Hull City manager Steve Bruce has lavished praise on fellow Premier League club Stoke City ahead of their match on Sunday.
Bruce has claiming that the Potters' consistency in the top flight is something that he wishes to emulate.
The Tigers were promoted alongside Stoke 2008, but while the Lancashire side were subsequently relegated two years later, the Staffordshire outfit have remained in the Premier League until this day.
"This club went up with Stoke in 2008, and they've been there ever since," Bruce told the Tigers' official website.
"That shows how they've progressed and what they've done in those years. That has to be my aim, to copy something like Stoke.
"They have a nucleus of some very good players. Mark Hughes is changing the way they want to play and they are a good side."
Hull were promoted back into the Premier League in 2013, and have since reached the FA Cup final and played in the Europa League.
