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Can Adam Pearson Keep Hull Up?

Things have definitely not been going well for Hull City. With four wins out of the whole of 2009 going into a home game against ninth placed Stoke City all signs pointed towards another defeat...

Written by Adam Barr about 27 days ago 77 reads 4 comments
Jozy Altidore: Hull's Goal Answer?

A very big problem for Hull last season was scoring goals. From last Christmas to the end of the season, goals were a rare commodity for Hull fans and when they came they were cherished for the whole week, until they failed to score again...

Written by Adam Barr about 3 months ago 540 reads 14 comments
Dean Windass Testimonial Game

Well I'm back fresh from the Hull vs Aberdeen game and thought I'd write my thoughts out on what turned out to be a very mixed event...

Written by Adam Barr about 3 months ago 185 reads 6 comments
Stimulating New Ideas: Bulletin Boards

I know this about every writer, including me. At some point good, plausible, interesting ideas desert us and we can spend hours staring at a computer screen trying, desperately, to think of something to write...

Written by Adam Barr about 4 months ago 45 reads 9 comments
History of Football: Cuju

We all know the football we watch and discuss and support today. However, the emergence of the modern rules of the game happened relatively recently (in the late 1800s)...

Written by Adam Barr about 4 months ago 62 reads 0 comments
My Favourite Football Chants

This is a tribute to the masses of football fans around the globe. The creativity of fans to hector and heckle the opposition fans and players in displays of mass spontaneity is genuinely something to behold...

Written by Adam Barr about 4 months ago 413 reads 20 comments
I'm Going to Face It: Hull's Just Not Where Players Want to Go

On the face of it, you would have thought my club, Hull City, would at least be a consideration for players. But no. You would have thought it was...

Written by Adam Barr about 4 months ago 248 reads 21 comments
Roundtable Discussion: Five Fans Tell "Why I Love My Sport"

We all think our sport is the best. We may follow many sports, but there is always one that has a particular place in our hearts. Here, five different fans of five different sports provide their take on the sport that is their passion...

Written by Adam Barr about 5 months ago 175 reads 49 comments
Increasing The Footballing Standard: Solutions To The Issues

This is the follow up article to my previous one, highlighting three issues facing modern football. If you haven't read the first one this won't make as much sense. You'll find it here. No...

Written by Adam Barr about 5 months ago 42 reads 6 comments
Increasing The Standard: Issues With Football Today

In this article I am going to outline the main problems and issues facing the sport today and in my follow up article I'm going to see what could resolve these problems. Football (to me) is a great game to watch...

Written by Adam Barr about 5 months ago 109 reads 14 comments
5 Hull Players Who Need To Prove Themselves

Hull had a terrible second half to the season and a big reason for that was that players dropped their standard of play over a season. They really need to up the ante and prove they deserve a place in a Premier League club next season...

Written by Adam Barr about 5 months ago 854 reads 6 comments
A Look at Hull City's Fixture List

At first glance it looks like Hull have got a pretty bad set of fixtures. Headline fixtures such as Chelsea at Stamford Bridge to kick off the season and finishing up with Liverpool at home seem like bad new...

Written by Adam Barr about 5 months ago 226 reads 11 comments
Frazier Campbell: Newcastle Or Hull?

Any Hull City fan, and even some who aren't, knows that Phil Brown is interested in Frazier Campbell - to the tune of £6,000,000. But there has been some reluctance on the side of the Manchester United youngster to commit to Hull, even verbally...

Written by Adam Barr about 5 months ago 675 reads 12 comments
The 5 Hull Players Who deserve A First Team Place Next Season

There's no doubt about it. In the end Hull City were lucky at the end of the season that Newcastle and Middlesbrough played so poorly. With the same team we certainly won't stay up stay up next season...

Written by Adam Barr about 5 months ago 973 reads 4 comments
Foreign Player Restrictions In English Football

I don't know about anybody else but for me international football is the absolute pinnacle of the sport. The best players of a nation come together to play against the best players of another nation...

Written by Adam Barr about 5 months ago 160 reads 4 comments
Daniel Cousin Uncertain About Hull City Future

Hull striker Daniel Cousin has said that he would consider leaving the KC stadium during the summer if a lucrative deal was offered to him...

Written by Adam Barr about 6 months ago 64 reads 4 comments
Money in the EPL and Where It Should Go

Clubs in the Premier League get an disproportionate amount of money compared to lower league clubs in League Two, League One and even the Championship. No fan can disagree with this whichever club you support...

Written by Adam Barr about 6 months ago 108 reads 4 comments
In Defence of Phil Brown

I recently read an article entitled "Phil Brown Is The Worst Kind Of Manager", and although it was very well written and also well argued, I disagree with certain aspects of the article...

Written by Adam Barr about 6 months ago 110 reads 2 comments
Hull City: Next Season Part Three

This is the third and final article that I am going to write about Hull City's preparations for next season. It will deal with a major problem that has plagued the football club over the latter half of the season...

Written by Adam Barr about 6 months ago 155 reads 4 comments
Hull City: Next Season Part 2

This article is going to continue looking at what Hull City needs to do to establish themselves in the Premier League next season. As this is only my second article here please leave comments on how i could improve my writing...

Written by Adam Barr about 6 months ago 39 reads 4 comments
Hull City: Next Season

Before I talk about how I think Hull should tackle the Premier League next season, I want to talk about our first season in the best league in the world...

Written by Adam Barr about 6 months ago 46 reads 4 comments

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Adam Barr Article Archive

Can Adam Pearson Keep Hull Up?

Jozy Altidore: Hull's Goal Answer?

Dean Windass Testimonial Game

Stimulating New Ideas: Bulletin Boards

History of Football: Cuju

My Favourite Football Chants

I'm Going to Face It: Hull's Just Not Where Players Want to Go

Roundtable Discussion: Five Fans Tell "Why I Love My Sport"

Increasing The Footballing Standard: Solutions To The Issues

Increasing The Standard: Issues With Football Today

5 Hull Players Who Need To Prove Themselves

A Look at Hull City's Fixture List

Frazier Campbell: Newcastle Or Hull?

The 5 Hull Players Who deserve A First Team Place Next Season

Foreign Player Restrictions In English Football

Daniel Cousin Uncertain About Hull City Future

Money in the EPL and Where It Should Go

In Defence of Phil Brown

Hull City: Next Season Part Three

Hull City: Next Season Part 2

Hull City: Next Season

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