Brazilian Geovanni scored a brilliant 25-yard first-half free-kick to record a 1-0 win for the newly-promoted Tigers at White Hart Lane which sent Phil Brown's side to the dizzy heights of third place in the Premier League - and consigned Spurs to their worst start for 96 years.

But Ramos was confident that if his players kept playing the same way, they would start to climb the table.

He said: "The attitude of the players is very positive.

"In training and working and speaking with the players, my feeling is that they want to finish this situation quickly. But when you don't score goals it is not easy to win."

When asked if he would consider resigning, Ramos said: "This is my job, my work. It is the same whether we win or lose."

The Spaniard admitted that the club's problems centred on their lack of strikers after Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane were sold.

It was a situation which got worse when Roman Pavlyuchenko limped off in the first half with an ankle injury which will undergo a scan tomorrow.

But Ramos refused to take the blame totally for a situation which has left Spurs with two strikers in Pavlyuchenko and Darren Bent who they admit cannot play together.

Ramos, who admitted the decision over his future at White Hart Lane was not up to him, said: "The position of the striker is the most weak. It is the decision of the club, all the people are responsible for the good and the bad.

"The players had a big effort and a good attitude and this is the way to change the situation. The best match for us this season has been against Chelsea - some things are impossible to explain."

Ramos, however, received support from Brown who admitted he had sympathy for the plight of Spurs.

Brown said: "I've got sympathy for Juande Ramos but there have got to be winners and losers.

"Once they get that win under their belt the shackles will come off. Only the players can get them out of their trouble."

But while Jonathan Woodgate struck a post and Gareth Bale forced Hull goalkeeper Boaz Myhill to tip a swinging free-kick on to the crossbar, Spurs, despite dominating possession, rarely looked like earning their first league victory.

Hull could easily argue they should have won more convincingly considering Dean Marney also struck the foot of a post with a thunderous strike.

Brown, whose side have now beaten Arsenal and Tottenham in the capital this season, said: "Tottenham might have had 23 shots but the best chances fell to Hull City.

"My hardest job after last week was to keep their feet firmly on the ground and make sure that they weren't over-confident."

Brown, who has garnered 14 points from seven games in the top flight, admitted his side were ahead of their points target - but only just.

He said: "We're about three points ahead of our points tally because we didn't expect to beat Arsenal at the Emirates. We are ahead of schedule. It is dreamland."

Brown's team also recorded their first clean sheet of the season at Tottenham, but the manager realises things will not always be so easy.

He said: "We will have lows and our response to those lows is the key factor. But we defended manfully again and kept our work rate high. I love 1-0 wins. As a defensive coach they are fantastic to see."

The win took Brown's Hull side to third in the Premier League, above the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United.

And Brown revealed: "I've never looked at the league table since the start of the season, now I'll have to start looking."