Hull City had a tremendous start to their first ever Premier League season and they were even expected to mount a challenge for the European places. Phil Brown was hailed as one of the best managers in the league, but that did not last long. The Tigers started losing games week in week out and there was nobody capable of stopping the dreadful run. They did manage to narrowly avoid relegation, but only because their rivals were even more pathetic than they were. Things have now changed considerably and Hull are seen as one of the main candidates for the drop next season. The reason: nobody wants to come to Hull.

Phil Brown knew he needed to reinforce the squad over the summer and he immediately started looking for new players. He first missed out on Marc-Antoine Fortune, who opted for Celtic and then they failed to sign Zamora, Owen, Frazier Campbell and Darren Bent. Phil Brown even had an offer accepted by Manchester United for Frazier Cambell but he didn’t want to rush the deal and ended up losing the striker to Sunderland. That was one striker Hull could have signed and Brown has been a real fool at missing such an opportunity. Apart from Steven Mouyokolo, who came from Boulogne, the Tigers have signed no other players, not because they didn’t want to but because they couldn’t.

Things are looking bleak for Hull and I don’t really see how they can avoid relegation next term. Michael Turner and Bernard Mendy are likely to leave and few others could follow. It seems that Hull was just a one-day wonder and the odds are they will suffer next season. The damage has been done and it is now too late for regrets.