Juande Ramos' job was hanging by a thread after Tottenham's season went from bad to worse with yet another abject home defeat.

A brilliant first-half free-kick from Brazilian Geovanni did the damage to continue Hull's brilliant arrival in the top flight for the first time in their history.

Hull's wonderful start has now taken them to third place in the league table but of more immediate relevance was Tottenham's third home league defeat of the season which left them stranded rock bottom of the Premier League with just two points and had Hull fans revelling in their misery.

"You're getting sacked in the morning," they chanted as Ramos stood in statuesque silence on the touchline on a day which had begun with reports linking Terry Venables with a return to Spurs.

No confidence. No organisation. And precious little idea where the next league goal is coming from. It is difficult to see how the Tottenham crisis can be turned around without a change in the managerial team.

To add to the woes of Ramos striker Roman Pavlyuchenko limped off in the first half. Life at the Lane could hardly be more depressing.

By contrast Hull manager Phil Brown is in dreamland. His side have now garnered 14 points from their first seven matches in the top flight, which includes the three points from their visit to Arsenal last weekend.

They are playing with vigour and belief and have brought a breath of fresh air to a Premier League dominated by the same old names.

As it was Spurs could not have got off to a worse start. They might have gone behind after three minutes when a mistake by central defender Jonathan Woodgate left Geovanni in space eight yards from goal with just goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes to beat.

The Brazilian blasted the ball wildly over the bar.

Five minutes later, however, Geovanni showed just why he has been an integral part of Hull's wonderful start.

He lined up a free-kick 25 yards out and this time sent the ball swirling over the wall and into the top corner of the Tottenham net with Gomes rooted to his spot. It was a goal of real quality.

And it prompted euphoria blended with a spot of cruel fun and those `sack' chants from the Hull travelling faithful.

You could not fault Tottenham for effort. They poured forward in search of an equaliser but it is not work ethic they are lacking. It is organisation and creativity and the goals which disappeared when Spurs sold Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane in the summer.

Ramos will have cursed his luck when he saw Gareth Bale's swinging free kick touched on to the bar by Hull goalkeeper Boaz Myhill and when Woodgate swung a left-foot and also rattled the Hull woodwork.

But, in truth, it was Hull who dominated the attacking exchanges and always looked the more dangerous and penetrative.

And they could easily have extended their lead when Dean Marney spun on a pass on the edge of the penalty area and crashed a thunderous shot against the foot of a post only to see it rebound to safety.

The departure of a limping Pavlyuchenko did not help the cause and his replacement Darren Bent struggled to make an impact.

But in truth the Tottenham malaise goes far deeper than a change of strikers.

David Bentley was thrown on to try to inject some life into his struggling side and Luka Modric went close on a couple of occasions.

But Hull were worthy winners and while Tottenham claimed they should have had a penalty in the dying minutes when George Boateng appeared to bring down Campbell this time referee Rob Styles, who apologised for wrongly giving Manchester United a penalty against Bolton last weekend, was right to wave away the appeals.

It left Hull basking in a position above Arsenal in third place in the Premier League.

Fantasy land for them. Abject misery for Tottenham.