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. Their complete inability in score in vital games.

The Forwards

For the first half of the season they had decent forwards who on the whole put in reliable performances and managed to score enough goals to maintain a credible threat for other teams. However, the January hit and disaster struck. Their forwards went from potent force to a laughing stock—they just became incapable of scoring regularly.

There is one man to look to for this dramatic change. Marlon King. He did have his problems off the pitch,(allegedly) assaulting a women in a nightclub being the worst, and he was a disruptive force in the dressing room but the fact is he was our main source of goals and when he left our attack lost something.

Matters didn't help during the transfer window as Hull didn't find a replacement for him at all. Frazier Campbell might have been a possibility (and still is now) but in the end they gambled on the raw Manucho. This didn't pay off as in the end he only scored two goals and although he improved he still didn't look good enough.

Moving on Daniel Cousin should be considered to be kept on as with the right support from a partner he can score. However, there are rumours that he and Geovanni do not get on, and if it was a choice between him and Geovanni, I would personally go for the Brazilian.

Hull probably need to sign two strikers with definite goalscoring ability because really our striker position has fallen apart.

Like every Hull fan I would say that we should bring in Frazier Campbell as his pace up front is what has been lacking sometimes, plus he has the ability to finish and he would play passionately for the club as I'm sure he enjoyed his time at Hull (though you can never really tell).

Somebody to balance Campbell to balance the forward line. A large target man who can hold up the ball and play it on to Campbell who also is good at heading.

Since in my last article about the midfield I didn't mention Nick Barmby I will now. He is a phenomenal player who still has the intelligence to read and control the game, and although his legs have given up to a point, the contract extension he has received is entirely justified, as he can play for at least a half and since he is a local lad he will give his all for the shirt.

This concludes my look at Hull's team and the next article I will write will be about broader Premier League topics that will probably interest more people than me and Carolina Tiger!