Bullard eyes March return

Midfielder still a month away from return to action

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Bullard eyes March return

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Hull City midfielder Jimmy Bullard admits he is still a month away from making his return to first-team action.

Bullard has been on the sidelines since suffering a medial knee ligament problem in the defeat to Aston Villa in December.

The former Fulham and Wigan star is happy with his recovery, but he is refusing to rush his return as he wants to come back fully fit and firing on all cylinders.

"It's feeling better, the last two weeks I've come on leaps and bounds," said Bullard.

"Two weeks ago if you'd have asked me I'd have been a bit worried, it just felt a bit crappy to be honest.

"But I've been through this before where some weeks you don't feel great and then you get a little bit of a good feeling.

"I'm at one of those ones now where I'm feeling good again.

"I'm at nine weeks now so I've probably lost a bit of fitness so it should take a game or two in the reserves as well.

"I don't want to come back sluggish, I want to come back and hit the ground running and sharp."

Delighted

Bullard also praised Hull for doing their all to keep Stephen Hunt beyond the transfer window after resisting several bids from Wolves.

"It's good, it's brilliant," said Bullard about keeping Hunt.

"It's is what you need to hear as a player. The longer we can keep Stephen Hunt the better it is for Hull City, without a shadow of a doubt.

"It's great news for all of us.

"Hunty's an all-rounder. As well as being a good lad he's fit, he's energetic, he's not afraid, he can get stuck in and he's been scoring goals for us.

"He has scored six, I think, which is great for a midfielder and we're just out of January.

"For me, he's the whole package."