New boys set for Tigers bow

Hull manager Phil Brown could hand debuts to all four summer signings when his side visit Chelsea in the first match of the Barclays Premier League season tomorrow lunchtime.

Stephen Hunt and Kamel Ghilas will go straight into the squad having completed four-year deals this week and could be joined by fellow new boys Seyi Olofinjana and Jozy Altidore.

Missing for the Tigers are knee-injury victims Ian Ashbee, Jimmy Bullard and Richard Garcia, but goalkeeper Boaz Myhill is fit again after recovering from a thumb complaint.

Hull squad (from): Myhill, Warner, Duke, Dawson, Gardner, Turner, Fagan, Barmby, Altidore, Geovanni, Hughes, Mendy, Halmosi, Kilbane, Folan, Mouyokolo, Boateng, Marney, Zayatte, Olofinjana, Cousin, Hunt, Ghilas.