Phil Brown believes Hull City's Richard Garcia can get better and better after a memorable week for the Australian.
Garcia made his international debut against South Africa in midweek and followed that up with City`s equaliser in the 1-1 draw at Blackburn Rovers.
He was a key figure in the battle against Rovers' physical midfield, and Brown said: "Richard has come on leaps and bounds since he joined us.
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"He had to sort of take a step down from West Ham to Colchester to go back up, and he's proved he can do that.
"It was a tough decision to leave Nicky Barmby out from last week because he did a good hour's work against Fulham. But Nicky is a million per cent behind what we're trying to achieve at Hull, and he fully understood we needed to be physical against the combative midfield that Blackburn possess.
"Richard can do that - he can mix it and he can play - and he played his part in a good performance both defensively and with the ball."
