Tim Walter- opens up on Ivor Pandur’s start at Hull City as he sets down challenge

Pandur, 24, who arrived in January, hadn’t played a single minute of competitive football for City until the opening day of the Championship season and has played in all six league games since.

As the season has progressed, Pandur has looked increasingly confident between the posts, and Walter says his willingness to embrace the competition has been key.

“Yes (I’ve been impressed with his start), but everybody can do it if they are open and if they have the willingness to learn and to learn, especially new things and it’s good to have.

“Ivor has improved and he’s tried to improve himself even more therefore you need the challenge. Without challenge, you can’t improve, and he’s the one who needs it even more and that’s good to see.”

“We have a lot of good goalkeepers, so it’s an open fight every week, and they have to show me that they want to play,” he explained. “That’s good to have because challenge is everything you can have in the training session to improve yourself. If you want to get better, you have to challenge yourself, or you will accept it that you are not good enough and he challenged himself

“We have a lot of games and they can start and everybody can start in our squad because I’m very happy with them, all we have to do is keep working, working, working. It’s good that they have the attitude to work and to learn, and then everybody has the possibility to play.”