He's been injured most of the time. Had problems with his knee, some of which he put down the stress of joining a new club in a new country. He played the full game on Wednesday and reports said he looked strong in attack but fairly weak in defence.

hull city season over

good and proper now

Such a shame we don't have Kris Boyd up front, we might actually have a chance if he was in the side.

Have you signed him as a left back?

Very unlucky for Bullard, hope the injury isn't as serious as it sounds.

Hull will probably come in for Nolan in January now. They can have him if they take Nicky Butt too.

I agree. He can play there, but he's much better as a winger. Not sure how he'd fit into this diamond system lark.

Congratulations on already winning your group and the second round game already. TBH, I don't even think you should turn up till the quarters start it is that clear cut.

Kris Boyd is gash. I never claimed otherwise. Still, with the resources England have at their disposal you would think that they would have a second striker capable of performing at the top level and a goalie that is worth his salt.

belting result for city last night. The big diffrence has been the pressure put on all across the pitch not letting the other team get the ball down too play even Adebayor did he's work. Wish Shay Given was Englisdh he is the best keeper in the world for me

And if that wasn't enough, Defoe joined in with the bottling important penalties.

Cracking match that. Really entertaining.

rlsomeone is on the naughty listrl

So much has been said about Lennon, Defoe and Crouch for England recently, but IMO they were all pretty terrible today.

Defoe is supposidly the best finisher in the Premier League according to Harry. He is getting about 5 or 6 chances per game and today he took one from about 6 very easy chances and his penalty was terrible. Crouch too, set up the penalty with a decent knock down but his finishing is absolutely horrendous, wasting about 4 clear cut chances. They also went on and on about Lennon's crossing. He put one decent ball in all game for Defoe's tap in, the rest of them were horrendous bouncing once and ending up in the Bullens Road stand.

Despite how poor they all were they seemed to create a wealth of chances. Their pace throughout the side is impressive and the passing from Kranjcar, Huddlestone and Palacios was a large cause of it. If they had finished better you could have seen another 9-0 today. With no centre backs Everton simply never got out quick enough, inviting pressure onto themselves.

Everton were dire, but spirited. It was such an entertaining game because of it. I thought they were being harshly treated by the referee, Rodwell and Fellaini's bookings were ridiculous, Fellaini seeming to get booked for walking over to Essou Ecotto after he'd scraped his studs down Cahill's head. Ecotto then pushed three Everton players in the face and only got a yellow as well. I lost count of the amount of times Fellaini was elbowed and forearmed today yet as soon as he came out with any physicality himself he was punished. It just seems like it's mandatory in the Premier League to book him for a nothing incident.

And then there is the penalty. I've got no problems with the decision, but what was embarassing was Palacios' dive, roll and 'I'm dying' act. Half the players and the referee told him to get up and he kept insisting he was terribly hurt. He apparantly went to hospital begging for oxygen. Where did all the men go?