Source: Daily_Mail
Axed Hull boss Phil Brown fuels talk of sensational return to KC Stadium
[LNB]In limbo: Former Hull City manager Phil Brown [LNB]Phil Brown has refused to quash speculation he could resume his role as Hullmanager at the end of the season. [LNB]Brown was placed on gardening leave by the club in March with the Tigersbattling relegation from the Barclays Premier League. [LNB]Iain Dowie was drafted in to preside over the final nine games of the campaignbut his arrival failed to spark a recovery, with the former Crystal Palace bossmanaging just one win in eight prior to today's encounter with Liverpool.[LNB]Hull's relegation from the Premier League was confirmed with a 2-2 draw atWigan last weekend, and it is uncertain who will guide the club next term withDowie's deal running only until the end of the season. [LNB]Hull's precarious financial position means Brown is still effectively theclub's manager as chairman Adam Pearson has yet to pay off the remainder of hiscontract. [LNB]Brown is set to hold talks with Pearson and club owner Russell Bartlett onWednesday, at which the 50-year-old hopes his contractual situation will beresolved.[LNB]Pearson has previously indicated Brown could yet return to his former role, andBrown admitted that outcome remained a remote possibility.[LNB]Asked whether he would return to the club if offered the chance, Brown told SkySports: 'I can't answer that until I've had a conversation with the people thatmatter. [LNB]'I just want it to be honourable. If it's closure, then give me what I'm dueand appreciate what I've done for the club in the last three and a half years. [LNB] Sinking feeling: Iain Dowie couldn't prevent Hull from sliding down to the Championship[LNB]'I've never heard of it before [a manager returning after being removed] butnothing in football surprises me. Let's see what they've got to say. [LNB]'I've got to make sure that I go into this meeting fresh and the ultimate goalfor me is, where does my career go?' [LNB]Hull picked up just five points from Dowie's first eight games in charge andBrown revealed that return was well below the targets he had set for the Tigers'run-in. [LNB]'With 24 points with nine games to go, I was still looking at 12 points, I wasstill looking at four wins in the last nine games,' Brown said. [LNB] All downhill from here: Brown's now infamous half-time dressing down at Eastlands[LNB]'There was probably more than four winnable matches. I'm not going to disrespect Iain Dowie - he's won one against Fulham anddrawn two so he's got five points - but I'd earmarked two or three otherfixtures that could have accumulated maybe 15 points.'[LNB]Brown also revealed that he was left disappointed by criticism levelled at himby Tigers midfielder George Boateng following the club's relegation. [LNB]Boateng hit out a Brown's management style after the 1-0 loss to Sunderlandwhich effectively ensured they would be playing in the Coca-Cola Championshipnext season, and pointed to Brown's on-pitch team talk at Eastlands in December2008 as the moment the manager lost the dressing room. [LNB]'It was very disappointing,' Brown said of the comments. [LNB]'I had a good working relationship with George but why he did what he did, youcan only ask him that."George has an agenda, what that agenda is I don't know.' [LNB] Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti: We don't need £70m Fernando Torres You dumped me! Portsmouth chief Avram Grant blasts Chelsea over exit PREMIER LEAGUE LIVE: Follow all the action as Chelsea and Manchester United battle it out for the title[LNB]
