WOLVES boss Darryl Van de Velde is a hard man to please.

His side overcame constantly infuriating spoiling tactics employed by a physical Hull side to record another important victory as their play-off push gathers momentum.

But the win still left a slight sour taste in the mouth of the coach, who had planned a points avalanche to boost their hopes of a top five place.

He said: "I thought it was a scrappy game but we controlled it for large periods and deserved the win.

"I was really hoping we could improve our points difference with a big win because we are quite a bit behind the other sides in that department.

"The Wigan result was a bit of a blow. I didn't predict Gateshead winning that one."

But he admitted it was not all doom and gloom after another tricky hurdle was cleared.

"We can't concern ourselves with how the other clubs are doing. Our destiny is in our own hands and we just have to keep winning to keep the pressure on for a top five spot," he said.

"We have done that and we have another two points in the bag so I'm quite pleased.

"But we made a lot of handling errors which couldn't all be put down to the wet conditions. We lost our concentration at times and took some wrong options."

In a game that saw four players sent to the sin bin, indiscipline was also singled out as a disappointing aspect, specially after Toa Kohe-Love's confrontation with Craig Poucher which then involved several players.

Van de Velde said: "I thought Toa was very naive in the way he reacted. He was being given a lot of stick and retaliated by lashing out.

"He's a big name player so he will always get singled out for special attention but he has to learn that he can't just react physically every time."

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