It's pretty typical of us in the past where we lose games like this instead of clawing back points.
Also, good to see like for like replacements in the squad when injuries happen etc rather than juggling everyone around and players not having a consistent position. Maybe we have turned a corner in learning lessons on both counts.

i'm hopeing we've learned a lesson on taking kickable penalties when the time is sort of right, rather than going or bust.

Just hope our game management doesn't suffer with Gidley not playing, especially if its close

Dead right!
I must admit over the years the refusal to kick simple penalties has annoyed me in tight games especially when we look unlikely to score a try. We have been guilty of being too optimistic of our attacking potential. When we fail to score the try it only seems to add to the pressure on us. Leeds with Sinfield (remember him) rarely turned down the simple two points.

I agree, although when we played them in the Challenge Cup Final rightly or wrongly (beer goggles?) I saw it as a sign of weakness, or perhaps it was less to do with beer and more to do with the confidence I had with our team at that time.

It can have the opposite effect too. Remember against Hull a few week back. The whole stadium screamed for us to 'take the two' we did just that, then everything went flat, and that was when Hull won the game IMO.

its now 6