Hull City vs Stoke City: Icarus and father

Hull and Stoke came up together in 2008, but whereas Stoke settled quickly into midtable Hull's tale has been more akin to Icarus - flying high before crashing towards the waves. There is a lot of speculation that unless Phil Brown gets a win in this game then he will be sacked, and the new owner was hardly fulsome in his backing. So if Hull are not fired up for this game then perhaps the dressing room has gone as well.

Hull City vs Stoke City; Kick Off 1:30pm 08 Nov 2009

Prediction Panel
Our panel contains both Squarefootball writers and readers, the writers are marked: (sqf).

Dave Blackburn : 0 - 1
Chris Cox : 0 - 2
Graham Enwright : 0 - 1
Sue Gardener : 0 - 0
Chris Goodwin : 1 - 1
Paul Grech (sqf) : TBC
Colin Illingworth (sqf) : 2 - 1
Hugh Larkin (sqf) : 0 - 0
Peter Lee : 0 - 2
Don McMahon : 1 - 2
Antony Melvin (sqf) : 0 - 0
Paul O'Meara (sqf) : 1 - 1
Dave Nash : 1 - 1
Stephen Orford (sqf) : TBC
Tony Ratton : 1 - 2
Peter Rendle : 0 - 1
Dan Taylor : 0 - 2
Andy Wakeman : 1 - 0
Isaac Williams : TBC
Mark Williams : 1 - 2

Panel Verdict
The panel is marginally favouring a Stoke win, although a 1-1 is the most popular scoreline.

Home: 2; Draw: 6; Away: 9; TBC: 3.

* Do we have it right, or do you know better? Please don't bother with derisory comments on the predictions after the match - unless you also pulled us up before it!