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Sergej Jakirovic commented on the state of the squad for Hull City. The tenacious Tigers defeated Manchester United 2-0 on the opening matchday, then kept a second successive clean sheet as they beat Coventry City 1-0 last weekend. They finished Saturday evening in second spot in the standings, and their prospects of survival have received a significant boost. ·'We have good competition' Now, the team also can call on the strength of a larger squad. They bought six players on deadline day, including a £22 million deal for midfielder Tim Iroegbunam from Everton. The boss understands that his side need the quantity and quality to compete across the campaign, embracing the arrivals. "[The window is] finally finished, thank god! Now we can concentrate on our job. I am pleased because we worked hard this last two months, a lot of calls, a lot of negotiations with players. "We had always our plan to bring quality that we can improve our team but don't forget also we lost 12 players from last season, so we needed these players. They [also have] very good potential, young, what we are looking for, hunger, ambitious, [we] try to improve them and, in the future, I think they will be a great benefit for our club. ·Two players in every position "For me this is excellent because we have good competition. We have in every position, at least two players. You know how difficult a season is, we [have] already lost some players because of injuries so we will try always to put the best 11, but no matter who will start in the game it is very important for me who will finish the game... so that we have options there, we can change our shape also, system, also they can bring quality for every head coach it's a good situation."