IT was clear Hull FC coach Peter Gentle was furious with his side's efforts at Castleford last time out, and no wonder.
"A mile from where we were a month ago" was his description, so what has gone wrong in the last two weeks for Hull FC?
Some defeats are acceptable, like the narrow defeat to Wigan seven games ago, when Hull were unlucky not to beat the league leaders.
However, the performances in the last two outings have left everyone mystified, me included.
Just when Hull look like a top four outfit in the making, they produce a shocker.
Yes, losing in Catalan is no disgrace, but the defeat to Castleford will be difficult for Gentle and everyone to take.
Some of the defence on show from FC was sadly extremely bad, as the middle men were made to look very poor by their hosts' middle, epitomised by the Richard Whiting and Joe Westerman miss on Craig Huby to set up Daryl Clark's try.
Even worse followed as Andy Lynch and Liam Watts both produced some of the softest defence we have seen this year from FC to allow Jonathan Walker to score.
Every member of Hull's big middle men missed Walker, something which to me highlighted the area which needs addressing more than any other ahead of facing Wakefield on Monday.
All in all, it no doubt made for some very interesting video sessions behind closed doors at FC this week.
I'm pretty certain the pack will have copped some stick in the most embarrassing session of the 2013 season so far.
What it highlighted to me was the need for Hull to recruit well in this area next season, and bringing in Mickey Paea from Hull KR, that is assured.
Looking ahead to Monday, and their clash with Richard Agar's Wakefield, should FC tidy up their defence, the middle particularly, then I see no reason why they shouldn't get back to winning ways.
Winning the physical battle – which they have failed to do in their last two games – is key.
If Gentle's men do that, then I expect their quality in the back division to bring a win by a narrow margin of around eight points.
