3 reasons why Mike Phelan lost his job at Hull City

Victim of own success

It seems a bit of a strange thing to say, but those two wins at the start of the season may well have given Hull fans false hope ahead of this campaign, and perhaps made Phelan’s job look easier than it really is.

The Tigers beat champions Leicester and Swansea in their first two games, both against the odds given their depleted squad, and many could be forgiven for thinking that Hull weren’t in as bad a position going into the season as many made out.

However, these victories meant that the expectation had already risen around the KCOM Stadium ahead of the new season, and backing that up, with the squad Hull have, was always going to be tough.