"in flase position"

By Tiger Tim
October 24 2008

Hull Manager Phil Brown claims Hull are in a false position. Hull currently sit 3rd in the table having won 5 of their 8 matches. Hull Take on West Brom this weekend looking for their fourth straight win. Brown told skysportsnews "Everybody is brimming with confidence and buzzing at the fact that we're in the top four, but as I've always said, it's a long old season.

I want to get to a points target where it puts pressure on other teams to catch us up.

"It's quite alarming to see Tottenham with two points at this stage of the season and yet we're 15 points ahead of them. That's at least five wins, which makes five games, and the longer that goes on the better for us.

"You're trying to put distance between teams that we fully expect to be in and around it (the relegation places) at the end of the season.

"The Premier League is three divisions, to be in the top four we're in a false position to a certain extent, but to get 17 points from eight games is a massive bonus for us."

He added: "I watched Champions League last night and on Tuesday. In the Manchester United v Celtic game there was some great quality, I watched the Chelsea v Roma game and there was some fantastic quality.

"We're not anywhere near that yet, but we're competing well in the Premier League and hopefully that will continue.

"There's a lot of plaudits going on and it's fantastic. It's far too early for myself, for Michael Turner, for some of these guys.

"We've got internationals in the club and the rest of the guys are pitting their wits against them on the training ground. There's some good quality and some good levels, but it's early days."