There won't be a video going online of this (currently, we don't have a camera at away games, so don't record our own video). There were a hell of a lot of dropped balls, but where we were bad, the refereeing was just as bad. Lots missed for both teams (including a flop on Dave Scott in the second half), still, we've got it all in our hands now, and given that we were written off by many people a couple of months back, its a good place to be.

Too right it's a good place to be, especially after earlier in the season, remember reading some other fans forums saying we should be easily beaten cos we were the "new boys/newly promoted"in the league .

Gotta agree there was a load of mistakes that need sorting but as said that ref and his TJ's where dire at times, for both sides mind! Mate of mine said their forwards would bully us? Oh really mate? Our pack played hard and got well stuck in throughout the game, sadly mainly defensive play, so some positives to take from it.

Need to re-group now, put it behind us and give it all for the next two games.......very do-able!

I agree, but we've now turned in two below-par performances on the bounce. The less said about Hewer(the ref ) and his cohorts, the better ; can't blame him for our poor handling though. We've really got to re-group for the York game.

Defence was generally good but we looked dodgy for the umpteenth time under the high ball ( barring Butts ) and hideously exposed on our right wing more than once.

I think we've been running on 'fumes' since Halifax, and 2 games in 5 days is never good for the body. At least we've got a week to regroup and recover (I believe the players are training on Bank Holiday Monday to prepare for York and Sheffield), although, I hope Kyle Kesik is available for York, as his injury looked particularly nasty last night (I know there are pictures of it, but having done the same injury Kyle received last night, on 20 occasions previously, I can only sympathise with how much pain he'll be in this morning).

We played badly, they weren't great, they just did the basics right and it won them the game.

We seem to have become to reliant on a player who isn't even ours and who, until very recently, wasn't even playing in his vital position. We look like we're playing at the end of a very tough season, which to be fair, we are.

Anyway I'm over it already, we're not going down by some margin and we have achieved more this season than I dreamt before a ball was kicked (and allowed to bounce)

Photos from last night.. - www.flickr.com/photos/r82photogr ... 197953846/

Photos from last night.. - www.flickr.com/photos/r82photogr ... 197953846/

In case there were any questions about player commitment, I submit this photo of Kes's nose after he was down injured in the second half. From which he got up and played on

Wow! And he played on? Passion & determination in bucket loads !

I was there and the player effort should not be questioned where we fell down was the application. I think 3 of their 4 tries (if not all) came off errors from wingers & fullback defending end of set kicks/kick off. They never broke us down the middle and our forwards for the most part matched theirs and castle was again outstanding.
This has been a massive step up from last year and there are no 'gimme's in this division and over the season there will always be games and performances that disappoint.
Lets not lose sight that the team have achieved the initial aim of avoiding relegation and are very close to securing a play off spot with 6th still a real possibilty. I think most of us would have taken that if offered before the season kicked off.

That's bad.
But I don't think that commitment is an issue and I surprised it's been raised.
Technique and systems is what is in question.
And learning from mistakes.

Technique? Not sure there's a good way of avoiding a knee in a face!

Fair point, but given the position we find ourselves in, it would be a shame if we didn't finish sixth. At start of season, better than any of us would have hoped for at this stage.

That's true, but hardly what I am talking about.

Fair enough. Appeared that way I apologise.

Things can be worse than what we produced.
What about Hull today ... TERRIBLE!
Worst final ever.