If we are to believe the weather forecasters, then the thaw is due in the next couple of days and so this weekend's game against Chelsea will be the only one in the Tigers' fixture calendar to be postponed.
There is no news as yet of the game's rescheduling but inevitably it will now be a midweek night. Pity, as a depleted Chelsea forced into playing in Arctic conditions would have been at their most vulnerable had the game taken place as planned. Looking at Chelsea's fixture list, it may well be March before they make their visit to us, as Champions League and Premier League commitments fill their February midweeks while the one that remains vacant needs to stay so in the event of an FA Cup fourth round replay.
Still, it reduces the run of truly unwinnable Premier League clashes we had on the agenda, and while we'll struggle to get anything from Tottenham Hotspur next weekend and Manchester United seven days on, it does mean we go into the big game against Wolverhampton Wanderers at the end of January with less of a winless run - miracles aside, of course; let's not be entirely pessimistic - behind us.
January is almost not about results any more, given that of the four Premier League games originally scheduled, only one - the Wolves game - will have a big green tick next to it on Phil Brown's office wall. January is more about shuffling the squad to both Brown and Adam Pearson's approval; keeping big performers like Stephen Hunt and Kamil Zayatte from predatory rich clubs and, most crucially of all, getting Jimmy Bullard fit by the target date set for his knee to heal. It's not just the weather that has made January less about football for Hull City, it's football itself.
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