Just been looking at the league tables again (just to convince myself i've not been dreaming) and notice we now have the second highest points for in the league behind St Helens. Just shows what a threat we have been all year. Just needed a bit better defence and we'd have been in the top 4.

Is it 9 games we've lost by 6 or less this season?

Yes something like that and to me the problem is not so much defence otherwise we would not keep scores so close.
Basic game management and nounce has been the problem. I also feel not taking two points as cost us on more than one occasion.

That needs to be a target until the end of the season keep positive points difference. Mind you finish 5th and a good crack on the top 4 would be fun.

Up the Trin

6 games by 1 score or less

Lost by more than 24 - 1 game
Lost by 13-24 points - 2 games
Lost by 7-12 points - 2 games
Lost by 1-6 points - 6 games
Drawn - 1 game
Won by 1-6 - 3 games
Won by 7-12 - 0 games
Won by 13-24 - 5 games
Won by more than 24 - 2 games

Scored 1-10 points - 3 games
Scored 11-20 points - 6 games
Scored 21-30 points - 9 games
Scored 31-40 points - 1 game
Scored 40+ points - 3 games

Conceded 1-10 points - 4 games
Conceded 11-20 points - 7 games
Conceded 21-30 points - 6 games
Conceded 31-40 points - 5 games
Conceded 40+ points - 0 games

Wakey v Cas 6-11
FC v Wakey 27-26
Wakey v Shudds22-25 mm
Wakey v Wire 30-32
Saints v Wakey34-30
Wakey v Leeds 26-28

Yeah but Shudds are on -214 and are level on 21 points with us

Conceded 40+ points - 0 games

That's what I'm most impressed with.

Dropping Jowitt and moving Hampshire to FB, to accommodate Finn seems to have been our biggest problem.

Ultimately a tight defence will help win games but, it's all about scoring more than the opposition, not just restricting them.

As others have posted, we've had so many tight defeats (and the odd narrow victory but, it matters not as those games have gone.
Lets hope we can get another "W" at Huddersfield on Friday and that Cas lose, although I dont honestly see Widnes beating anyone at the moment

Was delighted they went straight for the kicking tee yesterday early on at 0-0. Turn out we had another 70 up our sleeves but taking those two points in a game that on paper may have been close showed lessons have been learned

A pretty impressive 342 points scored in 11 games at home. How many tries anyone?

A rough guess would be about 60 - accounting for a few missed conversions

Although I may have pointed to defence at the start of this thread I really believe it is this game management we have been lacking. Some of those narrow losses have been down to this. It has been improving and we saw the results yesterday. Even though we were well in the lead, kicking for touch on the last tackle kept Hull near their own try line and gave our pack a bit of a rest. Just one example of smarter rugby.

Let's carry it forwards to Hudds and grab those points.

+22 games.
95 tries.
86 conversions.
1 dg.
Home games 11 56 tries.
away games 10 35 tries.
MM 4 tries.
Too much time on me hands matey.