Anyone For Windass?
Hull booked their place in the Premiership with a 1-0 win over Bristol City with veteran striker Dean Windass firing the winner with a fine first half volley. Windass and his team-mates now join the fantasy roster for next season and deservedly so, but there’s no doubt that manager Phil Brown will have to do some pretty shrewd shopping to give himself a chance of survival next term.
Brown will look to draw inspiration and even a strategic blueprint from his time as assistant to Sam Allardyce at Bolton. Clearly he has a gameplan based on Bolton’s methods of survival following their promotion in 2001…
“I am planning meticulously for survival in the Premier League and I have a ready-made plan from my time at Bolton Wanderers. That is the model that we will copy,” remarked the Hull City boss. If that “model” extends to actual match tactics we can expect a tight defence, plenty of set-pieces and a big centre-forward - maybe even Windass.
Despite Brown stressing that he’ll hand the players that earned him promotion the opportunities in the Premiership, an array of signings are inevitable with Windass’ strike partner, Frazier Campbell, top of the shopping list. Campbell, who notched 14 goals in 34 starts, is currently on loan at Hull from Man United and Brown is hoping that he’ll now be able to make the move permanent.
‘It is obvious that he is a talent and we want to keep him and I would have thought that we had the money to buy him now but that is not my decision”, Brown revealed.
Campbell aside, there’s little to excite fantasy managers in the Hull squad right now, except perhaps the likes of Michael Turner and a defence that ranked second overall in the Championship this season. Stay tuned though, I’ll be watching all the comings and goings at the promoted sides and reporting on their players and prospects in the weeks ahead once the transfer merry-go-round gains momentum.
well well well. where shall we start with this one.
with such a plethora of options open, i will take the literary low road and paraphrase the great chaucer, thusly
Ah,” thought bristol, “this shall go with me!”
And down he thrust his hand right to the cleft,
In hope that he should find there promotion.
And when windass felt bristol here
Groping about his hole and all his rear,
Into his hand he let bristol a fart.
There is no stallion drawing loaded cart
That might have let a fart of such a sound.
Bristol leaped up as with wild lion’s bound:
“Ah, treacherous churl,” he cried, “by God’s own bones,
I’ll see that he who scorns me thus atones;
You’ll suffer for this fart- I’ll find a way!’
hey pops, does your fancy ‘other’ football board provide such erudite discourse?
i, for one, forgive you and welcome you back from your prodigal wanderings.
cheers all,
-TheNecromancer
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