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BBC News
23-04-2025
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- BBC News
Hull need to take more risks in attack
Hull City's Joe Gelhardt says the Tigers must "take more risks" when they attack to help get the results they need to stay in the relegation rivals Luton Town (41) have scored fewer goals than the 43 Hull have managed across 44 games this Selles' side came from behind to beat Preston 2-1 on Easter Monday in what was only the ninth league match in which they've scored two or more goals."We want to score goals, and I think we need to take more risks in the final third sometimes," Gelhardt told BBC Radio Humberside."If the ball isn't in the box, you're never going to score, so at some point we know we've got to take more risks and have more shots on goal - or even crosses into the box - and flood the box."Three of the teams below Hull - who are two points clear of the drop zone in 20th - also won on Monday, but Gelhardt says he's looking up the table."As long as we get the three points, it doesn't matter what's going on around us," said the Leeds loanee, who has scored three goals in 16 games since arriving in January."Preston were four points ahead of us; now it's one, so instead of looking down at other teams, let's look up and try and catch other teams. "That's my perspective on it."Hull welcome 21st-placed Derby County for what Gelhardt described as a "massive" encounter on Saturday afternoon."We will do everything we can this week in preparation to come back here and get the three points," he added."We're all fully focused on that, and we'll do what it takes." Listen to Joe Gelghardt's interview on BBC Sounds.
BBC News
04-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Ipswich Women's first league defeat must be 'blip'
Ipswich Town boss Joe Sheehan has urged his team to treat their first league defeat of the season as a "blip" as they look to secure promotion this Town lost 1-0 to leaders Hashtag United in Women's National League Southern Premier - but although they are now six points behind, they do have three games in hand. The club made a series of signings last summer with the aim of taking the first step towards the Women's National League, promotion to the second-tier one side will go up from their division and Ipswich have seven games remaining to try and overhaul Hashtag, starting with a trip to AFC Wimbledon on are, though, waiting for a fitness report on captain Maria Boswell, who was stretchered off in the second half against Hashtag at Canvey Island FC."The outcome of the season wasn't determined by this, it was just another game to try and pick up points," Sheehan told BBC Radio Suffolk."We just have to keep our focus, accept that we were beaten, stick together, reflect really well as we always try and do, and come back in for a good week of work that will help us try and beat Sunday's opponents."If we want to achieve something, we have to ensure that it's only a blip and we respond really well to it."He added: "The possibility of being without Bos would be quite damaging, she plays such an important role for us. We hope it's not too serious, but we shall see."With four games left to play, the maximum number of points Hashtag can achieve is they do so, Ipswich would need 19 from their final seven to be certain of promotion, although they have a superior goal their final seven games, only three are at home, including the final fixture of the season, against Cheltenham Town.
