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Hull Daily Mail - Folan bids for starting role
Caleb Folan will be Phil Brown's first port of call for duty on Sunday if Marlon King fails to recover from a back injuryPHIL Brown will turn to Caleb Folan to lead Hull City's attack against West Ham - if Marlon King fails to overcome his back injury.
The Tigers boss has serious concerns over the fitness of King after he was pulled out of a double training session on Wednesday.
Having also missed international duty with Jamaica through injury last weekend, King is being closely watched by the club's medical staff.
Brown only rates King's chances at "50-50" for the visit of West Ham.
But after being impressed by Folan's recent graduation to the international scene, the City manager is not without options.
Folan, whose only previous start this season was the 5-0 home defeat to Wigan, made his Republic of Ireland debut on Wednesday night.
It made him the 16th player on City's books to boast full international honours, and Brown said he had been delighted to see him progressing his career.
He said: "This is the blossoming of a career. I knew that the potential was there when we took Caleb from Wigan.
"He's only at the start of his career and it's probably too early to start saying if he's an international or even a Premier League player yet, he's just at the start of things.
"It's great news for him and it's great news for us." Report
- Also: The Vital Hull Perspective re Folan/QPR
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