Hull need Bullard's fighting spirit to survive, and Andrey should be more worried about the Russian press

Jimmy Bullard is the Norman Wisdom of football.

Mad, bad, and dangerous to know.

Now he’s offended the Womens’ Institute by scuffling with Nicky Barmby.

That surreal episode proved the comic is a competitor. Hull need those instincts to avoid the financial disaster of relegation. They have all the hallmarks of the next Portsmouth.

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Standing inches away from the World Cup filled me with a childish sense of wonder.

You can’t touch, but you can dream.

According to Andrey Arshavin, media men like me will stop England winning it.

Since Russia didn’t even qualify for the finals, I shudder to think what their scribblers got up to.

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