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absolutely brilliant diary, how you do it wilf I don't know!! your dead right about the "big time charlies" theory I came to that conclusion myself,how we get rid of that I have no idea. I remember back in the late 1970s when we were just starting to emerge from the doldrums, and all of a sudden we were beating teams nobody expected us to beat how good that felt, and of course that lead to the golden era that was the 1980s. as I say don't know what the answer is,maybe us fans are partly responsible with our high expectations. I agree about Friday if I never here sweet caroline again it will be to soon! and also really cant see us scoring enough points against rovers to overcome them.but you never know eh heres hoping.

You are spot on with your "big time Charlie" theory we have no god given right to win anything and the quicker we as a team and supporters accept that the better!!

Thanks for this weeks excellent diary Wilf, all points are spot on, it looks like we'll have to give up on "club Hull" concept for the time being and face up to the fact that with the odd exception the players are not good enough - that is the root of our problem.

Massive thanks Wilf, don't know how you do it, but I'm glad you do. It's the only thing we can rely on - knowing you will tell it how it is.

Great as always. Certainly bittersweet reading about and remembering some of the great games of the 80's.

Great diary this week Wilf. I was thoroughly depressed on the way home, had had a crap week at work and that just topped it off. I was at the Barrow game in 1983 in the 3D, really amazing day, probably only topped for me by the 1982 Elland road replay, JPT final at Headingley and Cardiff 2005. Great memories, wonder if we'll have them again?