Bruce's joy at Hull City's crucial win over Burnley
STEVE Bruce praised his Hull City side for rediscovering their resilient best after climbing back up to second in the Championship with a valuable 1-0 victory at Burnley.
Stephen Quinn's 66th-minute strike was the one moment of magic to settle a dour battle at Turf Moor as the Tigers dug deep to grind out a precious win in the race for the Premier League.
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Stephen Quinn celebrates with his Hull City teammates
Bruce admitted damaging back-to-back away defeats at Bolton and Crystal Palace had required his side to return to the basics on a snowy night in Lancashire, and he was delighted with the gritty response shown to a live television audience.
"You can talk about game plans and all the rest of it but I told my players that they are the ones who make it happen," said Bruce.
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"We wanted to make sure there was a determination about us not to concede and we reminded a few of what their jobs are. We needed reminding of what we're all about and we showed that again.
"It was never going to be pretty on that sort of night, it was a horrible hard evening.
"But if you're going to be successful and win leagues, you've got to come to these places and perform like we did.
"I'm sure the Sky viewers were considering switching over to the History Channel. I was certainly ready to!
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"But seriously, it was a great result and puts us in a great frame of mind going into the weekend."
A tight fixture's defining moment came as Bruce introduced substitutes Robert Koren and Jay Simpson midway through the second half.
Within a minute the pair came together to set up Quinn's winner from the edge of the box and Bruce admitted his attacking gamble paid off.
He added: "We put our attacking players on trying to win the match. I didn't think it would happen within 40 seconds but there you go. We won it with the only bit of quality on the night.
"When you've got the players we've got, you know you're always going to be capable of creating something."
After watching Watford, Crystal Palace and Leicester all fail to win home games at the weekend, City made the most of the situation by ending a run of three consecutive away defeats and seven losses against bogey side Burnley.
Up to second and two points better off than third-placed Watford, the Tigers are just three points behind Cardiff, who host Leicester in one of their two games in hand tonight.
City will turn their attentions to facing in-form Nottingham Forest at the KC Stadium this weekend and Bruce is relishing the prospect of seeing his side's unfaltering challenge climax.
"Like everyone else, I asked whether or not we could take advantage," he said.
"The tickly bit will start after this weekend and that's when you'll see all sorts of shenanigans happening.
"It's a crazy league where there's nothing much between top and bottom but we've given ourselves a great chance with nine games to go, five of those at home. The Watford game (April 2) will be a great one."
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by stantheman
Wednesday, March 13 2013, 9:31PM
“Re; tiggerjack.
Agree with most of your post and credit for going to turf moor. Been there several times to watch the Tigers, one win, four defeats. The balloting of away tickets for Citys first season in the Premier League was a huge mistake by the club. Loyalty was thrown out of the window and if I were the club today I would write to all those who demanded and got tickets for the big away games and haven't bought a ticket since (the club have the records) and remind them unless they don't support the club now in the next nine matches then they will be at the end of the queue for away tickets if it happens again.
There were spare tickets at several games in the second Premiership season by the way and I'm surprised you 'never got a look in'”
by stantheman
Wednesday, March 13 2013, 9:30PM
“tiggerjack.
Agree with most of your post and credit for going to turf moor. Been there several times to watch the Tigers, one win, four defeats. The balloting of away tickets for Citys first season in the Premier League was a huge mistake by the club. Loyalty was thrown out of the window and if I were the club today I would write to all those who demanded and got tickets for the big away games and haven't bought a ticket since (the club have the records) and remind them unless they don't support the club now in the next nine matches then they will be at the end of the queue for away tickets if it happens again.
There were spare tickets at several games in the second Premiership season by the way and I'm surprised you 'never got a look in'”
by stantheman
Wednesday, March 13 2013, 9:30PM
“tiggerjack.
Agree with most of your post and credit for going to turf moor. Been there several times to watch the Tigers, one win, four defeats. The balloting of away tickets for Citys first season in the Premier League was a huge mistake by the club. Loyalty was thrown out of the window and if I were the club today I would write to all those who demanded and got tickets for the big away games and haven't bought a ticket since (the club have the records) and remind them unless they don't support the club now in the next nine matches then they will be at the end of the queue for away tickets if it happens again.
There were spare tickets at several games in the second Premiership season by the way and I'm surprised you 'never got a look in'”
by CockneyTiger
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 11:34PM
“That should read 10.00 pm April the 2nd.”
by CockneyTiger
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 11:33PM
“That's 10.00 pm April the 2nd.”
by CockneyTiger
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 11:33PM
“That's 10.00 pm April the 2nd.”
by CockneyTiger
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 11:18PM
“Bad result, but not crucial Cardiff are wobbling. Not worried about Leicester. We will be top or joint top by April the 2nd.”
by steve64
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 11:01PM
“I can't quite decide if the injury time equaliser for Cardiff tonight was a good result for us or not. At least it keeps Leicester probably too far back to worry us whilst still keeping the pressure on Cardiff, who really didn't seem to deserve anything from the game. 3 points against Forest on Saturday (please Boyd score the winner & put some comedy NHS glasses on in the celebration!)& I'm sure Cardiff will crumble. UTT”
by steve64
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 10:56PM
“I can't quite decide if the injury time equaliser for Cardiff tonight was a good result for us or not. At least it keeps Leicester probably too far back to worry us whilst still keeping the pressure on Cardiff, who really didn't seem to deserve anything from the game. 3 points against Forest on Saturday (please Boyd score the winner & put some comedy NHS glasses on in the celebration!)& I'm sure Cardiff will crumble. UTT”
by BazBeverley
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 3:24PM
“About time the part-time supporters started to return and pretend they've been going all season. I can well envisage some complaining they can't get a season card next season if we are promoted. Still can't understand the mentality of some who say the game was boring last night. It''s never boring when you win!”