New Hull boss Dowie admits previously turning down job

New Hull City boss Iain Dowie admits he's rejected the job previously before Phil Brown took over.

While he denied having once made an alleged slur about Hull, Dowie admitted he had previously turned down the Tigers job before Brown took over because of the budget on offer.

"Me and Adam (Pearson) did have a brief opportunity to work together but Adam as always was very tight with the purse strings then. It didn't quite come off," he said.

While Pearson described his new manager as someone with "great passion, integrity and honesty", he admitted the appointment was something of a gamble given Hull's precarious position.

"It's definitely a gamble," Pearson continued. "Everything in football is a risk to some degree but we've won six games out of 51.

"We haven't won away from home for over a year, we've conceded 100 goals in 50 games, we've lost our last four straight games. If we didn't take a gamble, all the stats are plainly saying we'd be relegated."

Pearson, who expects caretaker boss Brian Horton to leave, revealed: "We had three choices (of candidate) - we went into that with an open mind across all three.

"The advantage with Iain? Instantly on the pitch, operational now, and a point to prove - I am delighted he's here.

"We've got nine games; we've picked nine games because within them we think there are six eminently winnable ones.

"We have to be confident because if we're not then it won't end successfully."