Maloney backs Silva intensity to pull Hull through

Shaun Maloney is convinced that Marco Silva has the intensity required to keep Hull City in the Premier League.

The 34-year-old Scotsman started his first league game since Silva took over during a 1-1 draw with Burnley on Saturday and has been impressed by Silva’s influence.

Silva was appointed on January 5 and though City are still in the relegation places, they are a point away from 16th and three from 15th following impressive wins over Liverpool and Bournemouth.

And the experienced Maloney believes Silva is making all the right noises in the quest to avoid relegation.

“I think just overall, from the last six to eight weeks since the manger came in, there’s just been a massive turnaround among the squad and the supporters,” Maloney said.

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“There’s an intensity about the manager, every day in training. There’s a feeling of optimism. We do believe we can stay in this league.

“We’ll go through what we didn’t do right (against Burnley). I think he was pretty disappointed with parts of the game, as we all were.

“It was a pretty scrappy game on Saturday which neither side really controlled at any stage. We didn’t play as well as we would’ve hoped and in the end I think the draw was probably the fair result.

“We’ll obviously have to improve on Saturday’s performance against Burnley going forward, but we’ve got that optimism and the feeling amongst the squad is that we can do it.”