Only pre-season but sadly I thought that was a very worrying performance from Hull. As I've said previously when on this board Hull are my second team and I want them to do well but it looks another tough year. A pretty good opening 20 led by some fresh, powerful forwards but a lack of direction in attack and too many losses of concentration. Wigan were very poor with the ball in the first half - French looked particularly sluggish. But in the second half, Wigan's depth and superior fitness clearly told and the way Hull fell away would have to be concerning.
Brown looks quality but Hull in this game looked to have similar problems to recent years - a lack of resilience when things start to go wrong, lack of concentration and discipline, limited squad depth and now with Clifford gone there's no clear organiser in the team.
