My man of the match was Gigot for his acting abilities and the way he refereed the game.

Reminds me a bit of the Hull away game last year when the weather caused massive disruption to our travel arrangements, resulting in a low key performance there.

Could be we didn’t learn the lesson of that day.

Think they must have flew us over in the “Baggage Hold ”

Jeez some knee jerk reactions on here we lost a game to a very useful Catalans team...every team loses and most teams will lose over there,..we will bounce back on Thursday... You don't become a bad team overnight

Well said SAM

Just before Hill was substituted in the first half he managed to produce three errors within 2 minutes. You would wonder how anyone so experienced could manage such a feat. So clearly something in the preparation leading up to the game went badly wrong because most of the team were also producing error after error in the first half as well. It could have been the 'resolve' ( to quote Price) just before stepping onto the pitch, it could have been the travelling ? Either way it's something that SP needs to sort out simply because we are not going to win any pots if a performance like this pops up on a regular basis.

I think tactically SP also made an error in putting Mamo on the bench instead of Westwood. He knew that this was going to be a forwards battle from Catalan just like the CC final. Drives down the middle of the pitch with Smith putting the ball in the air to pin us in our own 20-30m area. So lots of tackling and lots of ground for us to make in order to get back in their 40m area. Westwood would have been a boon in the first half simply because he gets the hard yards and he is in the oppositions face all the time. SP needed to win this battle first rather than think about using an outside back from the bench in the final 20 min of the game.

No, it doesn't really matter that we have lost a game early in the season, we all know its what happens at the tail end in the Autumn. But this was a game they could have won and for me it was the manner in which it was lost that was really disappointing.

Tom Lineham is a fat mess that should be dropped.

He made a few uncharacteristic errors as did a few others. He big rather than fat.

Totally agree.
Gave too much ball away and penalties (there were high shots missed by ref too). Dragons kicking game better than ours.
Mostly a very poor performance with ball in hand, and only showed glimpses of what we can do. Two points thrown away.

I want to win every match whether it's March or October
If we fall short then aggressive self-criticism is a [igood thing[/i
The best teams strive for perfection and are fiercely self-critical
Defeat always matters
Thursday is the biggest game of the season to date
Over to you boys

Lineham's contract is up end of this year isn't it?

Best team won. Far too many errors with dire passes (the one that cannot be named), knock-ons and penalties. Game was there for the winning with 3 minutes to go and we still bombed both sets of 6 with handling errors (usual suspects)

Nice to see some fight in the squad but back to the training ground I think for skills work.

Also some players look like they are carrying a bit of timber.

How we respond on Thursday will give us a good idea of where we're at. We have just played our poorest for a long time and nearly won away at Catalans outscoring them on the try front. Id hope we cannot play that badly again this season. Atkins could do with being dropped and a couple of others shouldnt feel safe....including Jack Hughes.

ref not on your side this week....... ah well you had plenty go your way last week at hudds with child... swings in roundabouts!

First half from us was appalling. Handling errors everywhere,and at least 3 chances blown. Not surprising really when you consider the stupid travel arrangements. Early morning flight,airport hassle etc. How did anyone expected them to perform when they will obviously be tired. Second half was much improved, but Chris Hill is giving too many penalties away. Sam rat boy has taught his new team mates how to play for penalties and con the ref. Despite all that, an appalling decision by Hicks towards the end gave a penalty to Dragons for a ball strip near their own line. Even the commentators remarked that"it was a brave decision". That turned the result for me. A scrum near their line might have seen us steal the points.

9 days on. Wow.

Dead right. They could have flew out the evening before.

Appalling discipline
Appalling handling
Over to you messrs Price & Briers to earn your money & kick some ass before Thursday - and don't be frightened to drop a couple & shake things up, early in the season is the time to try it. Wouldn't be surprised to see King & Lineham out for Westwood & Mamo

Tasi, King & Lineham can all sit Thursday out for me, and the rest get a barely deserved stay of execution.

Personally, I'm praying daily for an imminent and problem free return for Ben Currie - still our only forward with the X factor and skills to put most of the backline to shame.

Don’t buy this tired business.Not as though they’re up at 5 everyday working on a production line.Running around and in the gym most days is a job most of would love so this tired business I don’t get.Just an error strewn bad day at the office and despite playing poorly could have easily snatched it at the end.

Who's to blame for another defeat, today?
Theresa May?
Shamima Begum?
Mr. Pastry?

Not so much swings and roundabouts, more slides

No Warrington fan is in a position to criticise the referee.

Why not? I am not saying we should have won. Merely pointing out a clearly incorrect decision by Mr Hicks.

If anyone was badly done to overall it was Catalans.

Wondered when you'd raise your ugly head.

Very quiet in early October, after the "biggest bottle job in RL history" (quote from a Stains fan, after their CC semi defeat to Cats in August)