Yes of course this was a big disappointment but as has been said the team selected was good enough and had a 30-8 point lead with 20 minutes to go and substitutions should not have effected the result. I have listened to Mac's after match interview and you can tell he was livid with certain players and said they will be held to account.

I didn't go to the game so my comments have to be taken in that context. However we did leak points down our left flank and on viewing the highlights VT Handley looked the rookie centre that he is defensively. Also in the second half Bailey looked defensively soft for a couple of tries.

It will be interesting to see who makes the bench for Wembley. Achurch attacking ability may have won him a place

Som fair points there Printer and from what is being said McDermott is not a happy man with some of the individuals yesterday.
I agree we should have had enough experience to beat a poor London side and some of the more experienced players have once again shown themselves up.
It might also highlight how poor some of the youngsters are this time around.
Like many have said we are bang in trouble when we lose Sinfield and JP.
Really can`t understand why we were tempted to flog Aiton without a decent back up hooker on the park.
Roll on Saturday.

The attitude was all wrong, and you could see it from the stands. Even when we were 36-26 up, i remember saying to my mate that we had lost the game. They were opening us up at will by then, and nobody was talking or taking leadership. I think we will come to regret the 4 dropped points against the relegated teams.

Still waiting for someone to utter a word of praise for London........

32 tackles with 1 miss. You're the one who sets great store on stats, when it suits you.

Who are you on about Handley or Bailey mate? Because there is no way Handley only missed one tackle, I counted at least 5.

Bailey. Handley's down as missing 6 and even from the highlights you can see he had a mare. Not sure you could say same about Bailey unless watching with an agenda.

Calm down izzy. Bailey made 32 tackles and 13 carries so obviously put in some decent work. However if you care to read my comment and then view the VT you will see that he looked to have run out of gas as he never even tried to get into a position to make a tackle or even a missed one on two occasions when they scored. As I said my comments were made only on seeing the VT and hearing Mac's comments.

My comment regarding Handley was valid too as although he made 26 tackles he also missed 7 (not 6)

Without seeing the game we have no idea whether it was missed tackles that cost us. I suspect it was lazy play which meant no tackle at all. (see my above bailey comment)

We all have access to the store of stats. It is how you interpret them that counts. Assuming you read them correctly. Handley made 7 missed tackles not 6!

I have watched the highlights. The TJ puts the flag up the second Watkins steps in touch!

I care. I'd take the highest spot possible over the cup any day.

Correct. It was right in front of me. Watkins was clearly in touch and the TJ flagged it straight away.

Seriously? So you'd take third instead of fourth over a win next Saturday?