Sone Aluko admits Hull City may have taken their eye off the ball this season.

The Tigers have struggled to get themselves away from the dropzone.

"It's a tough league and we're not a surprise package any more," Aluko told the Hull Daily Mal.

"Teams come knowing that we'll give them a good game, unlike last year when people thought we were just going to go down and get relegated. They sometimes thought all they had to do was turn up against Hull.

"Now, the season we had last year, with the FA Cup final, we're a well-respected team so that might have changed things.