Dowie to fill Hull's Brown hole

With Phil Brown now seeking a fresh backer for his Cuprinol habit, the Tigers have turned to Iain Dowie to fill the vacancy they've made for themselves, and try and save them from relegation with nine games to go.

Sound familiar?

Still, at least Dowie's got experience of trying to save a club which has spent much of the season floundering badly with reported player unrest, and in these austere times it's good to know that Hull's investment in the headsets and walkie talkies more suited to call centre employees than football managers won't have gone to waste.

You never know, he might just take the Tigers on a run which sees Ol' Cauliflower Face's lot get sucked into the relegation mire.  We can only dream.

And if the worst happens, he's big on bouncebackability.