Brown hails terrific Turner

30th November 2008

Hull boss Phil Brown hailed the composure of centre-back Michael Turnerafter he dealt admirably with the physical presence of Stoke in the 1-1 draw on Saturday.

Rory Delap`s trademark long-throws were repelled time and again by the Yorkshire club's defence, marshalled superbly by the highly-rated Turner, and Brown had nothing but praise for Turner.

"He has been concussed for the last three days and on tablets," revealed Brown. "For a 6ft 4ins centre-half to be under that much pressure coming to Stoke is a slight worry of mine but he headed everything.

"I thought he was fantastic. When you ask about Michael Turner for England, that was an England performance.

"We stood up to everything that was thrown into the box, crash helmets, whatever you want to call it and I was very proud of my defenders.

"We should have come away with a clean sheet but for a dubious decision."