According to James Riach at Sky Sports News, Hull City chairman Adam Pearson is looking to lower the wages of the club. Currently the club's highest paid players are Jimmy Bullard, Geovanni, Daniel Cousin, and George Boateng.

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I recently asked the question: When Will Phil Brown Go?, & it seems in all actuality I'm no closer to an accurate answer of that question than when I posed it last week. Hull City lost another football match this weekend at Turf Moor to current over-achievers Burnley, 2-0. Two Graham Alexander goals were enough to see off a brave Hull City that will feel slightly cheated by the outcome.

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I have a respectable 95 points with Geovanni and Sonko to play. Neal wrapped up his week at 105. The totals were mostly thanks to strong midfield picks. Neal fielded Krancjar, Fabregas, Prince-Boateng and Bilyaletdinov while I got points from Dunn and Prince-Boateng as well.How did you do this weekend and who was it that did the business for you? Click to continue reading...

He's back with a bang. Blog favorite Jimmy Bullard returned to action today for Hull's reserves and scored with a blistering 30 yard drive into the upper corner - and even after 9 months out with a horrible knee injury - it looks like he still has that goal-scoring touch.
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Goals from Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Geovanni for Hull claimed a vital 2-1 win over Wigan. Phil Brown must be feeling ecstatic now.. Guess he can still keep his job for a few more weeks.. Click to continue reading...

Fernando Torres scored a hat-trick s Liverpool gained revenge for last season's 2-2 draw also at Anfield.
The Spaniard opened the scoring on 20mins with a bit of trickery before drilling home in the far corner.
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Liverpool striker Fernando Torres scored a brilliant hat-trick to blow away struggling Hull at Anfield.
The Spain striker scored twice in the first half either side of Geovanni's equaliser and added a third soon after the interval.
Captain Steven Gerrard scored a fourth just before the hour and substitute Ryan Babel added two late goals as Liverpool made it four league wins - including 16 goals - in succession. Click to continue reading...

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Defender Anthony Gardner could feature for Hull after being sidelined for a month with a knee injury.
Geovanni, who signed a new two-year contract on Friday, should return after being one of a host of players rested for the midweek Carling Cup defeat.

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Last 4 head-to-head:
3-1 Liverpool (a) 04.25.09
2-2 (h) 12.13.08
4-2 Liverpool (h; League Cup) 09.21.99
5-1 Liverpool (a; League Cup) 09.14.99
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 1-0 Leeds (a); 3-2 West Ham (a); 1-0 Debrecen (h)
Hull: 0-4 Everton (h); 0-1 Birmingham (h); 4-1 Sunderland (a)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Torres 5; Benayoun, Kuyt 3; Gerrard, Johnson 2; Ngog 1
Hull: Hunt 2; Geovanni, Ghilas, Zayette 1
Referee: Peter Walton
Guess at a squad:
Reina
Johnson Skrtel Carragher Insua
Lucas Gerrard
Kuyt Benayoun Riera
Torres
Unless Aurelio's forced his way into the team after Tuesday's performance, I can only see two possible lineups. Click to continue reading...

. The game began with instant drama as Giovanni gave Hull City the lead in the third minute, and the Tigers goalkeeper Boaz Myhill was barely asked any significant question by Wolverhampton Wanderers. But the Wolves came back strong after the break, and this paid off instantly with youngster Richard Stearman levelling the terms within 60 seconds [. Click to continue reading...

Jozy Altidore is Hull City's big summer signing. The US international might only be on a season-long loan deal, but the fact the Tigers have the option of signing him permanently at the end of the campaign for £6.5m reveals the size of role that Hull boss Phil Brown envisages for the former Red Bulls hitman. Click to continue reading...

Hull survived last season due to the incompetence of others despite their own best efforts at relegation. The final insult was their losing 0-1 to Manchester United who all but ran out the youth team WHEN THEY NEEDED A WIN TO ENSURE THEIR PREMIER LEAGUE SURVIVAL! It was unbelievable stuff. Click to continue reading...

