All very true, but also all of it could have been easily forseen and avoided by competent management - something Hull has (with 20/20 hindsight) lacked throughout.

Of course, the Hetheringtons sacking Peter Sharp to install their (inept) godson was devastating stupidity; but that's nepotism for you.

Personally, I consider Pearson doing the same to Peter Gentle in favour of Radford (no nepotism to excuse this one) as almost as bad.

Ignoring 2020 when the season ran to November (and we actually finished OK) our August/September record is

2018 P7 W0 L7
2019 P6 W1 L5
2021 P8 W1 L7
2022 P6 W1 L5
2023 P7 W1 L6

Total P 34 W4 L30

Things that annoy this increasingly grumpy guy are the club booking end of season awards before the playoffs, players being allowed to bring kids onto the pitch before the last home game of the year, and the players seemed to find flights and accomodation at 'last minute' for a trip to Benidorm quite easily last year...the whole culture is wrong.

In contrast Bradford used to be masters at starting averagely then turning into world beaters come summer.

Cripes!!! I knew our results weren't exactly top drawer at the end of recent years, but seeing it in bold black and white makes it all the more stark!!

Can't remember off the top of my head who the 2019 & 21 wins came against? But seem to recall that in the past two years we managed to record home wins against Toulouse (finished bottom and relegated) and Wakefield (ditto). The Wakefield victory last year was then followed by six successive defeats to end 2023 on a bit of a downer.

Seem to recall thinking to myself 12 months ago; things can only get better next year, can't they!!!

As been highlighted by the journalists on a yearly basis since then , truly awful results .