FA Cup 5th Round Replay Preview: Tigers V Blades
By Eye Of The Tiger
February 26 2009
Hull take on Sheffield United tonight in the Fa Cup 5th round replay after the sides could only draw in the 1st tie. Sheffield took the lead in the original tie thanks to Greg Halford who found himself playing up front due to a striker shortage. It was a Hull defender who grabbed an equaliser though when Zayatte popped up to make it 1-1 and that's how the game finished .
Team News
Hull are with injured Craig Fagan who is still recovering from Knee surgery.Kevin Kilbane is cup tied and the recent returning Anthony Gardner is expected to be rested. Boaz Myhill is expected take the place of Matt Duke in goal. George Boateng and Jimmy Bullard are also out with long term injuries.
Sheffield United are without Craig Beattie, Arturo Lupoli, Leigh Bromby and Jamie Ward who are all cup-tied.
Ian Bennett , Brian Howard and Matt Kilgallon are also expected to miss the tie.
Manager Views
Hull's asistant manager Brian Horton:
"The FA Cup remains a massive issue for us because we haven't been in the quarter finals for a lot of years, so that would be another good achievement for us," said Horton.
"It'll be a game where we use the squad, but we have a good squad.
Geovanni didn't play on Monday, Nick Barmby didn't play and a lot was
made of that in the press.
You sometimes have to pick sides game by game, like Rafa Benitez does, like Sir Alex Ferguson does. Why shouldn't we?
"Squad players should go into the game tonight knowing that a good performance will give them a chance of playing on Sunday.
"In my mind, the league has gone out of the window. The only thing that is there is the FA Cup. Everybody wants to play tonight.
"Tonight is a massive game for the football club and we need a result. A win takes us into the last eight to play Arsenal or Burnley, but Sheffield United will be looking at the same thing.
"They are a good, strong side and it will be a tough game."
Sheffield united Manager Kevin Blackwell:
"There is nothing I can do about injuries and I have told the players to enjoy trying to show people how good we are.
"I have said before that this club is capable of getting into the last sixteen of cup competitions, and my ambition is to maintain our challenge near the top and push on for more."Hull are a big, physical, direct side that can pass or press play at
high tempo. They caused Spurs problems from set-pieces with their big
players, which was evident also at the Lane against us, but anybody
would have struggled to pick out the Premiership side that had more
experience and spent 25-30 million on the.
All competitions
Sheffield United have not lost to Hull in 14 meetings. Prior to their cup clash at Bramall Lane, the Blades had won seven and drawn six second and third level league games since Hull's 4-1 home win on 8 October 1983, in the old Third Division.
FA Cup
Sheffield United won on the only previous occasion these clubs were paired together in the competition. The Blades secured a 2-0 home victory in a first round replay, after drawing 1-1 at Boothferry Park in November 1982.
FA Cup fifth round replay
Venue: KC Stadium Date: Thursday, 26 February Kick-off: 1945 GMT
Coverage: Coverage on BBC local radio, score updates and text commentary on BBC Sport website. Updates on Skysports.com the game is also live on Setanta and there will be a match thread on this site. Please PM Flying Claret or Eye of The Tiger for a link to watch the game online
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im busy on other stuff today buddy but i keep looking in,,just to let you no there is story about myhill signing till 2011, but i aint the time at moment,,could you do it?
risn' up to the challenge of our rival
i get confused when hull have a player with normall name,, i only no all the browns..lol