Hull City will spend most of their day speculating about ridiculous managerial icons that wouldn’t be caught dead driving through Hull, let alone managing it’s football club chairman Adam Pearson said last night. Pearson did concede however, that the decision would ultimately be a coin toss between Gary Megson and Iain Dowie.
Names likely to be suggested briefly and then laughed at continuously include Mark Hughes, Johan Cruyff and Felipe Scolari whilst the Hull Daily Echo is reporting sightings of Pele eating fish and chips at a Hessle service station.
Supporters have been quick to criticise the decision to put former boss Phil Brown on paid garden leave but Pearson was keen to defend the move. ‘People forget that Phil’s garden is actually in Hull. Believe me, sitting in it is not a reward for failure. Right now he’ll probably be ducking behind his patio table, shotgun cocked desperately trying to fend off squatters. And possibly Dean Windass.’
