Hull City caretaker boss Mike Phelan was delighted with the response his players produced to beat Premier League champions Leicester City 2-1 after being pegged back.
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“I was asked to take pre-season, I’ve done that, I was asked to take the game, I’ve done that”.
‘I’m just looking forward to the game. We tried to do our best.
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The Italian expects Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City to mount strong challenges after they all faltered last season.
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We continue to be without Harry Maguire (ankle) but he could be back by the end of the month, but Allan McGregor, Moses Odubajo, Alex Bruce and Michael Dawson remain long term issues. We want to go into each game with the mentality to win and that’s what we’ll do.
‘We can’t allow ourselves to be affected by what is going on off the pitch – we have to be prepared on it.
He said: “The discussion needs to stay a little bit private”. “Big managers have taken over big teams, it’s going to be much more hard”. I am very curious to see where we finish.
“We’ve more competitions this season”.
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“The Foxes’ fairytale win hit us really hard, with more than 100 punters backing them at 1,000-1 or bigger, so this year many punters are hoping for a similar outcome by backing the newly-promoted sides”. From our point of view it is all about getting fit for the start of the season and I think we’ve all done ourselves proud in that respect’.
