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5th February 2017
09:19am GMT

Hull manager Marco Silva (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images).[/caption]
It's almost as if the Hull board wanted to be relegated.
However January has not quite gone according to the punditry-cliché script. Of the four Premier League fixtures the 39-year-old has been in charge for Hull have won two beating Swansea and Liverpool and earned a 0-0 draw at Old Trafford.
His only Premier League defeat has come at the hands of run-away league leaders, Chelsea.
Yesterday's 2-0 win against Liverpool just underscored the progress Hull have made under his tutelage.
And although Hull are still a point away from safety, some of those hoary punditry truisms lobbed around when he took the job are starting to look a bit daft.
In fact one Twitter smart arse decided to remind Merson and Thompson of exactly what they had to say about the Hull boss on his appointment.
https://twitter.com/weahscousin/status/827978096452198400?refsrc=email&s=11
Paul Merson was the first to give his verdict on Silva's pre-Hull achievements:
"I could win the league with Olympiakos. I am not even joking. They’ve won it 107 times and it’s only been going 106 years. 44, 43 times they’ve won it.
"You know this is a good job as well, Hull are a good team, it’s a great stadium, some very good players you know and… what does he know about Hull? What does he know about the Premier League? What does he know?"
Phil Thompson then chimed in:
"It is quite astonishing that they have plumped for someone like this. I totally agree, it is baffling when there are a lot of people out there who know about the Premier League, know what’s required to dig in. He’s not got a clue. He’s [received] manna from heaven to be given this job on his CV."
Thompson later added:
To be fair to the Sky Sports duo, at least they can still point to bang-up job English manager and Premier League veteran Big Sam is doing for Crystal Palace... ... ah."From League One, League Two, who wouldn't jump at the chance to come in there? Who know about the league, who know what’s required here. He doesn’t know what’s required here. That is the difference."
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