Overall a below par performance, but a big three points gained.
McCarthy was quietly excellent there. On 70 odd mins when he went after a ball and wouldn't give up on it for love nor money and eventually won it off about 3 Hull players aroused me immensely.
Coleman also had one of his games where he looks a complete player. Barry was good, but not at his excellent best, Pienaar a breath of fresh air when he came on. Probably a bit of a gamble as leaving him on the bench suggested he wasn't quite there. Osman was shocking, but it looks like RM is twigging on to that. Barkley poor by his standards but did well for the goal. Lukaku was crap, but that's nothing to worry about. Mirallas is clearly struggling for a bit of form atm, but hopefully that'll come and in the time being he still has quality to call upon in flashes.
It's such a relief to have Pienaar back. Makes the left so much more dangerous and means we're more difficult to handle. You've got to take care of the left, Barkley and Lukaku in the middle and Coleman and Kev on the right.
I think it's big that we got the points today. Got away with a poor showing. If we get max points when we play well too, we're on to a winner.