Burton Albion
‘Happy with this’, ‘Great’ – Plenty of Hull City fans react to team announcement v Burton Albion

Hull City will be looking to get back to winning ways in League One when they return to action on Saturday afternoon against Burton Albion.ย
The Tigers were beaten by Swindon Town in their last league match, which means they’re currently sat fifth in the third-tier standings heading into this weekend’s match.
But Grant McCann’s side will be confident of picking up three points in this one, having beaten Fleetwood Town in the FA Cup, before seeing off Harrogate Town in the EFL Trophy in midweek.
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They take on a Burton Albion side on Saturday that have struggled in this year’s campaign, with the Brewers sat 23rd in the League One table after 11 matches this term.
McCann has named his starting XI for this one, with Jacob Greaves, James Scott and Thomas Mayer all starting at the KCOM Stadium.
๐ฏ Here's how the Tigers line up for #HULBRT this afternoon…
๐ง Jacob Greaves starts.
โฌ๏ธ Scott & Mayer start.#hcafc | #theTigers pic.twitter.com/WleBjocXQb— Hull City (@HullCity) November 14, 2020
Plenty of Hull City supporters took to social media to issue their thoughts on McCann’s latest team selection for the game against Burton Albion.
Take a look at the best of the reaction from Twitter below….
Dont know how mayer has got in based on mid week
— Brad Denton ๐ (@BradleyDenton7) November 14, 2020
Would of started Adelakun ๐ but anyways come on City !!!! #hcafc
— โขโข Kurt โขโข (@ItzKBanno) November 14, 2020
Great lineup, letโs get that win!
— Matty Hayward (@MattyHC5) November 14, 2020
That's a strong bench TBF๐#UTT
— ๐Steve Lamb MBE๐ (@LambSteve) November 14, 2020
Wilks up top. THANK YOU ๐ #HCAFC
— Jordan powley (@Powl87Jp) November 14, 2020
great line up
— ๐leewalker๐ฏ๐ค๐งก๐ฌ๐ง๐ (@wakka80) November 14, 2020
Surprising to see Mayer out there and I thought Eaves was a shoo-in. #hcafc https://t.co/QIErx8yrSL
— Craig Bell ๐ (@Ambraneri) November 14, 2020
Hard to say anyone deserves to start when thereโs rotation needed. So many games crammed in this season. Everyone will get their chance. #hcafc https://t.co/RHgIh0JwbA
— ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด (@1904Irrelevants) November 14, 2020
strong lineup good to see greaves starting again and mayer getting a start and scott, samuelsen makes the bench @hullcity_pfa #hcafc https://t.co/udRIHcYqfl
— ๐leewalker๐ฏ๐ค๐งก๐ฌ๐ง๐ (@wakka80) November 14, 2020
Great lineup that! Happy to see Greaves back! Front the as I want et it to be, lovely ๐
Good to see Callum Jones and Martin Samuelsen๐ณ๐ด on the bench๐๐ป๐๐ป https://t.co/s0ckjOS0Dg— NorwegianTiger (@CBeurling) November 14, 2020
Happy with this, come on City! #hcafc https://t.co/Xb7RHSUuLV
— In Amber and Black ๐ (@inamberandblack) November 14, 2020
Lovely team. Interesting that thereโs no JDW https://t.co/Exab4tu9rB
— Old Grandpa Joe๐ (@Old_GrandpaJoe) November 14, 2020