MATCH THREAD: " HULL CITY v CARDIFF CITY " MATCH THREAD

Less said about the first 20 minutes for Cardiff the better, I'd suggest.

Decision making is poor and errors being made continually so stopping any continuity going forward.

Ikpeazu goes into the book. Flew into a tackle on Fleming.

Just had the air sucked out of this one. Cardiff with more of the ball but struggling to really do anything with it, truth be told.

The referee gives a strange free kick againt Ikpeazu, who puts in a great tackle

LATEST SCORE: HULL CITY 2 - 0 CARDIFF CITY

Bluebirds starting to get into the game and putting themselves into tackles

A free kick is won and the ball falls sweetly to McGuiness, who fluffs his lines and misses the net...

LATEST SCORE: HULL CITY 2 - 0 CARDIFF CITY

HALF-TIME! Hull City 2-0 Cardiff City


Oliver Denham goes into the book for a heavy challenge in the corner.

The resultant free-kick is dealt with and that's the end of the first half. One to forget for Cardiff.

As the commentator said, Hull go in with a deserved 2 - 0 lead as Oliver Denham goes into the book for standing his ground

Luton have a further opportunity but thankfully it comes to nothing

Two calamitous goals and Steve Morison has to do some straight talking at half-time

HALF-TIME SCORE: HULL CITY 2 - 0 CARDIFF CITY

Philips needs to learn about when to kick ball and when to pass it out? Just got away with playing it out then he tries passing ball to player with 3 hull players between defender and himself.... he is generally looking dodgy to say least.

I'd say that was at best a lethargic performance from Cardiff but that would be insulting to good old fashioned lethargy.


SM could easily make 7 changes to that line up and still have decisions on who to bring off. Dreadful application from so many players.

Struggling to understand how Mark Harris makes the starting line up.

Why even pretend to play football or keep telling the press how we have improved our style when you start with Flint and Ikpeazu !!!

Ikpeazu is just another Akinfenwa for Wycome, lower league terror.

Still wish we'd drop the 3 centre halfs, we just don't need 2 off them being giants.

No idea what Harris (been piss poor) and Davies are supposed to be doing except get in the way of the wingbacks

Can only get better, Morison normally corrects at half time, Hull are not great we are just committing hari kari

Vaulks again demonstrating why he is not good enough for a new contract.
Flint likewise.
Can Phillips catch a ball?

Phillips has been terrible , and he is not the only one.
The players out of contract , surely they can't be playing for new contracts !
What a disastrous first half .

Second half starts with two Bluebird changes...

Colwill on for Ikpeazu

Doyle on for McGuiness

LATEST SCORE: HULL CITY 2 - 0 CARDIFF CITY

Hull should be 3-up through Lewis-Potter but Phillips redeems himself a little with a good stop

LATEST SCORE: HULL CITY 2 - 0 CARDIFF CITY

We make a totoise look fast when we go forward...

Good move from the Bluebirds results in a corner...

Misses everyone and is cleared

LATEST SCORE: HULL CITY 2 - 0 CARDIFF CITY

Uche Ikpeazu and Mark McGuinness off, Tommy Doyle and Rubin Colwill on.


Better from Cardiff. They've pressed high up and a blocked clearance falls to Doyle, who hits his shot wide of the mark from the edge of the box.

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I feel for them after that first half.

Vaulks ships it off to Wintle, who hits a bobbling ball 20 yards from goal, but slices it wide.

Cardiff work the ball out well to Bagan, but his cross is poor. Goal kick.

Mark Harris is released down the left. He cuts in and gets a shot away, low and hard. But Ingram gets down low to save well.

Forss on for Allahyar.

Bagan hits a lovely cross-cum-shot and Davies tries to slide in to get a foot on it to guide it in - but is inches away from it.

Keane Lewis-Potter is threaded through down the left but hits his cross over the bar.

Chance!

Colwill slides in Doyle, who releases Harris who then gives it back to the Man City loanee, but he just snatches at his effort from near the penalty spot and it's agonisingly wide!

Cardiff's best chance of the half there.

Miscommunication between Flint and Phillips allowed Honeyman in, but he lobs the keeper and it's wide of the mark.

GOAL! Hull City 2-1 Cardiff City (Flint 81)
Goal! City have one back. Aden Flint with the header.

Close! Oh almost the leveller!

Phillips with a route-one ball over the top and Ingram misjudges it, coming out to try and clear it. But Harris gets there first and lobs the keeper first time, however it's narrowly wide from the angle.