Brown and out

.com may have beaten us to the punch with the "You're not singing anymore" headline, but we still thought odious Mackem crooner Phil Brown getting the boot at Hull was worthy of comment.

Tigers chairman Adam Pearson decided the Tango Man's time was up at the end of a week in which captain George Boateng led by example in getting himself sent off in the first half against Arsenal, the team suffered the indignity of conceding an injury-time winner to professional barn-door-misser Nicklas Bendtner, and Brown was forced to issue a public apology after a spat between Jimmy Bullard and Nicky Barmby was witnessed by members of the Women's Institute.

Best of luck finding new employment, Phil - I know Cuprinol doesn't come cheap.