Iain Dowie can't understand why Hull fans have reacted with a mixture of concern, scepticism or even anger at his appointment. Really, Iain, you have no clue? Well I'm going to help you out.
My head nearly exploded when Hull's great white saviour said, with no hint of irony, "I think my record's alright". Right, did he not expect people to check? Or remember?
His record in the Premiership:
Palace - Relegated
Charlton - Sacked after 15 games, having won just two
Newcastle (as Shearer's assistant) - Relegated
His best record is at Palace, where he won 50 in 123. His best result, beating West Ham in the championship play-off final. And you only got that result, Iain, because Pardew saw fit to bring on Don Hutchison in place of a striker and our defence forgot to mark Neil Shipperley.
Since that day, Dowie has courted failure. He can't help it. He has infuriated and insulted almost every club he has been involved with, and managed under 80 games while in charge of three clubs. He spent 2 million pounds on Djimi Traore. He came up with the word 'bouncebackability'. For God's sake.
Hull have nine games left to save their season, and their new manager has won nine Premiership games as a manager. Ever. Phil Brown was definitely in too deep, but why any club sees fit to make changes like this so late in the season is beyond me. Mourinho couldn't save Hull, let alone the man who was upstaged by Les Reed.
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