Brown and Duffen celebrate after Hull's promotion to the Premier League
Hull City chairman Paul Duffen has backed boss Phil Brown to build on the Tigers' impressive start to the season.
Newly promoted City are third in the Premier League table after back-to-back wins at Arsenal and Tottenham.
And Duffen told BBC Radio 5 Live: "The good thing is there is nothing about our tactics that can be sussed out.
"Phil has proved himself to be a tactical magician. He outmanoeuvred Arsene Wenger at the Emirates Stadium and not many have done that."
Duffen, who took control of the Tigers in June 2007, feels Hull deserve more plaudits for their achievements, which included a win at Newcastle as well as at the Emirates and White Hart Lane.
"We have had three fantastic away wins so far this season," he explained.
"But after the Newcastle game the reportage was dominated by the mess that Newcastle are in rather than giving us credit for the victory.
"At Arsenal last week there was some sort of implication that because they had been beaten by Hull that it was humiliation for Arsenal.
"Similarly, on Sunday, we go and beat Spurs and the news is all about Spurs' problems.
"But in some ways we quite like that because as long as we are off the radar we will keep surprising people."
Off the field too, Duffen feels that everything is in place at the KC Stadium for the Tigers to maintain their form.
"It's been a great start to the campaign and we are immensely proud of Phil and the boys," he added. "We have got a momentum at the club.
"We are not going to get ahead of ourselves but we are certainly going to enjoy it while we are up there.
"We have got a wonderful atmosphere at the club and a great team of people.
"Everyone is facing in the same direction and I don't think there is any limit to what we can achieve as long as we can keep that on the go."
If someone had said to me a fortnight ago that we would win at the Emirates and White Hart Lane, I would have thought they were talking crazy stuff
Hull manager Phil Brown
Brown, who steered Hull to promotion via the play-offs last season, puts his side's good form down to hard work.
"We have stuck to our gameplan to the letter," Brown told BBC Sport. "I've got some good loyal players who are willing to fight and die for the cause and, if you've got that as a manager, then you are a happy man.
"Our gameplan is 'we play, they don't play' - if possible.
"We employed that in the Championship too and it was a little bit easier to do - there are some good players out there in the Premier League.
"But if someone had said to me a fortnight ago that we would win at the Emirates and White Hart Lane, I would have thought they were talking crazy stuff.
"Would I have settled for three points between the two games? The answer's yes.
"We would have settled for four points, and I might have been dreaming but six points certainly is in dreamland and it is down to the players."
A spectacular Geovanni free-kick secured victory against Spurs but Brown feels their graft was just as important.
"The win was down to some Brazilian quality and some resilient quality as well - the resilience of the team, their togetherness. They are fighting for each other, running for each other."
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