Chris Dunlavy

Chris Dunlavy: Let’s open door to loan recall window

January is the most perilous month of the entire season for any club in the EFL – just ask Hull City.

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Chris Dunlavy
19 January 2025

By Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

January is the most perilous month of the entire season for any club in the EFL - just ask Hull City.
On New Year’s Day in 2020, a 1-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday sent the Tigers into eighth position in the Championship.
Then they sold Jarrod Bowen and Kamil Grosicki, who weren’t so much their best players as the only source of goals.
Incredibly, some bookies were still offering odds of 250-1 on Hull to get relegated in the aftermath of this catastrophe.
Double-edged sword
I know this because several friends made an awful lot of money a few mo...

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