Two more new signings have rolled into the KC Stadium, making the Tigers look suddenly gluttonous in the transfer market after a summer of famine.
Little is known immediately of striker Kamel Ghilas, an Algerian striker who nearly joined Blackburn Rovers last month and comes to the KC from Celta Vigo for £1.7 million. However, having looked worriedly upon the prospect of Caleb Folan and Daniel Cousin being our deeply unimpressive strikeforce for the season's start, now we have two new, hungry recruits in place to either partner one another or fight it out for the front line and take the goalgetting glory that nobody up front could achieve last year.
Stephen Hunt's arrival for about £3.5 million is less shrouded in mystery. As one of the more recognisable and controversial figures of Reading's brief rise to top flight status, the experience and guile of the Irish wideman will be a definite asset to a position which has caused any number of headaches, thanks to Peter Halmosi's demons, Kevin Kilbane's limitations and Craig Fagan's square-peggedness. Hunt will start at Chelsea and be the centre of attention thanks to his infamous history with Petr Cech.
The Tigers still need a right back, with either Bernard Mendy or Kamil Zayatte set to begin against Chelsea in a role neither are suited for, but suddenly the squad looks more rounded and talented, even though the very numbers need reducing before August is out, with a few of the more obvious spectators hopefully seeking to play football somewhere rather than sit on portly contracts.
The most important thing, however, is that Hull City now have centre forwards aplenty to select from. All we need now is to hope they are more the type who score goals at the first or second time of asking, rather than the type who run a lot, hold the ball up, spread play and uniformly find the crowd or the advertising hoardings every single time they are needed to do the main crux of their job.
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