Apologies for possibly stating the obvious ... but Wire played Wigan during October and ran them closer than they did Hull last night.

Ineed. Serious questions must now be asked as to how a team were top of the table since the resumption and end up losing a HOME play off against a team with an interim coach and who 2 - 3 weeks ago thought their season was over until the play off format changed.

A post too late, Wanderer

Now you ARE stating the obvious

Ah well, at least you didn't pick me up on the typo

Maybe the players felt the same sense of entitlement that your supporters do?

D- ... must try harder!
(I'll give you a hint, try some research).

For the record, Hull were the better team on the night and deserved to progress.

Its attitude for me. Hull wanted it more than us. None of the players last night deserve MOM. Even Ratch had a stinker, very unusual.
The not playing much in the last few weeks has a lot to do with it as well in my opinion.

Wire have had all the supreme international back in the world, (or a few not quite that) on jaw dropping money....
But behind a 2nd best pack, the money spent is wasted.

I’ve said it over and over and I called it verses Salford and warned it against every other team since.
We haven’t even flattered against the couple of games we won, except the last Salford panel result.

We should have had Latu and Sita on that bench. We would have only need 10 mins out of them to have nullified FC. I’m aghast at Pricey’s stubbornness and refusal to beef up the pack. We shouldn’t have a coach around that has issues with players.

Sita wasn't available due to suspension.

Ignore it, he's rolling

Apologies if this has already been done to death, but I just cannot get my head round only using two of four subs. Hampering the pack in such a big game by having just Davis and BMM rotating was madness, together with not throwing on Mamo for the last twenty minutes while Widdop appeared to be trying to play on one leg.

Last 5 minutes.

Also bmm non existent again last night.

I felt at 14-19 that Mamo should have been introduced. If Price was hell bent on keeping Widdop out there, he had the option of removing one of the Second Rowers and putting King there to get more potential tryscorers on the pitch.

This is what happens when you go into a game with only two recognised props in your squad and one of them gets injured. We spent the whole season patching up the problem when Cooper and Hill were fit and playing, but losing one of them was a bridge too far. And you can add into that the astonishingly poor recruitment of Latu, and Akauola. We meed to stop trying too recruit the 'holy grail' players from Oz and get back to basic common sense analysis of what the squad requires. I don't know who is responsible for this KFP or SP ?, but they are clearly doing the club a disservice.

Individual players were also pretty poor tonight. Ratchford missing goals, dropping a ball in our 20m and providing little attacking input. Currie was back to his 2019 anonymous self. Davis may work hard but is far, far too small to be effective. Austin overplaying his passing, missing tackles, and providing little with his last tackle kicks, although you can't deny he works really hard. BMM looks to have his head on the plane back home, and in any case you can't afford the luxury of an impact player like him when you need a 40 minute prop instead.

There is a lot of work to do before next February / March to assemble a balanced, effective squad that can do the basics.

Well , i don't remember that . Must have been when i was on my jollies & couldn't find anywhere showing games.