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The financial history of Hull City AFC under the Allams

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  1. Evington

    Evington Well-Known Member

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    Spot on Driff
     
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  2. Evington

    Evington Well-Known Member

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    Thereby proving the view that the Allams do not know what they are doing
     
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  3. Obadiah

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    I blame Assem Allam. He should have sacked Bruce in 2014 and replaced him with Pulis.

    Over two seasons Andre Gray would have cost us around £10 million including transfer fees, wages, national Insurance and bonuses. The following season 4 players at £3 million plus wages, tax etc would have been another £18 million. That's close to £30 million, £30 million we didn't have. Maybe not close enough to £40 million for you but I'm not convinced that Bruce would have restricted himself to players costing £2 or £3 million though. But that's just my personal opinion.
     
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  4. originallambrettaman

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    If we'd signed Andre Gray, we wouldn't have signed Diomande, we spent half that money on a far poorer player.

    Not signing Andre Gray was a mistake, he was an excellent player available for at least half what he was worth.
     
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  5. cheshireles

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    Should be quality over quantity every time!!!
     
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  6. Obadiah

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    Steve Bruce picked Diomande. Its almost like he did it on purpose after Ehab said no to Andre Gray. £5 million would have bought a couple of good decent strikers from the lower leagues or Scotland.
     
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  7. Plum

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    Dio still banging 'em in in US though, 11 in 15. Perhaps he just didn't like us :emoticon-0101-sadsm
     
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  8. charon-the-ferryman

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    Diomande was £1.7 million - in true City fashion we bought an injured player who missed weeks when he arrived a crock - he spent most of his time sat on his arse rubbing his head
     
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  9. howdentiger

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    That's what happens when you play players in their position. Obviously the quality of the league counts as well
     
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    This correct position thing is getting way out of hand. Is there a position on the pitch which causes players to fall on their arse constantly? Perhaps he was just a bit ****.
     
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  11. Plum

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    Falls on his arse just the once, while putting the ball in the back of the net.:emoticon-0105-wink:

    I'm not a particular fan and I understand about lower quality leagues but I don't think we got the best out of him.

     
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  13. Kempton

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    He did spend a lot of time on his arse TBF. But a lot of that time was because he was sat on the bench.
     
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  14. John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.

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    Exactly, to be fair to him he never got a consistent run in the team to prove himself IMO. Strikers, like all players need a run in the team to play themselves into form, you just have to sometimes give players a chance to prove themselves.
     
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  15. originallambrettaman

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    He doesn’t seem to have much trouble scoring when played as a striker...

    2015     Stabæk 21 (17)
    2015–2018 Hull City 49 (6)
    2018– Los Angeles FC 15 (11)
     
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  16. Obadiah

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    Makes you wonder why Bruce bought him and didn't play him as a striker.
     
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  17. originallambrettaman

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    Makes you wonder why Bruce, Phelan, Silva, Slutsky and Adkins didn't play him as a striker.

    At least Bruce had the excuse of having Hernandez available to him most of the season.
     
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  18. PLT

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    Strikers score more goals. Who'd have thought it!
     
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  19. originallambrettaman

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    When played as a striker, he scores goals, when not played as a striker he doesn't, but people still claim he's a **** striker. Go figure.
     
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  20. Barchullona

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    Some players score more goals in weaker leagues as well.
     
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