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ACUN HAS GOT TOUGH TASK WITH THE TIGERS

Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

HULL City aren’t going down, but that owes more to points deductions and inept rivals than any particular success on the pitch.
Since Shota Arveladze replaced Grant McCann in January, the Tigers had, pre-weekend, averaged just 0.92 points per game. Keep that up and they will finish on 46 -a total that would have sent them down in two of the past five campaigns.
From the outset, Hull’s squad was under-equipped to compete in the Championship and their survival represents a considerable overachievement.
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