We can question the validity of the try until the cows come home, the true focus point as a club is that for a stint of 20 mins we had repeat set after repeat set in their half and got nothing out of it. We even got away with messing up their drop out and giving them an escape route.


KR defence was solid and our creativity was lacking, though conditions and event clearly didn't help. We had about 18-19 foot of man on our left edge but never set up for an aggressive cross field kick in my mind.


It was a good game of territory from us and in other scenarios, Lindop puts that ball dead, we take 30 seconds to drop out and soak up their last set. Proper finals footie without the results. Hard lines

I wouldn't have minded a drop goal, a not to be sniffed at way of getting the ball back, although it's hard to be disappointed with a team being ordered to build pressure with intense play forcing goal line drop outs, when in the past we have been critical of Wire teams that have tried and failed to score off every set with Hail Mary plays. 


That one point but restarting on our ten might have seen an error close to our line....all if's and but's  


We played the conditions and some credit must go to KR for staying in the game and being in a position to force the issue harsh though the outcome was.


Although the table doesn't lie, we are not as bad as our current league position let's hope yesterday's performance is a springboard for better things ahead We shall see 

Kept saying to my mate watching it in the pub that I'd have gone for a drop goal to make it 7-2 and at least really pressure any conversion for KR. It was clear on about 60 minutes that at most KR had that one try in them. Get it to 7-2 and if your chance came for more, keep banging them over. Easy to say in hindsight I guess but it was clear that the game was never going to really break open and KR are very good defensively. 

Maybe we were lucky that the weather turning bad yesterday made it a game of defences because our defence was excellent. What did for us was everybody watching what Lewis was up to in the closing stages.  While he was making a nuisance of himself on our right side & drawing our defence across, the ball was quickly shipped across to our left where the ghost that is Tyrone May made the killer blow.

Obviously gutted by the result, but an outstanding performance. I don’t blame Lindop for the defeat and don’t understand why some people feel the need.
We were understandably massive underdogs and gave the lie to that tag.
Difficult conditions, difficult circumstances and so so close. 
This isn’t about being satisfied with mediocrity it is about understanding rugby league and the commitment shown. 
Anyone who feels differently is entitled to their (misguided) opinion.

Credit to KR, we were essentially chasing a penalty for 40 minutes, we had tons of the ball but they kept turning up and defending, and defending cleanly. 


We desperately lack a bit of deception and trickery at hooker. And before anyone jumps on Crowther, he was the only one to challenge them out of acting half and nearly got over in the first half. So much time on their line and we just needed to manufacture a little 1vs 1 on the line, we always get caught with it when the fullback is in the line and we get isolated (see Wakefield (a)). 


Tai would want a few of his first half chances again, there were two that ended up bombed, but also a chance where Dufty skirts across Lewis and Lewis chases hard leaving a huge gap to turn Tai on the inside and we end up running out of room. 


Frustrating to be beaten through our defending of kicks though, it’s been a theme in various aspects throughout. The Lindop drop out, Dufty caught one but had his back turned when it was taken, I think they won a contested drop out too,  and ultimately the try which we simply must do better on, but all of these are repeats from errors earlier in the season. Frustrating, but you don’t always get what you deserve.


Big week this week, Leeds are no push over. But we need a win, and we need to keep that going into Hudds, Hull FC, Salford, Catalan, Cas… if we can get a bit of momentum going, we could satisfy the table before we get into the tail end really.