I couldn't get to the game tonight but having just watched the highlights I would say that. Opposition teams are bound to be fired up to play the team that finished top of super league last season. Our defence looks reasonable but the attack is not great. However at this time of the season it is not a massive concern.
I would also say we are not getting any luck. Last week Ferres had a perfectly good try disallowed. This week Widnes last try looks very dodgy.
If we were getting beaten convincingly I would be concerned but two points is nothing.

What a brain dead performance.

Get into a what should have been a winning position of 8 points up with less than a quarter of an hour left, they kick off and then from deep in our own half we try throwing the ball wide (honestly), the inevitable knock-on scooped up and a try under the posts.

Why take these unnecessary risks in our danger area when in a *seemingly* winning position?

All within 60 seconds of establishing an 8 point lead.

Congratulations Widnes. They won because they were prepared to work hard for 80 minutes. They had some key players missing but put in a performance full of effort and enthusiasm. We, on the other hand, continued where we left off in the second half against HKR with little direction and unforced errors - in particular making poor choices.

We got what we deserved.

Without sounding like I've got it in for wood, we appear clueless without Lunt in attack.

I think Murphy will get dropped for Broughton come Friday. There were 2 or 3 occasions when Wardle or Ferres could have passed to him 20 metres or so out but didn't. is this because they didn't back him to finish it due to lack of pace?
Had that been the other side jerry would have got it and probably finished it.
It's harsh on Murphy who has been solid under the high ball and as good as anybody else in the team in defence.
Unfortunately he lacks the speed all wingers need.

we certainly do miss lunt, wood is an able deputy but lunt just makes things tick over nicely more than wood does.

as for murphy, i dont think he should be dropped, his all round game is impressive, his defence i think is bet than broughtons, although no doubt broughton is a very good winger would his defence stand up to briscoe and watkins better than murphy's? im not so sure.

i dont think we can criticize any individual for last night, the whole team was under par.

Where did you see the highlights please?

You didn't play well because you weren't allowed to IMO. Widnes' defence was superb on the night and had we not gifted you 2 tries in the first half, we would have won comfortably. Just shows that a good big 'un doesn't always beat a good little 'un and commitment, organisation, pace and endeavour go a long way in modern day RL.

LOL!

It was on after the Catalan - Rhinos game, last try for Widnes looked dodgy

Even though Widnes fans are saying we gift you two easy tries, we got gifted 2 also. Mellor was a gift and as for our last try, god knows what happened.

That said, think we deserved the win. Huddersfield are a fantastic side and it just shows how far we've come along, especially with injuries.

Thought Hicks had a stinker. He wasn't biased, just a bad referee. When we drove you back 5/10 yards into the in goal and he penalised us, that was ridiculous. We drove and the player never stopped moving and I could Hicks for some reason shouting "Held" so the penalty was always coming.

Good luck next week and hope we kick on and beat Salford

we need to now get used to teams being fired up to beat us, we are a good scalp for teams now.

widnes at 3/1 for the win at home...thankyou very muchly

not quite.
we were both as bad as each other for misplaced passes, dropped balls, mellors try came form a dropped ball by us which put you back in the game.
as i said previously there wasn't much between the sides, widnes were more clinical and got their execution right at the right times, both teams capitalised on the others' mistakes.

enjoy your win and your season though.

i actually thought hicks played to your crowd somewhat, he only spotted i think 4 of the 445 forward passes your crowd called for overall though, nothing too controversial which is how it should be.
agree about the rest though,overall i think widnes did deserve it and good luck to you too.

Well done Widnes, your team wanted that game more than ours did, they showed more effort, more enthusiasm and more composure and were deserved winners.

We looked lost without Lunt, again, and without him i can only see us struggling in attack.
One thing we have to remember now as well is without it sounding bigheaded we are now seen as a scalp as we have won silverware so other teams, the ones that our fans probably expect us to beat easily, will undoubtedly raise their game against us. We have no divine right to win any game and our players need to learn they cannot just turn up and win against certain teams. I really hope to god our players haven't got the 'these games don't matter' attitude that most of the 'big' teams seem to have, i want us to play our best and win every game !!

Though Grix was probably our best player last night and he was going absolutely bonkers with the team after their 2nd try as Clough went over through a huge gap that he had been shouting at someone to fill for 2 tackles - Bad communication or just idleness ??

He did get that decision correct - lifted leg is an automatic held call. Hicks wasn't too bad-compared to the ref last week anything is an improvement. perhaps youre used to them listening to the constant booing and shouts of forward.