I am afraid we have lost four in a row back in 2010, here is the sequence;



22-24 (Leeds) 39-26 (Wigan cc semi) 16-36 (Wigan) 28-40 (Wakefield) 25-16 (Hudds cc final) 16-40 (HKR)
August 1st September 5th

Yes, that's the correct sequence, but the year was 2009 during the first of our recent CC winning runs.

I guess the re-phrasing of the original question is have we ever lost three matches in a row in all competitions under Smith?

At this rate we will get a reputation as the data nerds of the Wire board, but no, we have never lost three games in a row under Tony Smith.

( does that include friendlies ?)

Yep, I agree that this is getting sad now but I think, on a technicality, we have lost three consecutive competitive games under Smith....

In 2010 we lost both our play-off games at the end of the season: away at Saints for our last ever visit to Knowsley Road, followed by a home loss to Hudds that saw us eliminated. We then lost our opening SL game of 2011 at Magic Weekend in Cardiff when the RFL experimented with having it on the opening weekend.

So that's three-in-a-row.

However, for complete clarity: we have never lost three consecutive games in all competitions under Smith in the same season.

Nerds Ahoy!

People need to be in their positions. That means ratchford at full back and monaghan on the wing. Russell isn't a good enough full back anyway. More suited to the wing and is doing a good job there.

Widnes have four players returning to the squad including Brown, Betts will be expecting a much improved performance from his team, we could do
without another loss but more importantly regain some confidence and go forward, less of last Fridays pass the parcel stuff.

Brown being back for WIdnes is a bit of a blow - very talented player who, if allowed to, will kick us all over the place and run the show.

England back is a boost tho, he'll bring some much needed aggression to the pack but this is going to be a very tough assignment. We need to out-enthuse Widnes and apply some pressure via some semblance of a kick-chase game particularly if the current, nice-boat-Mr-Noah weather continues.

Please can we put kicks low and get them bouncing all over the place on their god awful rubber pitch - crap bombs should not be the stock in trade of a team who want to win anything!

I'm not going. Last time I went, my son (who has Asthma) spent the whole game complaining that he couldn't breathe. I'm not joking, this is the genuine I'm not going.

Remember the semi final when there were hundreds of flying ants? Widnes is weird.

You're not wrong mate. I know loads of nice people from Widnes. Weird that they don't go to watch the rugby though just because several hundred 'heads ruin it for the proper supporters. I'll not be going until they sort the smell out so that my breathing impaired child can attend without his lungs being polluted.

Quote: 1905 "You're not wrong mate. I know loads of nice people from Widnes. Weird that they don't go to watch the rugby though just because several hundred 'heads ruin it for the proper supporters. I'll not be going until they sort the smell out so that my breathing impaired child can attend without his lungs being polluted.'" uk-air.defra.gov.uk/forecasting/ ... s?q=Widnes

Quote: 1905 "You're not wrong mate. I know loads of nice people from Widnes. Weird that they don't go to watch the rugby though just because several hundred 'heads ruin it for the proper supporters. I'll not be going until they sort the smell out so that my breathing impaired child can attend without his lungs being polluted.'" uk-air.defra.gov.uk/forecasting/ ... s?q=Widnes

Probably caused by the Power Station in Warrington just over the border.

No that produces steam. It's the petrochemical plants in Widnes that are the health risk.