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

I've mentioned it, you know, throughout the show.

you guys' progress, but how important your role is for a manager that, because that was my big doubt about Hull City.

Yes, you know, embargo, but a manager coming over who's not familiar with the championships specifically.

He seems as though he's one of those, and you've touched on it already, that will take your advice, your opinion, your experience on board of just how to navigate what we all know is a really, really tough league.

So how, I suppose, refreshing and enjoyable has that been for you in your role?

clearly vastly experienced you've been a number one different type of role now but in terms of you getting the enjoyment out of the role having someone who does take that on board yeah it's a good point Job I think the main thing for me last summer when I met him was you've got to remember this he's coming to one of the biggest leagues in Europe with his staff he's earned that Dynamo Zagreb they got to the Champions League he's won some trophies

And the club are basically saying, we're going to give you an English coach to work alongside you.

That's the facts of it.

So that's why I talked about the trust element before.

So for me, it was making sure I wasn't just going to be a tick in the box, just a guy in the corner that they'll all speak Croatian.

And then every now and again, they'll get me involved and say, you take a passing drill or you do the warm up or something like that.

So it was making sure that...

There was going to be enough for me in terms of adding my insight and my experiences.

And that's where he's been really open.

The reason he's such a good manager is, like I said before, he allows people to get on with their jobs.

So he'll let the coaches coach.

I normally take the pre-match meetings with the players because he likes the English language and the little intricacies that that can bring tactically.

And he oversees everything and he'll step into a session every now and again.

Some days he'll stay on the side.

But he's just very, very good at just observing things rather than getting right involved in every single sort of micro decision.

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