Hull City: The Sleeping Tiger Of The Premiership?

Hull City A.F.C are certainly something. The Tigers, who defeated Tottenham on Sunday, moved into the third place spot in the table ahead of Arsenal. They are also only three points behind both Liverpool and Chelsea (lets not discuss the goal differential, though).

For a team that has spent most of its existance in lower league play, something has happened to the Yorkshire team that now sits in one of the coveted top four spots in the table.

The Tigers will likely collect six points from their next two games, West Ham and West Brom, before facing two giants in the form of Chelsea and Manchester United. After those games though, Hull face a rather lackluster November. Dealing with Manchester United and Chelsea might be the toughest thing they face prior to the New Year and the open transfer market.

While it is still early in the season, there is a reasonable chance that Hull will not see relegation troubles come May. While it is unlikely that they will net a top four spot once the season is over, it is a reasonable assumption that they will finish free from relegation worries.

When looking over the results from the league, talk about Hull and Tottenham focused around Spurs boss, Juande Ramos and how his time at White Heart Lane may be coming to a close. No one, however, is focusing on the great things that Hull are doing.

Usually when a team gets promoted, they end up near the bottom of the table for the season. The field trip into the Premiership usually ends when the lads realize that they aren't quite ready for the big boys. However, they return with some knowledge on how to get theirselves back and maybe do a bit better the next time around.

The current campaign for Hull represents the highest position that they've had in English football ever. They haven't done the league hoping game that other tier two teams have. Yet, they are heading through the league with a full tank of steam.

Coming off of two losses at the end of August, the Tigers have tied or defeated their last four opponents, including top four regular Arsenal. And with two seemingly easy fixtures in the coming weeks there is further fuel to fill the engine that is powering them right now.

Everyone loves and underdog and Hull represents that. A team that has clawed its way into the top flight and is taking teams on and winning. You can argue that the win over Newcastle was because of the managerial crisis but all that does is overshadow the fact that Hull are playing in top form and may serve as the element that shakes the Premiership up just enough this season to see a shift in the top four and the subsequent spots in the table.