Black and Whites pay price for slow start and sloppy display

JOHN Cartwright put a sloppy account with the ball down as the catalyst for Hull FC's 24-10 defeat at Warrington Wolves - with the head coach conceding that he doesn't have an answer to why his side keeps producing error-strewn performances.

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The Black and Whites completed at just over 50%, one of their worst returns this year, and that paved the way for their seventh league defeat of the season.

Warrington built the ascendancy on the back of those errors, with the hosts undoubtedly deserving winners.

Keeping their own play-off chase alive, the Wire were comfortably the better team, pulling away at the start of each half. Hull fought back before half-time and certainly made a fist of it at the break, but they couldn't do so again in the second half.

For Cartwright, there are still answers to be found, with his side making too many errors, even if their effort and resilience are not in doubt, absorbing countless pressure in the second half.

He said: "There were just too many errors, simple errors - and especially coming out of our end.