Liam has been a consistent performer for Hull in the first half of the season, and helps add depth to a rather weak full back setup in the team, which only really had Fox on the Left and Simpson on the Right good enough to really play for the team.
With no real backup on the left wing for Lallana other than our starting left back Danny Fox, loaning in Rose to give some cover in case of injury or Lallana needing a rest
With Daniel De Ridder out injured and no proper right midfielder available (Do Prado has filled the role there very well however, and will be looking to keep the position ahead of Lawrence), Lawrence is a welcome player to the squad, despite being a member of our biggest rivals for the first half of the season.
19 year old Scot Pollock, unhappy with his position in Motherwell was calling out for me to sign him, and believing he had high potential for the future, I snapped him up rather cheap I believe. I will be loaning him out to let him gain first team experience, and hope he will be a star for us in a few years time.
Young Belgian Defender De Laet, I brought in to bolster our defence, because of his versatility and ability to play anywhere in the back four, he is perfect backup to starting four at the back.
Another Centre Back brought in to help strengthen us at the back, Bostwick will be competing with Jose Fonte for a place in the starting 11.
The young 17 year old Scot from Inverness looks like he could be a star attacking midfielder for the club in the future. Fans are already excited by the prospect, and will be hoping to see him up in the main team in the near future.
For £4k, I thought getting a player with Kip's potential was a real bargain. Having the potential to be as good as our strongest midfielder, Jack Cork I will have high expectations for him in the future, and will be looking to loan him out to get him more experience in first team football.
Another Hot Prospect I signed from Ajax, De Sa has very high potential, and for £2.5k it is another steal from Ajax I believe. I will be looking for him to gain some experience in the youth squad this year and then some first team experience next season, and will be looking forward to the prospect of him being our star on the right wing.
22 year old Scot David Goodwillie was brought in to backup our strike force in case of injury. A very talented player himself, and with a £3.5 million buy clause in the loan, I will be certainly considering him a permanent purchase in the future if he performs well for us.
Ex Captain Dean Hammond, was unhappy at lack of first team football he was getting, so to avoid morale problems I accepted his request and sold him to Sheffield Wednesday
Unhappy at being 3rd choice centre back at the club, Hooiveld requested a transfer, and I allowed him to go
Unhappy with the lack of first team oppurtunties, Morgan came to me and I agreed to loan him out, as I did not want to lose a future prospect to the club
A very even match that could have gone either way won for us by a good goal by Do Prado, and by a strong performance in defence, with Jose Fonte playing strong and winning us our first away game in quite a while
A stellar team performance in the FA Cup won us a place in the 4th round against a strong Everton side. Lallana tore threw the defence, scoring and setting up a goal, with Sharp and new Captain Rickie Lambert also hitting the back of the net.
A very even game that could have went either way, and we didn't deserve to go back to Southampton with no points at all. A mistake from Danny Simpson and a penalty miss from Lambert probably cost us the match, as we would not have been down at half time if not for the own goal and could maybe have scored 4 if we'd not missed the 1st penalty.
After a disheartening loss in the last minute of the game against Ipswich, we returned to winning ways against a Watford team in poor form slaughtering them 4-0, with Captain Rickie Lambert leading the team to victory with a wonderful hat-trick.
Entering the game with no real expectations against a strong Everton team, we put out an amazing performance, dominating the game from start to finish, but couldn't hit the back of the net until Dawson headed in from a corner in the dying minutes of the game.
Another dominating performance by the team, against a team we scored 5 against earlier in the season, but despite the dominance we just could not hit the back of the net and we're held to a draw.
A great month for Captain and League top scorer Rickie Lambert. Scoring 6 goals in the month and leading the team to the 4 out of the 6 games in January.
Monthly Review
A quite good month for us, though only getting 7/12 points this month wasn't great, we won 2 games in the FA Cup, including against Premiership side Everton and booked ourselves a trip to the Emirates in the 5th Round to play against Arsenal. It was also a good month for young Centre Back Craig Dawson, who won the young player of the Month.
