Comments for Phil Brown soon to be sacked? at http://www.wsc.co.uk , comment 0 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.wsc.co.uk Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:56:00 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/3985/38/#pc_1149 "Given that the club also face all sort of financial problems, reported by David Conn in Wednesday's Guardian, it seems a little harsh that Brown should take all the blame." It is, yet it's bizarre that this isn't the Hull City story but remains the Phil Brown story, with one man apparently overshadowing the whole club. Before that on-pitch team-talk, the achievements of both manager and team were evenly matched with a squad and boss facing the Premiership with an admirably robust and proud front. After the open-air dressing down, Brown took up all the headlines and the team began to falter and spiral downhill. If it does seem that Brown is to be held somewhat accountable for events then it's probably because that he was, and remains, the conduit for headlines as far as Hull are concerned - whatever he does, however strained, ignoble or farcical his behaviour, he seems, in the most strange way, the media target that protects Hull from slings and arrows. In some cases, pundits on football radio shows talk about Brown first before noting, like an afterthought, how Hull are doing. Amazingly, for a team right down there in the relegation pit, Brown amasses an astonishing media profile for Hull City and it would be interesting whether they would have such a profile if he was given the boot. - ian.64 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:25:39 +0100