The shocking Hull FC stats that highlight huge overhaul needed under Steve McNamara

It’s fair to say that Hull FC have had yet another wasted season with the Black and Whites simply waiting it out until Steve McNamara takes charge this off-season, but recent and season stats show what a huge job he will have on his hands.

There were plenty of suggestions way earlier in the season, shortly after the surprise sacking of John Cartwright, that Hull FC were effectively waiting the season out and were stuck in a ‘holding pattern’.

Club CEO Richie Myler firmly denied that when appearing on Sky Sports but the results have suggested otherwise with Hull FC dropping to 13th in the table this past weekend after they suffered an eighth defeat in nine games.

In fact, they’ve only won twice since John Cartwright was sacked, in the first game under Andy Last’s interim charge as they hammered Castleford, as well as back in mid-June when they beat Huddersfield.

Two wins in ten games compared to Cartwright’s three in nine, which also isn’t an impressive record, highlights why there is such a big overhaul for Steve McNamara.

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What’s gone so wrong at Hull FC?

The impossible 17-point barrier

In their recent run of nine games, of which they have lost eight, the Black and Whites have failed to score more than 16 points on eight occasions and it’s no surprise that they have lost all eight of those games.

Their sole win in this period saw them score 36 against bottom-of-the-table Huddersfield but they have otherwise scored 16 points or less in each and every game.

That’s almost never enough to win a Super League game and yet when their opponents Warrington also scored under 16, Hull FC only managed to score four in the 12-4 loss in round 13.

Ironically, that was one of the club’s strongest performances of late but it only highlighted just how poor their attack is and that has to be Steve McNamara’s big concern.

Limited excuses in the halves

Hull FC do have their fair share of injuries, more than most clubs and that’s likely to do with their own facilities, though that’s an argument for another day.

However, they’ve had their starting half-backs Jake Arthur and Aidan Sezer play 14 and 15 games, respectively, in Super League so far with the duo pairing up on 11 occasions in the league.

Two of those came during John Cartwright’s time in charge with the nine others coming during Andy Last’s stint, with a whopping nine of the eleven matches seeing the Black and Whites score 16 points or under.

Yes, Will Pryce and John Asiata are spine stars who are missing but the facts of the matter are that Hull FC have had their starting halves pairing for the majority of the season and when combining, the club cannot score more than 16 points, just three converted tries, in over 80% of those games.

Scary stats showcase lack of go-forward

Of course, halves alone don’t win you games and that’s where the club’s pack and wingers come into play. On a standard set of six, your wingers will typically take the early carries to help you out of yardage, the pack carry strong as well, and then your halves finish the set.

The problem for the Hull FC halves is the sheer lack of metres being made by the side with Hull FC ranking 12th in Super League for metres made, only ahead of Bradford and Catalans, the latter of whom strangely enough have Charlie Staines, the competition’s leading metre-maker.

However, when you look at the average metres per carry, Hull FC rank dead last and they’re a distance away from 13th with just 6.6 metres for carry, with the majority of the league sat between 6.9 and 7.0, whilst 13th ranks at 6.81.

Errors (193, 3rd most in SL), penalties (124, 2nd most in SL) and missed tackles (1,050, 2nd most in SL) all highlight what else is going wrong at the club with the reality being that Hull FC are an ill-disciplined side waiting for 2027, but whether Steve McNamara can resurrect such a struggling club is another matter.

He will of course have Will Pryce and John Asiata back, as well as expected signing Bailey Hodgson, whilst the injuries of 2026 will generally be behind the club but there are fundamental and basic issues at Hull FC and one pre-season surely will not fix that.