The CC final has definitely papered over the cracks, Saints just performed very poorly, and yes Warrington deserved to win. But does a good cup run mean that a season of poor rugby on the pitch should be ignored, not sure.

Wigan and Leeds fans used to complain about their coaches despite winning grand finals because of the rugby on show.

I personally think Price is bang average as a coach, and winning the cc may set Warrington back a few seasons if it means him keeping his job, whilst ignoring form over 90 percent of the season.

We were talking about this last night and you actually beat Hull 80-10 on the Thursday after you lost at Wembley last year. Shows it can be done but perhaps the partying takes more out of you than the game. And rightly so!!

Possibly the worst thread I have ever seen on here.

Is it worth a quick recap of the teams we beat on the way to the CC trophy? Certainly a lot of wallpaper to cover the cracks:

Wigan - Reigning league champions
Hull KR
Hull - 2016 and 2017 cup winners
St Helens - greatest team that has ever taken to rugby field

Once we have Austin back we do need to get back to a). winning and if possible b). winning in style, but we're in knockout rugby mode now so winning is what counts.

Earlier in the season we were playing much more expansively, and I'm not aure how fit Austin was prior to the ankle problem tbh - this plus the loss of Ratch dulled our attacking threat.

Next year, I agree - with Austin, Ratch, D Clarke, Widdop, Currie, a fit BMM (hasn't he been a revelation last two games?) we have a wealth of attacking options and I expect us to reclaim the entertainers tag from the bottlers.

Whats up with people at all ?

We turned up last night with A rightly hungover squad without our first choice from row and halfback pairing , playing an in form team and we ran them close for 60 mins . I was expecting a cricket score to be fair .

Next Friday when we absolutely take wakefield to the cleaners and stick a marker down we'll all be happy and gearing up for a playoff run .

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You are AS109 and I claim my £5

If you look at last season also, Price may not entertain us every week in the league, but his record in knockout games against big teams is second to none - we've lost two knockout games only (against Cats and Wigan). IF we can stay in the playoff race AND get our best players back and show some our early season attacking form we could surprise those who have written us off.

Last night we faced a full-strength 3rd placed team without Austin, Brown, Hill, Cooper, King, Charnley, Currie and Patton. All but one of those are internationals.

[iAbove all else, we had Hughes and Matty Smith as starting halves![/i Did anyone seriously think we would win with one day of training and a Wembley hangover?

re. This thread
I think there are a few wind-up merchants on here and some have bitten.
Then we've got the usual moany-groany merchants pitching in.

Cas have a run in of Hull Fc, Saints and Wigan. Thats tough. If they cant win those games then we'll finish 5th. If they do win then we're buggered i think. Leeds and Wakie are in last chance saloon and will be desperate more than us for those points. Their jobs are on the line.

Simple answer no. We’ve just won our first major trophy since 2012, I wouldn’t consider this season a failure if we didn’t make the Playoffs. Although it’s frustrating our form at the moment I still trust Price to win the next two games.

I’m hopeful we can knuckle down the next two weeks and get two wins! ...Fingers crossed with Austin back in the halves along side Patton. Personally from the two games I’ve seen of Smith he isn’t up it, so I would stick with the spine of Ratchford, Austin, Patton and Clarke at 9.

I hope I’m proved wrong by Price and he’s plotted our route to the grand final via the long way round on purpose but reality is our form in the league is horrendous and last nights game should never had mattered as much as it did, but we’ve fallen that far from grace it did! that’s why despite our fantastic cup win we can’t paper over the cracks with it, we’ve gone from comfortable 2nd to in serious danger of missing out on the play offs which probably makes our situation seem worse.