One thing that, to me, is becoming apparent and something of an achilles heel is that we are struggling to find a plan B, to adapt our style and gameplan as conditions, situations and opposition tactics dictate.

Anyone could see tonight called for solid, unspectacular rugby allied to a penetrative kicking game. Instead we played like it was July again and tried miracle passes. Even with a one-man advantage a simple play for posession and force errors approach would have been sufficient.

In the CC SF the game turned on the Bridge kick and we failed to react to the shift in momentum by closing the game down and getting a grip of the PTB.

We come up against teams being allowed to encroach offiside and play into their hands, hoping the ref will penalise them to death rather than changing our dummy-run tactics.

Kind of agree but our players were incapable of holding the ball in contact at all, so doubtful that even one-man rugby would have worked. Ratchford's ball control would have been no worse if he'd decided just to spin it on his finger once he received it.

I think our completion rate in the second half was 0%!!!!!!

seems like the loss to Hull didn't hurt them as much as they said.

Yeah someone really needs to tell Ratchford how to hold a rugby ball, or at least point out that on a night wetter than a haddocks underwear ball security might be helped if he clasped it to his chest.

Tonight was awful 1 man rugby. We had no running lines and how we never managed to spread the ball about when they went down to 12 was madness. Granted the conditions were poor but 1 man rugby was not what I thought I would see when we were behind on the scoreboard and against the clock.
Hey ho!

It's true we were totally naive with regards to a sensible wet weather game plan, but as pointed out, our error count was astronomical.

What was also obvious was a lack of pivot. With Briers out, Myler injured, Monas crocked ( can't understand why he is here for another year) and Hodgeson off the field, we had very little idea.

I cannot remember Wire playing as poorly as that for a very long time.

Poorest display since smith took over...not much chance of another GF appearance based on that. Monas proves again that he ain't a scrum half. Two weeks to lick our wounds and hopefully move on. Well done to Widnes...played well in the conditions and very well with 12 men.

What really showed for me tonight was the lack of direction and organisation on the pitch. With no Briers, Myler and Ratch being moved to full back we really looked like we didn't know what to do with the ball and resorted to pass, drive, pass, drive. It was like watching Warrington of 10 years ago. I can't for the life of me understand why O'Brien is still at Saints, helping them win games, when we are so desperate for a fully functional half back. I worry for our play off chances when I read Myler is possibly out for the season

Could'nt have put it better myself RC.

Been saying this for the last few weeks, if our usual game plan doesn't work we seem to go into meltdown in the second stanza, part not wanting to move away from it and part playing dumb football.

Of the players guilty of dropping the ball who was the worst offender?