If anything, todays game should teach us to see each game as another two points to be won. Not a game where we can rest the likes of westwood and Harrison. We seemed to have the pre match mentality of a game already in the bag.

Dont fix it if it isnt broken,

We rested players against Wakefield and still pulled off a victory.



Today showed that we were still hungover after Wigan. Catalans were by far the better team, showed more enthusiasm in the play and thorougly deserved their victory. And if we'd have snatched it at the end, it would have been very undeserved indeed.

I have mooted that in the past hour. Fully Agree

Lethargic, unenthusiastic, clueless are words that spring to mind about

todays game. After last week's super performance, we looked as if we hadn't played together all season . But then again some of them hadn't really. TS warned about how good Dragons really were, and then rests Westwood and Harrison, two of his best workhorses.

The messing about at the PTB was horrendous, but Bentham obviously felt sorry for the French, and decided to penalise us instead. Waiting till 30 seconds from the end to sin-bin a player for that offence is pathetic.

Overall we were out enthused and didn't deserve to win.

By resting players today has put more pressure on us to win next week.

Its fantastic to see a couple of wire fans with some honesty. I see all the gloating fans from last week are a little quiet.





The title race will have lots of twists and turns yet. I think this is a great reality check for your fans.

I've absolutely no concerns about today's defeat. In fact, losses like today's can often work as an advantage for a coach with regards to motivation.



The biggest test after a defeat like today's comes the following week and the reaction to it....Look how we reacted to our opening day defeat?...6 consecutive victories.



Yes, today is a sore one to take, because on paper its a match we should take a comfortable 2 points, but, unfortunately, sport isn't that predictable.



Ultimately, I'll be more concerned if we got a run of performances like today's going, but, at the moment, we just need to take it on the chin, re-group and come back that little bit stronger.

I'm sure there will be a lot of talk about taking the win for granted etc, but everyone that I know was saying how it was a banana skin. Smith showed complacency by resting players, but even he warned that we would have to be on our toes.



We all knew that over the season there would be fantastic victories and stupid losses. It was a bad day-get over it.



The saving grace is that we didn't drop points against a team competing for the title and our points difference has only decreased by two.



Hopefully it will spur us on for next Friday.

Sorry pal, have to disagree with your first point. I'm concerned. A game like that, top v bottom is one that we should be winning (no offence to the Dragons).



To say that you are not concerned about the defeat is not really giving Catalans much credit, is it? They were the much better team, thoroughly deserved the win and if we'd have got the try right at the death, there was no way we would have deserved the win.



I'd have rather gone to Huddersfield on the back of 7 straight wins, not on the back of a one game losing streak.

I meant that if we are brutally honest we aren't going to get through a season without defeats like today's....We now have to use this loss as a motivating tool and, most importantly, will rid the side of any complacency which inevitably will creep into the squad during a winning streak.



At the end of the season, 1 defeat every 6 or 7 games will probably see us top the table...That's good enough for me.

I see where you are coming from mate, but I'm still disappointed by the result, moreso because of the nature of it. Our best player last week was rested, we looked like we weren't bothered, we were outmuscled and outenthused by the bottom team.



Hudds away is going to be a lot tougher, and I would have preferred to go into that with our unbeaten streak still intact. However, I agree with you about 1 defeat every 6-7 games, that would be great, but I just hope that inconsistensy doesn't start to creep in a lot more now.



We have Crusaders at home in a couple of weeks, if we'd have won today and win next week, I'd look at it as a home banker, but we lost today and if we lose next week, I'll have it in my mindset that Crusaders could take us to the cleaners.



But that is just me.