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Brown fires Tigers warning

12 Jan 2009 - 09:32:29

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Hull City manager Phil Brown has warned his side that they are slipping towards a relegation battle, having won just one of their last 12 league games.

The Tigers are down in eighth place in the Premier League table, following a 2-0 defeat at Everton which left Brown cross on a number of fronts.

He told the Hull Daily Mail: "I think fourteen teams in the division are in a relegation fight, excluding the top six.

"We need better quality players and we're looking to make additions in the next week.

"In the first ten games, teams weren't giving us the respect we deserved and didn't know what Hull City were about. Now all of a sudden they do and the cutting edge was maybe the difference between the teams."

"But our whole season has been unhinged by a succession of officials and decisions we are not happy with.

"The first goal, with Everton not conceding in the previous five, was always going to be crucial at Goodison Park.

"But I have players with blood all over their shirts, so they gave it everything in that second period.

"The first goal was a bad decision from an assistant referee who is looking right along the line of the defence. It killed us."