Flea in the Guardian's ear

Hull City has published a statement on the official website expressing its displeasure at David Conn's much-reproduced article in today's Guardian on the subject of the club's finances.

Oddly, however, it chooses only to quote (with a misspelling) the expression "perennially flea-bitten" as one which happens to cause offence. In context, however, Conn's whole paragraph seems reasonable and, indeed, rather accurate:

"Hull City were the Premier League's truly romantic tale at this stage of last season, perennially flea-bitten tigers finally roaring to life."

That's exactly the case! Until Adam Pearson took over we were in a right state, the laughing stock of football. Now we're merely the laughing stock of the Premier League.

As for the financial issues, which the Guardian piece was about, this blog isn't maintained by an economically or commercially literate person and so is not qualified to comment. However, the news that Paul Duffen will explain the club's situation to one extent or another in his programme notes this weekend is intriguing indeed, though given the lack of information forthcoming from the club so far, it may just be a ploy to flog a few extra programmes.