Hodgson keen to avoid Bullard backlash

ROY HODGSON has urged Fulham fans to give Jimmy Bullard a warm welcome if he makes a long-awaited comeback at Craven Cottage tonight.

Bullard enjoyed almost three years at Craven Cottage before moving to the KC stadium in January for a club record £5million fee.

Bullard’s Tigers debut ended in personal disaster when he was stretchered off after just 37 minutes when with cruciate knee ligament damage.