Looking at the predictions that are currently flooding the world of Premiership football, two teams are entrenched in a dogfight for who will finish bottom. No-one, but no-one thinks both Hull City or Burnley will stay up. One if not both of them, in the eyes of everyone think they're dead and buried before a ball is kicked.

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Hull City Biggest Ins: Seyi Olofinjana is a good box to box midfielder who will provide a positive spine for Hull City. Steven Mouyokolo is a nice young center back who could possibly end up forming a great pairing with Michael Turner. ...
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American striker Jozy Altidore has confirmed that he will be playing for Hull City this season, and that a press conference to announce the deal will take place on Thursday afternoon.

ESPN is reporting that move is not a transfer, but rather a one-year loan designed to get Altidore more playing time against top competition.

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The Barclays Asia Trophy tournament began its 2009 edition on Wednesday with two semifinal matches. Tottenham Hotspur faced West Ham United while Hull City played against Beijing Guaon. Here's a recap of both matches along with video highlights.

Tottenham Hotspur edges West Ham 1-0 Video Highlights

Tottenham defeated fellow Premier League club West Ham 1-0 on a Jermaine Defoe goal in the 75th minute on Wednesday.

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After Day One of the Barclays Premier Asia Trophy competition being held in Beijing, China it will be a Tottenham v Hull City final on Friday.
Tottenham beat West Ham 1-0 in the first game and West Ham's day was made worse when Luis Boa-Morte was stretchered off after damaging his cruciate knee ligaments. Click to continue reading...

Possibly the best attribute a player in your team can have is to be a penalty taker. But until the season is underway, it can also be one of the hardest things to tie down. Preseason games are indicators only, and the presence or absence of something happening in a preseason game does not indicate we should take that as a given either. Click to continue reading...

Walking to the paper shop a couple of weeks ago, I had that ‘forgot something' feeling. I tapped my pockets to make sure I had my usual essentials in tow; wallet, phone, keys. All there, but something still wasn't right. I knew I hadn't left the oven on, largely because I don't use it.

Then it hit me (not the oven) - the hollow sensation I was experiencing emanated from the fact that it was the start of the weekend and the football season had finished.

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According to the Hull Daily Mail, Hull City are going to hold onto Geovanni unless they receive a "ridiculous offer" for him. Hull City boss Phil Brown said,

"Do I see reason why he won't be a Hull City player next year? Not unless we get a ridiculous offer .

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The shortlist..
1) Yoann Gourcuff (BORDEAUX v Paris St Germain, Ligue 1)

2) Simon Cox (SWINDON TOWN v Walsall, League One)

3) Grafite (WOLFSBURG v Bayern Munich, Bundesliga)

4) Fernando Torres (LIVERPOOL v Blackburn, Premier League)

5) Achille Emana (BETIS v Sporting, La Liga)

6) Remi Mareval (NANTES v Marseille, Ligue 1)

7) Cristiano Ronaldo (Porto v MAN UTD, Champions League)

8) Moussa Dembélé (Willem II v AZ ALKMAAR, Eredivisie)

9) Eduardo (ARSENAL v Burnley, FA Cup)

10) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (INTER v Bologna, Serie A)

11) Geovanni (Arsenal v HULL, Premier League)

12) Giuseppe Mascara (Palermo v CATANIA, Serie A)
Vote here.

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It's reached the end of the season folks and so I decided to pick my top goals of the season! After much deliberation what follows are ten goals, that I'm my own humble opinion have been the best.

So cue up the Lightning Seeds music (why don't Match of the Day use that song anymore) and sit back and relive some top strikes English and European competition in 2008-09.

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There hasn't been a great deal of business done that has impressed me in the Premier League this season. Stoke boss Tony Pulis deserves a mention though, he has picked up some great bargains. Here are my thoughts on the best buys of the Premier League season 2008/09.

