Reports from Humberside suggest that Hull City manager Phil Brown has left the club.

The Tigers have made a dreadful start to the season, picking up eight points from ten matches and the locals are growing increasingly restless.

Former player Dean Windass has called Phil Brown to "get moved on" amid the mounting speculation.

Brown helped the club escape relegation from the Barclays Premier League in May but has eight points from 10 games in the current campaign, and they are only above Portsmouth and West Ham in the table.

Windass, who left Hull in January after scoring the play-off goal that sent Hull to the top flight nearly 18 months ago, told talkSPORT magazine: "I think sometimes you need a fresh change. Phil's done a fantastic job since he's been there but I think it's time that he should get moved on and bring somebody else in."

Windass, questioning whether the club can stay up this season, added: "It's going to be difficult.
They're not getting results and they're struggling to score goals at the moment.

"They need a 10-15 goal-a-year striker to get away from the bottom of the table. They've got a little mini-league at the moment and it's important they win games against teams in and around their league."

Brown has given an interview to a local newspaper insisting he would not quit the club, although rumours have started spreading about his future.

There have also been concerns about the club's long-term financial position, stemming from accounts being published covering the year ending July 2008.

In that 12 months Hull made a loss of nearly £10million as they won promotion to the Premier League via Windass' goal at Wembley.

This does not include any figures from the club's first season in the top tier of English football, and the directors remain confident the next set of results will be much more positive.