Premier League - Hull and Pompey in bore draw

Eurosport - Sat, 24 Oct 17:07:00 2009

Hull City and Portsmouth remain in the relegation zone after playing out a drab 0-0 draw at the KC Stadium.

Boaz Myhill, Hull City goalkeeper - 0

Chances were few and far between in a match that will do little to persuade the doubters that these two sides are anything but prime relegation candidates.

Portsmouth had the better chances in the match but the contest looked destined to finish 0-0 long before the final whistle.

The home fans, who were very quiet throughout, were perhaps at their noisiest in the 75th minute when they chanted "you don't know what you are doing" to Phil Brown after he took off the industrious Stephen Hunt.

Hull were expected to finally give record signing Jimmy Bullard a home debut but the former Fulham man was ruled out after picking up a shin injury in a reserve game on Tuesday.

It was almost a disastrous start for the hosts as a mix-up at the back let Tommy Smith clear after just two minutes but the former Watford man dragged a poor shot wide.

Hull had lots of possession in the opening period but could not force David James into a single meaningful save and indeed it was Smith again who came closest before the end of the half but he scuffed an effort into the dirt after turning Paul McShane well.

The second-half was little better but James got a chance to show his quality in the 57th minute as he raced out to strip Geovanni of the ball when he could have easily given away a penalty.

After that Portsmouth enjoyed a decent spell of pressure and Aruna Dindane had two chances within a couple of seconds of each other. His first effort was blocked by Boaz Myhill (pictured) and then he fired the rebound on target but it was inadvertently blocked by his own man Younes Kaboul.

Moments after that chance Hassan Yebda got on the end of a Kevin Prince Boateng cross but his slight touch was well dealt with by Myhill.

After that brief little spell the excitement soon dried up again as Portsmouth began to sit back, comfortable in the knowledge that Hull were struggling to create anything.

The hosts then almost shot themselves in the foot in the final minute when Myhill spilt the ball on the edge of the area forcing him to foul Boateng.

That gave Jamie O'Hara a chance to win it with a free-kick in a central position on the edge of the penalty area but the loanee from Tottenham fired tamely over with a poor effort that summed up the match.

Seán Fay / Eurosport

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  1. "Al Faraj also said that he viewed Portsmouth­ purely as an investment and that he may sell out after­ as little as six months. The club have now conceded­ that he gave the interview".­ .......................................................­ .......................................................­ ....................................................AH­ HAHAHAHAH........NO ONE WANTS PORTSCUM FOOTBALL CLUB,­ WHY? BECAUSE A FOOTBALL CLUB NEEDS TO TICK CERTAIN­ BOXES, IN LINE WITH IT'S STATUS........PORTSCUM­ HAVE BEEN PUNCHING ABOVE THEIR WEIGHT FOR A FEW SEASONS­ AND ARE WORTH NOTHING..............GOING DOWN TO THE­ CHUMPS THIS SEASON AND L1 A YEAR LATER, WHIST SAINTS­ COME UP TO THE CHUMPS, THEN THE PREM..............LOOK­ AT SAINTS TO PORTSCUM, AS OUR ARRY SAID, "A REAL­ FOOTBALL CLUB".........................GET OVER IT­ PORTSCUMMERS, YOU ARE FINISHED..

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  8. here we go again Bullard injured yet again. what­ a waste of space he is.
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    From Peter T, on Sat 24 Oct 10:30PM
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    NO WORRIES AT ALL. SAYING THAT, YOU ARE IN THE CHUMPS­ NEXT YEAR, AND THAT SIR, IS THE END OF­ PORTSCUM................LUUUUUVLY..........

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Sat 24 Oct 9:01PM

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    City fans­ booing Richard Garcia, what a disgrace. It made­ yourselves look bad, and imagine how he felt? Do you­ he'll improve as a player if you boo and make him­ feel bad?! How would you like it? I agree, I­ wouldn't have put him on, but only because he­ wasn't fit-he said that himself.
    As for Brown and­ Duffen- it's time to go. In an ideal world,­ Strachen would come and we could get a chairman that­ actually cares about football, cares about hull as a­ place and actually spends money. Unfortunately, I­ don't think it's going to happen. As it is, I­ think Ashbee would make a good player-manager (for­ however long he plays), I don't think Brian­ Horton's up to it.

    Brown is wrecking his own­ career. If he goes now he'll be a championship­ manager, he'll be the guy who got hull promoted. If­ he goes at the end of the season, he'll be the guy­ who killed hull city and got them relegated.
    He's­ also being selfish, it's great for hull to have a­ premiership club, him leaving's her only hope!

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    PORTSCUM AND HULL ....... THE 2 BIGGEST SH1TEH0LES IN­­ BRITAIN, FACT ! FIGHTING OUT A POINTLESS BORING­­ CONTEST, TO POSSIBLY FIND OUT WHO HAS THE UGLIEST FAT­­ SCUMMY WOMAN IN THEIR SEWER OF A TOWN.......HMMMMMMM,­­ I'M BETTING ON PORTSCUM.........URGHHHHH, HAVE YOU­­ SEEN THEM "WOMEN"???????????????? THE­ BIGGEST­ FATTEST MOST DISGUSTING LUMPS YOU COULD WISH­ TO­ SEE...........NO WONDER ALL THE FILTHY TRAMP MALES­ DOWN­ THERE WANT TO FIGHT AT FOOTBALL IN BIG GANGS,­ COS­ THEY'D GET A GOOD HIDING AT­ HOME.........GUTLESS­ FILTH......

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    From leesucks24ass, on Sat 24 Oct 4:26AM

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    From CrazyEyes, on Fri 23 Oct 12:24PM

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    Bullard 32"
    Sonko­ 88"

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  20. So?

    From Lord Dambo of Purbrookshire, on Thu 22 Oct 8:59AM
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