Hull City star Ryan Giles has drawn praise from a manager who knows him well

Hull City star Ryan Giles has been hailed for his exploits in the Premier League by his former boss Rob Edwards.

Few managers know Giles quite as well as Edwards, who first signed the left wing-back on loan for AFC Telford United in 2018.

He later coached Giles at youth level for Wolverhampton Wanderers and then signed him for a reported £5m as Luton Town manager in 2023.

It did not work out for the 26-year-old at Kenilworth Road and departed for a loan spell at Hull midway through Luton’s Premier League campaign. He later penned a permanent deal in East Yorkshire and his Tigers appearance tally now stands at 76.

Hull City's Ryan Giles has made a strong start to the 2026/27 Premier League campaign. | Richard Sellers/PA Wire

placeholder image — Hull City's Ryan Giles has made a strong start to the 2026/27 Premier League campaign. | Richard Sellers/PA Wire

Rob Edwards on Ryan Giles

Alfie Doughty was preferred to Giles at Luton and Edwards delved into the wing-back’s laction of action on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football last night (September 14).

He said: “We were slightly different [to Hull]. They were really good on the counter-attack last season, in getting success. We were different. We would really press teams.

“We would play fast and direct football but we would smother teams and try and keep the ball as far away from our goal as possible, whether the opposition had it or we had it. We would create chances with width, crosses, numbers in the box. They were really good at counter-attacking. It suits Gilo down to the ground.

“That’s why we brought him to the Premier League, his athleticism. The stuff that we’re seeing there, that’s what we were expecting from him. Alfie stepped up and we obviously had the two of them to go to war, toe-to-toe, and almost the best man will play.

“Alfie did great that year and Gilo will have been frustrated he didn’t play as much but he’s matured again, he’s learnt again. [He has] gone to Hull, done really well. Now he’s doing it in the Premier League where he’s always wanted to be. They’re playing to his strengths - he’s really quick.”