Hull City 1 - Southampton 1

Nigel Quashie was sent off following a 19-man brawl on the stroke of half time as Hull City and Southampton shared the spoils. Southampton dominated the first half and should have had more than the one-goal leadby the time Hull levelled the score through Nick Barmby just before the break.

However, the match erupted in the dying seconds of the first half when Southampton's Matt Oakley and Hull's Curtis Woodhouse tangled and Nigel Quashie came storming in followed by every other player on the pitch apart from both goalkeepers and Saints striker Theo Walcott.

After the game Southampton manager Harry Redknapp was exasperated by the incident. Hull manager Peter Taylor tried to look at the positives after his side served up a dire display, but he admitted that he is concerned about an injury to striker Ben Burgess.

Southampton took the lead with the fist real attack of the game. Walcott broke down the right and played infield to Quashie, who touched the ball to Kosowski, who fired a low right-footed shot to Boaz Myhill. With just 14 minutes played Burgess hobbled off to be replaced by Barmby and Hull struggled to cope with the change as well as Southampton's impressive, expansive game.

Brett Ormerod clipped the upright with a shot on the turn from six yards and Walcott and Rory Delap both missed decent openings. City failed to threaten in the second period and the lively Walcott came the closest to a winner with two long-range efforts that were turned aside by Myhill.

It was great to get a point but we should have won the game. After a positive team selection by Peter Taylor with the three stikers we struggled to make any impact in the first half. The problem is that we are lacking in many departments. Hull City has not had a successful striker since Burgess/Allsop in League 2. Last season we scored many goals but they mostly came from midfield players, Elliot and Green.

We need someone who will get us 20 a season and we haven't got that. Fagan would be better off turned into a right winger. Brown is going back to Sunderland, hopefully very soon as he is awful. Burgess could be out for a while again. Payter needs time to settle in but he doesn't look like the player that we need. Barmby isn't an all out striker, even though he is the only one scoring.

We need to either sign an old head,like Windass who will get us goals or someone who is scoring, like Lee Trundle. We also need a creative and big midfield. It is clear that Green is not the man and Welsh and Woodhouse, even though they are very good players, are too small and not commanding enough to dominate a midfield. Come on Adam Pearson, open up that wallet and spend some big money or we are going to struggle all season. Sorry for the rant, but this is just the way I feel about Hull City at present!