Top teams can manage both. Why can't we?

(usual suspects)
Leeds +120
Wigan +84
Saints +65

To be fair those three teams are pretty much unchanged from last year.

Fair to add: good performance by Toby King, clever finish by Lineham to avoid being bundled into touch

So are we, bar an upgrade from Patton to Widdop, it's the same side
Price wants to bore the opposition (and us speccies), into submission.
No good for the speccy that wants to be entertained. If I want result rugby, I'll read it in the paper, the following morning.

We ought to have beat Pies with 12 men.
Beat Saints
Beat Cas
Beat Hull

These were the 4 favoured teams plus ourselves.
Where is the threat for 2020?...Leeds??

Perhaps we underestimate how good Wire actually are.

The attacking play is the area that SP doesn't seem capable of delivering. Its hardly surprising he knows about defence because he comes from the NRL, but Wire seem pretty clueless when they get within 20 yards of the opposition line.

But I think the point is that early doors, Wire may be best focussing on defence and playing low risk until they get a few games under their belt and a bit of confidence. The side has been disrupted at the start of the season; Gelling has come in...and gone out, to be replaced by a novice. Widdop didn't appear for the first two games, Hill managed to get a three week holiday on the naughty step and we moved Ratchford to SO and brought in Matty Ashton...who then got injured. So why not try and keep a settled side, play low risk football and concentrate on defence. Then start to move the ball around and take a few risks when they gain a few points and a lot more confidence. (Not that I think SP will actually be able to deliver that).

The thing is, if you have a great defence like we have(bar the Leeds fiasco)then you should be willing to try all sorts in attack and not worry too much about making a mistake as your defence will back you up. Does price not get this?

We have two Aston Martins, but our coach is using them as Morris Marinas

I suspect he is trying to ensure we use the two Ferrari's on the outside track.

Can someone explain to me how the team that was prepared to risk repeated short drop-outs v Saints a month ago suddenly seems panic stricken at the thought of moving the ball on tackle 3?

Let's be honest though ,if King's kick through had produced a try it would have been hailed as a brilliant piece of play .

Kings offload for the widdop try was special. I like him because he is prepared to try things and wants to play what he sees in front of him. Ideally not on tackle 1 though unless it's a much better chance that what was there last night.