Source: SKY_Sports
Brown stands by strikers
Phil Brown maintains his misfiring strike force can lead Hull City to Premier League safety.
The Tigers' tumble towards the relegation zone continued on Saturday as they went down 1-0 at fellow strugglers Sunderland.
They have now gone five games without a win and have mustered just two goals during that alarming slump.
Brown's men have slipped to their lowest standing of the season as a result, 16th, but the optimistic boss insists his side possesses the firepower required to ensure they beat the drop.
"There are a lot of question marks flying around surrounding our ability to score a goal at the moment," Brown told the Hull Daily Mail.
"On average we're having 12 or 13 shots a game but we're not hitting the target enough and that in itself is something that needs to change.
"Kevin Kilbane was the only player to really work the goalkeeper at Sunderland but George Boateng and Caleb Folan went very close.
"We've had opportunities but we're just not working the opposition goalkeepers enough at the moment.
"If we continue to have 12 or 13 shots a game, eventually the tide will turn, confidence and belief in front of goal will return when we get that
goal."
Brown has been quick to point out that Hull do not have the funds to buy a proven Premier League goalscorer, but he believes working hard as a team can help to ease the pressure on those charged with finding the target.
"Goalscorers at this level are priceless and everyone of them at the top
of the goalscoring charts will be in at least the £15m bracket," he said.
"Our leading goalscorer is Geovanni with seven and he's a free transfer.
"But finding that quality in the final third is a lot to do with the team's performance, it's not just about your strikers.
"You look at five games on Saturday, there was only five goals, there's just not an awful lot of goals around at the moment, but it's up to us to find that quality in the final third."