Abdoulaye Faye, Stoke City

Man-mountain Abdoulaye Faye has been immense for Stoke this season and they absolute rock in their defence.

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Venue: KC Stadium Date: Sunday, 24 May Kick-off: 1600 BST

Hull City vs Man Utd

The fact that Manchester United may field a weakened side actually could make the battle to stay in the Premier League a great spectacle.

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The football season is nearly over for another year and you know you are getting down to the business end of things when talk outside the Premier League turns to the play-offs. In England's top flight there are still three games to go with essentially everything to play for. At the bottom things are as they were at the start of the weekend after everyone from 13th downwards lost.

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The following article is re-posted with permission from the Manchester United forum, Republik of Mancunia:

The following is an analysis of all premiership premiership and champions league champions league games played by Manchester United and Liverpool this season. Liverpool are sure that United are top the table by manipulating the referees.

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When a team only wins 2 games out of 18, the expectation is that they'll be propping up the Premiership table, already planning for life in the Championship the following season. Thankfully for Hull City, their fantastic start to the season has kept them out of the bottom 3, hanging on by their fingernails to 17th and desperately looking over their shoulder, at the three teams below them and hoping they can struggle to the finish line and not fall away at the last.

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Dirk Kuyt struck twice as title-chasing Liverpool ground out a crucial Barclays Premier League victory at Hull on Saturday afternoon.
The Reds were given a rigorous test by the relegation-threatened Tigers, who were reduced to 10 men, but held on to keep the pressure on Manchester United at the top of the table. Click to continue reading...

Hull City manager Phil Brown feels his side could have got something from their match against Liverpool, had it not been for the poor refereeing of Martin Atkinson.
The away side opened the scoring when Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso's thunderous strike found the net on 45 minutes.
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Manchester United scored five second-half goals against Tottenham Hotspur as they recovered from 2-0 down to beat the Londoners 5-2 and re-establish their three-point advanage over Liverpool at the Premier League summit.

Darren Bent (29) and Luka Modrić (32) deservedly gave the visitors a lead to take into the break and, at that point, few inside Old Trafford would have envisaged what was to come.

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Liverpool take on Hull City at the KC Stadium hoping to get back on track (*defensively*), while Hull have their Premier League lives to play for. Let's hope Andrei Arshavin in all of his bowl-cutted glory is nowhere around. Come on you Reds!

Liverpool:
Reina -
Arbeloa Skrtel Carragher Insua
Lucas Alonso -Mascherano
Kuyt -Torres Benayoun

Bench: Cavalieri, Agger, Babel, N'Gog, Dossena, Aurelio, Riera, El Zhar

Hull City:
Myhill -
Ricketts Zayate Turner Kilbane
Fagan-Boateng-Marney-Geovanni-Barmby
-Folan

Bench: Duke, Hughes, Garcia, Mendy, Halmosi, Cousin, Manucho

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Wheeling and dealing

Like most seasons recently, this Premiership season has been littered with many players coming and going. And like every season, there is always that one special player who was picked up by a club for a price so low that, by the end of the season, it was inconceivable that he was ever priced at that level.

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Geovanni has earned himself a stay of execution at Hull City after apologising to manager Phil Brown. The former Brazil midfielder found himself in Brown's bad books following a furious reaction to being substituted during the home defeat by Blackburn on Sunday. His actions raised serious doubts about his future, but he has said sorry and [. Click to continue reading...

Phil Brown has warned Geovanni he is 'not bigger' than Hull City after the Brazilian's reaction to being substituted against Blackburn Rovers. Geovanni has been in and out of the Tigers side in recent weeks, but was given a starting role in Sunday's 2-1 home defeat by Blackburn. However, the playmaker was withdrawn early in the second [. Click to continue reading...

The two big stories this weekend not related to Manchester United's getting the first leg of the quadruple would have to be events that transpired at the Riverside and at the Emirates Stadium. We'll start with Liverpool because after such a great result midweek against Real Madrid, their loss at the Riverside defied belief. Click to continue reading...