Earlier in the day I had been in a discussion with someone connected with the club and expressed that I feared for us later.
My mindset was that we had the high of the Nou Camp and the high of Anfield, and that it might be a big ask for a Dragons side famed for its mental fragility to do it for a third match in a row.
Sadly I was proved right and despite a small revival after Hull's fast start, they raced away towards the end and embarrassed the Dragons.
We can talk about the holders wanting to make an impression on the league this season, but the facts were that two inconsistent sides played each other and fair play to Hull, they got it together better on the night.
Its a really sad end to our defence of the cup, but we have plenty of previous of getting hammered in Hull and until we get this away form sorted out, dreams of any sort of trophy are irrelevant.
Still, could be worse... could be Warrington next ! Gulp.
Hull FC (12) 51
T : Jake Connor, Bureta Faraimo, Sika Manu, Ratu Naulago 2, Albert Kelly, Jamie Shaul, Danny Houghton
G : Marc Sneyd 9
DG : Marc Sneyd
Catalans Dragons (8) 8
T : Lewis Tierney 2
G :
DG :