Fulham

Fulham have an appalling record against sides newly promoted to the Premier League, already this season they have lost to both Hull and WBA and last season they couldn't even muster a win against Derby - so most supporters would have settled for a point before the trip to Stoke on Saturday.

Another goalless draw, number 6 for the season maintained Fulham's superb defensive record and extended their unbeaten run to 6.

Just 12 goals conceded in 16 games has given Fulham a great base to work from, but with target man Bobby Zamora unavailable against Stoke it was never going to easy to add to the goals for column which is the 2nd worst in the division.

Things might have been different had the referee and linesman not completely missed one of the most blatant handballs of the season. Not since Richard Dunne punched the ball out for a corner at Craven Cottage last week have Fulham been denied such an obvious penalty.

Danny Higginbotham's Superman impression was somehow missed by the officials, possibly due to the very muted appeals from Fulham players.

The game as a spectacle was pretty poor, although John Pantsil tried to liven up proceedings with some comedy acting after rubbing faces with Ricardo Fuller. Thankfully his cheating didn't prosper and he has lost the respect of a number of Fulham fans after his theatrics.

Roy Hodgson has got the basics right, hard graft on the training pitch on maintaing team shape and working as a unit is paying off, but wins at home are still required before the nerves of a relegation battle are banished.