He feels the chances of reverting to the old system have gone, when you could bring players in throughout the season, right up to the third Thursday in March.
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“We have selection problems now but the players who started the season have done really well so it would be wrong to dismiss them”.
“We didn’t open up as many times but it is hard when they have lots of men behind the ball so, a close affair, but I think we did enough to edge it overall”.
The clamour for Phelan to be given the job on a full-time basis will now surely grow ever louder, as he becomes the first Hull manager to win the award since Phil Brown in September 2008.
Speaking about the game more specifically, he hailed the “resilience” of the group to fight back that late on to take a valuable point against last year’s Championship title winners, and he also felt we were unlucky to maybe not sneak all three points. “We are just taking it day by day”.
It can not be overlooked, however, that Sean Dyche’s team were enormously impressive in defeating Liverpool 2-0 at Turf Moor on matchday two and they signed Anderlecht and Derby midfield duo, Steven Defour and Jeff Hendrick, before the close of the transfer window.
“I can’t look at it, I’m not powerful enough, but there’s managers out there who probably could have a fair say in what goes on and certainly get the powers to think about it”.
The Premier League is often the subject of derisory comments about the amount of money that is undeniably awash in the top flight.
“I’m absolutely delighted … as a club we’ve had a fantastic start to the Premier League season and to be recognised individually in this way is very pleasing”, he said.
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“He went through a real spell where it was serious.would he continue in this game?” he said. Phelan said. “He’s worked really hard, now he’s scored a hat trick for the national team and a perfectly executed free-kick for his club in a week”.
