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Verdict

HULL fans will tell you that their team can always be relied upon to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

See last season for proof as a live play-off chance at Christmas somehow ended in relegation from the Championship.

But even the most world-weary supporter must surely feel that the Tigers, 11 points clear of third-placed Sunderland,

are pretty much home and hosed.

Not this was a cigar job. Anything but. Fleetwood were stubborn foes and, at times, highly creative going forward.

Yet as a team that befits their lofty position, Hull somehow found a way to win after a resurgent second-half display.

Fleetwood left East Yorkshire with honour intact.

The play-offs are probably out of reach, but they could easily become a big player next season on this evidence.