HULL CITY: Boateng looks to lift pressure (video)
Demoralising back-to-back defeats against Sunderland and Birmingham have cranked up the heat on a badly out-of-sorts City side ahead of tonight's League Cup third round tie.
And wary of the scrutiny Brown currently finds himself under, Boateng has called for the Tigers to find a win to kick-start a stuttering campaign.
"The manager knows more than anyone else that results keep any manager in a job, it's the reality of football," Boateng said.
"He knows that if he doesn't get a result, he's going to get scrutinised.
"But believe me, the manager is more determined than anybody else to get some results on board.
"It's not pleasant when people are attacking the manager but everyone wants to make sure we get a result soon.
"We know that a run of two or three results would change everything and ease the pressure on the manager and on ourselves."
City's last taste of victory came when seeing off Southend in the second round four weeks ago but Brown's men will need to buck history if they are to gain a timely confidence boost tonight.
Not since 1977/78 have the Tigers reached the fourth round of the League Cup but as part of a much-changed side, Boateng will look to quell unrest with a fitting display before Saturday's league trip to Liverpool.
"We haven't picked up a lot of good results and the game has become more important now," he said.
"One result can change everything and if we can get one, it would give us the confidence to take to Anfield.
"A win is much needed but it's not so doom and gloom as some may think.
"It's only six games that we've played, it's not like we have played 20 or 25 games.
"We lost a game we believe we should have won, or at least got a draw, and now there's plenty of room to improve."
Boateng will be one of many changes in the City line-up tonight, with Brown certain to ring the changes against David Moyes' Everton.
The former Holland international has spent recent weeks as an unused substitute but is desperate to fight his way back into City's Premier League plans.
"I can honestly say that there has never been a season where I didn't have to fight for a place in the team, whether that was Coventry, Villa or Middlesbrough," he added.
"Even when I was captain at Middlesbrough I was constantly under scrutiny to perform and stay in the team.
"I know what I have to do and if the manager doesn't pick me, I just have to work harder."
CITY are expecting a crowd in the region of 12,000 for tonight's fixture and have advised supporters that cash turnstiles will be available.
Admission is set at £15 for adults and £8 for concessions.
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