Quote: Tony Fax "The effort was there, they bust a gut to get over the line near the end, but the execution was poor, like a rudderless ship. Eg trying to acrobat in the corner on the first tackle from a scrum 10 yards from the Widnes line. I thought we had them at half time, it just needed composure which just wasn't there in the 2nd half, just headless chicken stuff with the biggest threat coming from darts by AOB at the PTBs. All very frustrating against a very ordinary Widnes who had no stand out quality.
The irony about the defeat is that Widnes have now got a sniff of the top 6 and could do us a favour by beating Batley (whose form is worse than ours - must be the 1895 cup hangover!) and London in the next couple of weeks. All is not lost.
Grix didn't seem to hang around after the match ...... he was in the Vocation in town within an hour of the final hooter, not that it means much I suppose. Just saying.'"
Let's hope his beer wasn't as hazy as his tactics! Yet again it was a game there for the taking and for a host of reasons we weren't up to it. Widnes were poor and I bet they couldn't quite believe it going back down the M62. Surely after the 2nd try down our left SG should have changed it but no, we concede a third identical try and even though we somehow levelled it by half time we never really looked like taking control. It is so frustrating as we all know this squad should be doing a whole lot better. Finally, it would be good if SG was asked directly in his after match interview why Tom Inman isn't playing.