Dean Windass ya san fiye da kowa abin da ake buƙata don ƙungiya da aka tura su Premier League su tsira — kuma jarumi na Hull City yana imani cewa Tigers suna kan hanya ta daidai, ko da yake hanya ta yi tsayi.
Windass ya haɗu har abada da labarin tashi na Hull. A shekara ta 2008, ya buga bugun volley mai ban mamaki a Wembley don ci Bristol City a wasan ƙarshe na play-off, yana aika ƙungiyar garinsa zuwa ligi ta sama a karon farko. Abin da ya biyo bayan haka ya ba da mamaki kusan kowa: Hull ta lashe shida daga cikin wasanninsu tara na farko na Premier League, ta lashe Newcastle, Arsenal, da Tottenham Hotspur bayan ta ci Fulham a ranar farko.
Tarihi yana maimaitawa a MKM Stadium
Bayan shekaru goma sha takwas, kamanceceniya ta mamaki. Bayan ta doke Middlesbrough a wasan ƙarshe na play-off na Mayu, Hull ta ci Manchester United a ranar farko ta kakar halin yanzu, sannan ta ci 1-0 a Coventry City — maki shida daga shida, kafin wasan gida da Aston Villa.
"Mafi kyawun abin da za ka iya yi shine ka buga ƙungiya babba a gida a wasan farko," Windass ya gaya wa FourFourTwo. "Babu wanda ya tsammaci Hull City ta ci. Matsin lamba yana kan Man U, waɗanda ba su san Hull City yake kama ba. Na kasance a wasan kuma Man U sun yi rashin ƙarfi sosai — za ka iya gani cewa suna ƙoƙari su haɗa kai da Youri Tielemans da sabon ƴan wasa."
Windass kuma ya samu ƙarfafuwa daga sakamako na Coventry. "Na san Coventry zai zama wasa mai wuyar ƙara," ya ce. "Amma shawararmu ga magoya bayan Hull City ita ce kakar ta yi tsayi. Villa za ta zama gwaji mai wuya — kowane wasa gwaji ne mai wuya a Premier League."
Ɗakin sutura shine komai
Windass yana amfani da kwarewarsa don jaddada abin da ke ci gaba da ƙungiyoyi da aka tura. Lokacin da ya tashi da Bradford, mai horarwa Paul Jewell ya saita maƙasudin da sauƙi tun farko: cin mafi yawan wasannin gida shine fifiko, kuma kowane matsayi sama da na huɗu daga ƙasa zai zama lada.
Yana ganin kamanceceniya na wannan tunanin a Hull yanzu. "Na san Lewie Coyle, Oli McBurnie, da Matt Crooks suna can, kuma na ji suna da ɗakin sutura mai kyau," ya ce. "Sun kawo ƴan wasa da yawa, amma waɗannan ba ƴan wasa da aka tabbatar a Premier League ba ne — za su sami wahala. Amma Stuart McCall ya kasance yana cewa a Bradford: 'Muna da ɗakin sutura mai kyau, muna da kyakkyawan damar ci gaba.' Bradford kuma ta ci gaba."
Sanannen jawabin Phil Brown a lokacin hutu
Kakar Hull ta 2008-09 tana da lokaci mai mahimmanci wanda ya gwada haɗin kan ƙungiyar. A ranar 26 ga Disamba, an doke su 5-1 da Manchester City, suna baya da 4-0 lokacin hutu. Manaja Phil Brown ya yanke shawarar ba da jawabin hutunsa a filin wasa, a gaban magoya bayan tawaga mai ziyara.
Windass, wanda aka canza shi lokacin hutu a wasan da ya ƙare zai zama na ƙarshe a ƙungiyar, bai yi imani da cewa wannan lamari ya karya haɗin ɗakin sutura ba. "Ya riƙe mu a filin wasa, kuma hakan zaɓinsa ne," ya ce, yana magana tare da haɗin gwiwar betTOM. "Muna a na biyar a jerin lokacin Kirsimati. Kana buga da Man City — Robinho yana buga musu, Vincent Kompany — suna da ƙungiya mai kyau. Ka miƙa hannunka."
"Bai raunana ɗakin sutura ba. Yaran sun kasance tare. Phil ya sami nasara a ƙarshe — ya rera waƙa a filin wasa bayan mun tsira."
Windass yana ambaton ingancin hali a cikin ƙungiyar Hull ta lokacin a matsayin ainihin dalili na tsira. "Muna da George Boateng, Paul McShane, Ian Ashbee, Nick Barmby — ƙwararru na gaskiya. Babu la'akari da rabo naku, idan kana da ɗakin sutura mai kyau, kana da babban damar samun nasara."
Ga Windass, ƙungiyar Hull ta yanzu za ta yi kyau ta riƙe wannan gaskiyar yayin da kakar ta ci gaba.
