Dean Holden

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991 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 24 Aug

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Football Daily · 72+ EFL Pod: Inside Hull’s promotion & Spygate drama · 26 May 2026 podcast

Didn't feel like that at the time, Aaron, to be honest with you.

I think two or three days after starting pre-season, it came literally out of the blue.

So, yeah, we got to work quickly.

And that's what I'm talking about, good people in jobs.

I mentioned Jared and Oji already, but they're experienced guys who've been in these types of situations before.

So there was no panic.

I think, if anything, it sharpened our lens in terms of, OK, who are the types of players we need to go and get?

obviously without it takes away all them different categories of you've got that to spend and then you've got that and we literally had nothing so okay free transfers what does it look like and we recruited well in the loan market as well and like I say it was players that would bring that experience to help the younger ones so you know your John Egan's Lundstrom obviously we've talked about Ollie already Louis Coyle the skipper Kieran Dowell's come in in January not played a lot but been at that level and just the way that they guide these youngsters day to day

A hard campaign in the Championship.

I think that's been a massive part of why we've done what we've done.

I mean, embargoes are like dental appointments, isn't it?

You know, a filling gets knocked out, well, I've got to go there.

You don't expect it, but it comes and slaps you in the face.

Yeah, but you're filling only lasts for a couple of days, don't you?

That must have been a real blow to, right before the season started, you've got an embargo.

I mean, Gaffer's been there, you guys have been there two days, you haven't even unpacked your crates yet, and bang, there you go, first challenge.

Yeah, does it add to your spirit, your desire, does it, you know, us against the world?

I think a little bit, but it weren't something that, again, going back to Sergei, the way that he manages day to day, even with the Spygate and all the nonsense and all the noise for the last couple of weeks going into the final, it wasn't something that we...

like talked about every day.

We dealt with it and then we get on with it.

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