The midfielder failed a drugs test after last month's game against Crystal Palace, and as a result will take no further part in the Tigers' battle against relegation. They play his former club Tottenham tomorrow before travelling to Man Utd on the final day. Sort of run-in you want your best players available for, that.
An FA ban is also likely for the man who cost a then-club record £8m when he joined from Spurs last summer. Not cool.
On a possibly related note, here's a recent post-match interview from an 'excitable' Phil Brown.