Holden will come up against his old club when two of the Championship’s in-form teams meet in East Yorkshire
Dean Holden says there will be no surprise when Hull City come up against his former club, Charlton Athletic, and boss Nathan Jones on Saturday.
Both teams are in electric form and sit on 18 points with the Addicks fifth in the Championship in their first season back, while the Tigers are two places back, but the pair are separated only by goal difference.
While City were beating Leicester City at the MKM Stadium on Tuesday night, Charlton, skippered by ex-Tigers promotion hero Greg Docherty, stunned Ipswich Town with a 3-0 win at Portman Road.
City made it three straight wins after successes over Sheffield United and Birmingham City before a 2-1 success over the Foxes, their fourth home win of the season so far.
Though much of the media interest has surrounded Blues and Wrexham following their promotions from League One, Charlton have impressed the most, and Holden is aware of their threat.
They seem to be, don’t they? It’s up to us to keep that going now. There’s not much turnaround before the weekend. We’ve got one prep day to get ready for a totally different game against Charlton. We know what type of energy and direct style at times under Nathan, and everybody knows the way Nathan’s teams are going to play, so we know we’ve got a totally different game to prepare for at the weekend, but the training ground will be rocking over the next couple of days and and we need to keep that going.”
Now assistant boss to Sergej Jakirovic at the MKM Stadium, Holden spent a short spell at The Valley, joining in December 2022 and seeing him steer the club away from relegation before losing his job early in the following season, and praised the club’s supporters for their backing as he prepares to come up against them once more.
“It’s a fantastic football club, I loved my time there,” Holden told Hull Live. “It should have gone on for longer, but for other reasons I won’t go into (it didn’t), but the crowd really got behind me there, I felt the love and support from them, and it’ll be nice to see them on Saturday.”
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