Hull booked their place in the Premiership with a 1-0 win over Bristol City with veteran striker Dean Windass firing the winner with a fine first half volley. Windass and his team-mates now join the fantasy roster for next season and deservedly so, but there’s no doubt that manager Phil Brown will have to do some pretty shrewd shopping to give himself a chance of survival next term.

Brown will look to draw inspiration and even a strategic blueprint from his time as assistant to Sam Allardyce at Bolton. Clearly he has a gameplan based on Bolton’s methods of survival following their promotion in 2001…

“I am planning meticulously for survival in the Premier League and I have a ready-made plan from my time at Bolton Wanderers. That is the model that we will copy,” remarked the Hull City boss. If that “model” extends to actual match tactics we can expect a tight defence, plenty of set-pieces and a big centre-forward – maybe even Windass.

Despite Brown stressing that he’ll hand the players that earned him promotion the opportunities in the Premiership, an array of signings are inevitable with Windass’ strike partner, Frazier Campbell, top of the shopping list. Campbell, who notched 14 goals in 34 starts, is currently on loan at Hull from Man United and Brown is hoping that he’ll now be able to make the move permanent.

‘It is obvious that he is a talent and we want to keep him and I would have thought that we had the money to buy him now but that is not my decision”, Brown revealed.

Campbell aside, there’s little to excite fantasy managers in the Hull squad right now, except perhaps the likes of Michael Turner and a defence that ranked second overall in the Championship this season. Stay tuned though, I’ll be watching all the comings and goings at the promoted sides and reporting on their players and prospects in the weeks ahead once the transfer merry-go-round gains momentum.