Hull FC talking points: Attitude questioned, club DNA issue and season slipping away

Hull FC suffered their biggest defeat of the Brett Hodgson reign, losing 16-62 to Leeds Rhinos on Saturday afternoon. The Black and Whites conceded eleven tries in total, and are now left clinging onto a Super League play-off position.

Here Hull Live looks at the talking points.

Leaking 62 points, these sort of defeats were supposed to be a thing of the past, but instead they opened up some old wounds as Hull were humiliated by a Leeds team who have struggled for form and results all season. It was a dreadful loss for the Black and Whites who looked rudderless mid-way through the second half to concede a whopping forty points in the final quarter or so of the game.

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A cause for concern, the way they rolled over was really worrying. It was shades of the final days under Lee Radford, the sort of performance that threw the old head coach under a bus. It's not hard to fathom then why the fans are hurting after that one, to why the new coach is hurting, and presumably the players, too.

They don't go out to get pummelled like that, but the alarm bells are ringing now with Hull's old and familiar soft underbelly returning with some pitiful tackle attempts. There was a real lack of defensive intent in Hull and the way Leeds scored their tries was far too easy. The Rhinos, who obviously deserve some credit, toyed with Hull. They completely and utterly humiliated them and right now with ten games of the season still to play, it looks like a long way back. Yet if one thing is to be learned from the Radford era, it was to expect the unexpected. You all know the clichés, and Dr Jekyll will be back soon.

Brett Hodgson only spoke briefly about both