George Boyd believes boss Steve Bruce's willingness to involve his promotion-winning squad has been a major factor in their positive start to the Premier League campaign. The Tigers are the best-placed side of the three who emerged from the Championship last season after 10 matches, sitting 10th with 14 points.
"You do find that in the Premier League they (managers) do forget about the people who got them up and bring loads of new players in," he said.
"But the gaffer has done well to keep everyone happy and everyone has got their opportunity to play their part and prove they can play at this level so far.
"It was frustrating not playing at the start of the season, but the boys were doing really well and the gaffer has done really well with that, saying to us 'be patient, you'll get your chance and when you do, take it'.
"That's his man management skills to a tee. We've got a really tight-knit group and to keep everyone feeling involved even when they're not on the pitch has been brilliant.
"A few of us who have been patient have got our chance lately and taken it with both hands.
"Obviously you're not used to it when you've come from the lower leagues and you're used to playing every week like I did at Peterborough and when I came to Hull.
"But the top clubs in this division are the same, they use their squads and a few of us have got to get used to not playing every single week."
