{"id":600031,"date":"2026-05-23T16:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/600031\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T16:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:10:12","slug":"pundits-deep-dive-hull-fc-and-their-entire-broken-system-with-worst-yet-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/600031\/","title":{"rendered":"Pundits deep dive Hull FC and their \u2018entire broken system\u2019 with worst yet to come"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The worst could be yet to come for Hull FC in the eyes of Sam Tomkins with the former Man of Steel winner tipping the Black and Whites to continue to slide down the Super League table.<\/p>\n

After watching Hull\u2019s 42-6 loss to Leigh Leopards<\/a>, Tomkins and Jon Wilkin cast their eye on the situation at the club with both concluding that the problems go far beyond interim coach Andy Last.<\/p>\n

On Sky Sports, Hull-born Wilkin said: \u201cI think the club has got so much development to do and I think one thing that is absolutely crystal clear is that the problem at Hull FC is bigger than a 12-month recruitment cycle.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s bigger than a training ground, it\u2019s bigger than a lot of the issues, their coach, they\u2019ve got bigger issues and it\u2019s multi-layered issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those listed issues of recruitment, a training ground, and a coach were things that club CEO Richie Myler had spoken about pre-match<\/a> as he revealed that the club was like \u2018Pandora\u2019s Box\u2019 in respect to the fact more issues are being discovered continually.<\/p>\n

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For Tomkins, one thing was clear and that was the fact that Andy Last was not the problem, with the pundit offering sympathy for his former England colleague.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI think you\u2019ve got to have some sympathy for Andy Last as well. He got thrown into this job in a horrible situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got a squad full of injuries, fans who are unhappy the coach is gone, a playing group that made it really clear that they weren\u2019t happy, then Andy Last gets put front and centre and told to do something with this team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Things aren\u2019t expected to get better for Last or Hull FC though as their upcoming five fixtures see them take on four clubs in the top six, a run that Jon Wilkin described as \u2018alarming\u2019.<\/p>\n

Both men confidently wrote the club out play-off contention, with Tomkins assessing: \u201cI think they\u2019re too far away now and I think they\u2019re only going to go lower.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s going to be some young lads play this year, who won\u2019t have expected to play, get a bit more game time which should stand them in good stead for next year and the year after. I think that\u2019s all that Andy Last can get from this because I don\u2019t think he can turn that group into a top six side.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilkin agreed, pointing to the fact that Hull FC is an \u2018entire broken system\u2019 that will need both more money and more time than expected to fix it up.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cLike I said, I think it\u2019s a multi-layered problem for Hull FC. John Cartwright leaving wasn\u2019t the answer, he wasn\u2019t the problem. I think the training facilities aren\u2019t the problem, it\u2019s an entire broken system problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was financially nearly in ruin, as Richie Myler articulated before the game, and whenever you got into a project like this, it always costs more money and takes more time than you thought and I imagine that\u2019s exactly where Richie Myler and Andrew Thirkill\u2019s head is at right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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