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HULL City may not have picked up the result they wanted at home to Crystal Palace yesterday, but one player did have something to smile about despite the 1-0 defeat.
Egyptian striker Gedo has been making headlines in his football-mad home country today after making his Premier League debut for the Tigers.
Having come on as a sub in the 77th minute as City looked for what would have been a winner an 81st-minute winner from Palace's Barry Bannan meant his first bow in the English top flight did not exactly go to plan.
And it got even more frustrating for the 28-year-old striker, who was denied a dream debut goals after having his shot cleared off the line in injury time.
After scoring Egypt's winner in a 2-1 victory over Ghana last Tuesday, Gedo is looking to get on the goal trail again after bagging six goals in 12 matches last season.
His recovery from a foot injury has been well documented back in his homeland, with supporters from parent club Al Ahly desperate to see him fly the flag for Egypt in the world's most-watched league.Mclean draws blank on Blues debut
Talking of striker who struggle score, Aaron Mclean failed to get off the mark on his debut for Birmingham yesterday after coming on for the last 27 minutes to try to find a match-winner.
The Blues eventually drew 1-1 at home to Blackpool and it's been revealed that they were not the only club in for Mclean's services.
Apparently, strugglers Yeovil Town were also keen to land the 30-year-old, with boss Gary Johnson a keen admirer of the hard-working forward.
However, with the former Peterborough man now on an improved deal in the Premier League, the Glovers could not afford his salary.
Johnson said: "It didn't come close with what Birmingham were offering anyway. So obviously he went to Birmingham. They pay the money. But I'm not going to cry over that sort of stuff.
"If we go and pay eight grand a week for somebody and he gets injured - like most of our loans seem to get injured in their first games - then that's a lot of our budget, and we aren't going to do a lot else. So we've got to make sure that it's right." Pulis steals limelight, Townsend see red
Nationally, the Tigers have not really made much noise in the national press today, having seen the arrival of Tony Pulis in a helicopter for the KC clash take up most of the headlines.
Whilst the former Stoke boss may have tried to make a low-key entrance to the main West Stand reception, the big Sky TV camera which was in his face put a stop to all that. As did talk about the helicopter.
And when it comes to making headlines, Tigers loan man Connor Townsend certainly did that at Carlisle yesterday.
Sent off at the end of the first half, the defender was first booked for clumsily clattering into Richard Brindley on 43 minutes and then in stoppage-time he upended Matt Tubbs.
The on-loan Hull City man didn't even protest his innocence as the referee showed him a second yellow card, then red, with United going on to fight out a goalless draw against Rotherham.
