn't see where the pitch started and finished, we couldn't see the players, cars were sliding into each other in the car park, it was all fairly ridiculous.

I'm currently about 15 miles from the KC Stadium and the snow is about 18" deep outside my house, my business is based in London(only 4 miles from Loftus Rd, at Hanger Lane) and I tried to get there this week, but having managed only 30 miles in 3 1/2 hours, I turned round and came home. I'm not sure that the author realises quite how bad it is here at the moment, the schools are all closed, many people have not left their homes for days, there have been hundreds of crashes on the roads, including a few fatalities and the police will be very nervous about doing anything that could potentially add to that tally.

I hope that the game goes ahead, if it doesn't snow again today, then they should be able to grit the roads and pavements around the ground, but around 25% of City fans(rough message board poll) don't think they can even get from their homes to Hull and the police may decide it's better to remove any reason for them to attempt to do so.

Also, just in the name of accuracy, our attendances did drop below 4,000 for two seasons in the 90's, when we were bottom of the fourth, had no team to speak of, were permanently facing administration and everything around the club was a disaster, but there was no four fold increase in support when we moved into the KC. Our attendances at Boothferry Park averaged 9,500 in our last season, they did increase to 12,800 in our first season at the KC, then 16,800(still in League Two), then 18,000(League One), then 19,800(Championship) and obviously we were at capacity in the Premier League. It's fair to say we haven't got much in the way of history, but our support is one of things we can be proud of.

Anyway, if it is on and you are coming up, safe journey and let's hope there's no more stupid bomber chants(though unfortunately, it's fairly likely if we're losing).

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