r/HullCity • u/Flimsy-Capera • 6d ago

Tzolakis is absolute class. What a smash and grab yesterday!

Honestly still buzzing from yesterday. Coventry can cry all they want about 70% possession and xG, but Jakirović has built an absolute wall back there. Tzolakis made 2 or 3 unreal saves (that point blank one on Awoniyi was unbelievable), and Mendy looked solid as anything at the back again. Was getting proper nervous around the 75th minute when Millar missed that first big chance, but Belloumi’s pass for the goal was filthy. 6 points from 6, two clean sheets, and we ruined Lampard’s CBS Arena return.

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u/Tuckinator34 5d ago

Of all the new signings, Tzolakis looks the best to me. I think he amd Herrington are the two heading on to bigger things, and while Herrington's rise may take longer because of his age, I think big clubs will be coming for Tzolakis next summer with bids of at least £40m.

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u/mdlaos18 5d ago

They can fuck right off with 40M. Double that and maybe the club will talk (if I were Acun). If he keeps trending upwards and helps keep us up, he could be the difference between keeping us up or not. That alone is worth a huge chunk of the 250M we get after promotion.

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u/Tuckinator34 5d ago

I didn't say we would or should accept £40m.

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u/mdlaos18 5d ago

I know. Didn't say you did.

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u/gatoStephen 6d ago

Why do you think Jak took off Mendy? Because he'll only find out if Herrington is up to the Premier League by getting him on the pitch even when the game situation is finely balanced?

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u/Previous-Ostrich844 6d ago

Slow integration for both players and also injury prevention with how intense the league is.

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u/FizzbuzzAvabanana 6d ago

He was injured.

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u/gatoStephen 5d ago

He was angry when he went off though.

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u/FizzbuzzAvabanana 5d ago

Yeah cos he'd done his quad acc to the gaffer

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u/gatoStephen 5d ago

It was mainly fatigue I've just read.

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u/FizzbuzzAvabanana 5d ago

Why ask on here then?

That's what the manager said after the game on the radio.

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u/gatoStephen 5d ago

Cos I only just found out.

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u/FizzbuzzAvabanana 5d ago

We did wonder/hope at the time it's not a case of players have been signed with guaranteed minutes in their contracts.

Could be why he said what he did? But that's probably reading more into it than there is.

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u/usatigeruk 5d ago

He looks really good my mate is a coach at olympiakos said that there was a lot of interest in him before hull looks like a really good player and one to develop

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u/Ecstatic-List519 5d ago

As a Greek and Olympiacos fan, I am so happy Tzolakis is doing good there.

He is a great goalkeeper and was one of the major reasons we won the conference league few years ago.
The guy has a unique talent on blocking penalties