Where did I say that he is going to come in to hold the ball up? I'll repeat the question, have you actually watched Long play this season? He created the equaliser for them against us for starters, and his pace and footwork will allow Jelavic to play off him brilliantly. He is terrible at holding the ball up, that's not what we've got him for, we have Sagbo for that. Graham will piss off back to Sunderland pretty soon.
I get that you like criticising Hull, I don't mind that when you at least have some grounding in fact, but please, give me a thorough analysis of why Long is horribly out of form and I'll shut up.

Otherwise I'll assume you haven't seen much of him and are reading off a stats sheet.
Why do you think so many on here actually think he's a brilliant signing for us if he's so 'horribly out of form' as you say?
And as for Jelavic, he scored 2 and could have had a third in his last appearance for Everton. He hasn't had a look in because some bloke by the name of Lukaku has been doing ok, but the one game this season he did get to have a proper go at he set up Naismith for the goal against Chelsea. Prior to Martinez coming in he was stellar at Everton until Moyes' game plan started to affect him due to the long ball tactics and Mirallas's style of play, which led to less opportunities for Jelavic, which are what he thrives on.
I'm happy to have a completely calm and reasoned discussion with you about this, since you brought it up, I just wouldn't want people thinking I'm making this thread all about Hull players.