Rotherham will have to be on their mettle from the
first whistle against Hull after Tigers boss Steve Bruce demanded a
fast start from his side.
Hull travel along the M18 for their first visit to the New York Stadium and arrive in fourth position in the
Championship, just two points off the top two.
Despite their lofty perch, the Tigers have been
beset by slow starts recently, as they have fallen behind in four of
their last five games.
They have been able to rescue the situation in
games at Bristol City and against Reading on Wednesday, though were
unable to claw themselves back into games against Derby and Leeds.
And Bruce wants his side to start doing the
business for the entire 90 minutes.
"Let's be fair, since the international break
we haven't played anywhere near the level we were at before it,"
he said.
"When we have, it's been fits and starts. We
were excellent against Leeds in the second half, we were very good in
the second half at Bristol City as well. And we were the same against
Reading after half-time.
"We've got to stop this second-half nonsense
and we've got to start better. If we produce what we produced in the
second half for the full game against Rotherham then we'll be fine.
"But if we don't and we go in with this
lacklustre approach, which unfortunately has crept in, we're going to
be in for a long afternoon.
“We haven't been doing enough from the start of
games, we haven't done the basics. It's a mindset, it must be. But
whatever it is, it's not healthy for us. We've got to stop it."
