Mr & Mrs Hull City (aka Pearson and Taylor) had one tiff too many and the marriage, as they say, was a sham. A mere sham of a relationship that looked impressive to the public but behind closed doors had been rocking for ages.
In fact I doubt very much whether the bloody thing was ever consummated in the first place. So, I viewed three and half years as nothing short of: "Above and beyond the call of duty." In Victorian times the words "'til death do us part" probably did mean exactly that. But that phrase in modern times only conj oursup thoughts of Warren Mitchell as Alf Garnett. But which of the pair was the silly old moo? I'll leave that to your imagination.
Personally, my thoughts are: "Thanks Peter but your time was up." I have to hold my hands up. I didn't see a single home game after February. Why? Well, because the football was beyond boring. It was more Sven-like than Sven himself.
Taylor lost the plot. He strangled the living daylights out of what is supposed to be the beautiful game. Grabbed it by the throat and choked it to death with a cord that had 'fear - defensive and illogical' printed all the way down its three foot length.
Ebola is the most deadly virus known to man but Nilnilitis and Onenilitis are equally fatal but take a longer time to kill the victim. The only sure certainty is that the carrier of the affliction doesn't even know he got it in over 99% of cases and the wonder is that so many people were prepared to subject themselves to such an agonising eclipse.
The symptoms are sometimes hard to spot. It starts with the odd flash of indecision before constant irrational changes of mind start to set in. And in its later stages, before it leads to the eventual terminal outcome, it manifests itself in Warnocks Syndrome. That's an incontrollable urge to sign strikers without any reasonable rationale.
Unfortunately, along the way the victim manages to convince himself that he is actually feeling a lot better and that optimism can often be mis-diagnosed as consolidationitis.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in conjunction with the World Food Programme (WFP) published a document in 1996 which concluded: "There is no cure for this malady and drastic as it may seem the only way to irradiate the problem is disinfect the entire area - put in strict isolation procedures and once that is enacted - start again with fresh inhabitants."
Bye Bye Peter.