Windass Hull-d in reserve as Tigers plot their escape route

24 March 2009 14:06
Dean Windass will make his latest comeback for Hull City tonight, just a week before his 40th birthday. I'm back: Dean Windass returns for Hull's second team Windass has returned to the KC Stadium after an ill-fated loan spell with League One side Oldham Athletic ended prematurely last week but he is unable to play for Phil Brown's first team. However, the Hull boss has included Windass in the reserves side due to face Bolton tonight, along with Bryan Hughes, Ryan France and Nathan Doyle. Brown meanwhile says he will have to be cautious with 35-year-old Nicky Barmby for Hull's remaining eight games, as they look to avoid the drop. Barmby, who is out of contract at the end of the season, was left out of the side which lost at Wigan on Sunday, just days after scoring against Arsenal in the FA Cup. Brown defended the decision to rest Barmby and said: `It's a case of looking at the remaining games and picking and choosing which games to play him in. 'He's finding the Premier League brutal at the moment but his inclusion in four or five of the remaining eight games will be key - it's just making sure we pick the right ones.' Hull's Aussie striker Richard Garcia could be on his way to A-League side Adelaide United in the summer after he impressed their assistant manager Phil Stubbins during his recent visit to Hull's training ground. The 27-year-old striker has struggled to hold down a regular place in the Premier League but Stubbins said: `He has done a decent job this season and if he did come back to Australia it would be good to use our association with Hull to get him to Adelaide.'   

Source: Daily_Mail