Fagan set for spell on sidelines

Hull have confirmed Danny Guthrie’s challenge on Craig Fagan in Saturday’s Barclays Premier League match resulted in a broken leg for the striker.

Guthrie’s challenge in the final moments of the Tigers’ shock 2-1 victory saw him issued with a straight red card and Fagan left the ground on crutches.

The Tigers confirmed on their official website, www.hullcityafc.premiumtv.co.uk that the damage was revealed by an X-ray this morning.

The 25-year-old former Derby striker suffered a fractured right tibia and the club state the injury is likely to keep him out of action for between six weeks and three months.

Tigers manager Phil Brown was scathing in his assessment of Guthrie’s tackle.

“It cannot be tolerated, it needs to be kicked out of the game,” he told the Hull Daily Mail.

“When you see that the end product is him putting a fellow pro in a cast, it’s just not right.

“That’s the horrible side of the game. I don’t care what is going on at Newcastle, you cannot tolerate this.

“If I go back to the incident, my players were killing time in the corner, something that every Premier League club does, no matter who you are.

“In the process of doing that, someone has decided to take the matter into his own hands and lashed out at Craig Fagan.”