ECHOES OF DEFOE FOR THE PAIR CONFINED TO STANDS

A PENNY for the thoughts of Nikica Jelavic and Shane Long (right), Hull’s top two strikers but ineligible yesterday because they played for other clubs in the FA Cup before moving to Humberside in January. Rather like Jermain Defoe, who signed for Portsmouth from Tottenham in January 2008 but was cup-tied as Harry Redknapp’s Pompey side went to Wembley and beat Cardiff in the final.