Hull’s Turkish takeover really cannot happen quickly enough.
It isn’t just Acun Ilicali waiting impatiently for the EFL to rubber-stamp his £30million purchase of the Tigers but manager Grant McCann and the fanbase too.
The media mogul known as the Turkish Simon Cowell - and more specifically his riches - is urgently needed to get Hull back on song.
This feeble loss to Stoke City in front of a less-than-half-full stadium really sapped at the feel-good factor. An awful lot has to improve if Ilicali is to realise his ambition of turning Hull into English football’s next Leicester City-style miracle.