'We have to be realistic'published at 17:15 British Summer Time 20 August 2016
Swansea 0-2 Hull
Hull caretaker boss Mike Phelan: "We still are short on numbers and have to be realistic. It was a tremendous performance and the character of the group has been brilliant from day one.
"The difficulty to come here was to see if we could go after them or contain them. The players stuck to their task and we created more chances than them.
"You have to take credit sometimes. We only have 13 senior players fit and it was an opportunity to get Shaun Maloney out there and it was a bit of a gamble. It paid off, especially for him.
"There are two sides to a game of football, in and out of possession. We knew what Swansea would do with the ball and it was about conserving energy.
"We wanted to get to 75 minutes and kick on form there, it worked really well.
"There have been disturbances and upheaval at the club but the players have seen through that and been professional. It is only two games and there is a long way to go.
"Hopefully we will be doing some business in the next week, we have to."