Liverpool have questions to answer in defence, Chelsea have selection issues against Manchester City and could Villa trouble Arsenal?
Unless Thergothon, the pioneers of Finnish funeral metal, are about to head out on a resurrection tour, you’ll be hard pressed to find a gloomier band of brooders in England this weekend than the fans of the team who fail to win Saturday’s early kick-off. Hull City are in the grip of an ominous despondency, with the regime unpopular, the injury list cruel and the manager losing faith in key players if Steve Bruce’s public scolding of Allen McGregor and Curtis Davies after the 3-0 defeat at West Ham is anything to go by. One of the few sources of hope for Hull at the moment is a relatively benign run of fixtures (apart from an imminent trip to Manchester City). Five of their next seven matches are against teams who could conceivably finish below them, starting with the game against Newcastle, one of the few clubs as woebegone as the Tigers. Bruce looks likely to deploy Sone Aluko up front and the striker has the speed to trouble Newcastle’s plodding defence provided he is given adequate service – this weekend, then, would be a good time for Tom Huddlestone to rediscover the form that had some people suggesting he was worthy of a place in England’s squad for the last World Cup, or for Robbie Brady or Gastón Ramírez to show they can be relied upon to shoulder creative duties consistently. Victory for the home side would inject much-needed confidence into Hull – and increase the disillusionment of Newcastle fans who claim John Carver is not the head coach to prevent their season from petering – or should that be Ashleying? – out again.
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