Another loan likely for Josh Bowler

Great work from Unsie!

Bowler was in the Hull team all the way through to game 28 at which point he had a serious injury. He started 8 matches in the league and was brought on in another 14.

At the time of his injury, Hull were 12th and looking safe. They sold Bowen to West Ham thinking the money would be good, we are not going to be promoted, we are not going to get relegated. Problem was in the last 18 games they only picked up 6 points and finished 4 points from safety.

Probably correct that he is not good enough for a career in the Premier League, but perhaps unfair to label him alongside Garbutt. At least he should not have a 5-year contract on offer this time next year in the hope that paying him £5m over the next 5 years will allow us to sell him for £750k at some point.

That injury could hardly have come at a worse time for the player, or for Hull. Hopefully he can still get himself fixed up with another decent club.

Amusing to see the Finch Farm Fact Finders have been wearing their balaclavas back to front again.

Darren – we should never let truth get in the way of a good story or stop our prejudices being fuelled.

You've got to take punts on players like this. 10 may turn out like Bowler but one may turn out like Calvert-Lewin. If he'd not had that injury and managed to keep Hull up, there's a good chance they'd have bought him off us for a few million.

Sam, you're right – but our hit rate is more like 1 in 3 or 4 seeming to make grade from lower league recruitment. It's probably the one thing we're particularly good at. Not quite men are Foulds, Garbutt, Sambou, Hornby with Bowler and Adeniran probably too. Over the same-ish period Stones, Calvert-Lewin, Holgate and Branthwaite. What's not to like.