We were rubbish, but we did have three tries pulled up by referees, maybe justifiably, maybe not, they were close, and we had such a poor completion rate, 4 tries and 3 possibles from very few actual completions probably shows our attack wasn't so bad.
We also conceded only 3 tries when we coughed up so much possession right near our line, so our defence wasn't so bad either (admittedly against the reserves from one of the worst attacking sides this year (along with us)).
Our ball handling was even worse than last week, and I thought we hit a low last week. If we held on to 60% of the ball (a pretty low bar) we'd have won by plenty, so we are clearly capable of being much better than the lowly Dragons.
But we will need to complete more like 80% to have a chance vs the Roosters, and we'd still be long odds. That 2 points nearly guarantees a top 8 finish, but we can all see we are a long way short of a top side. I would almost rather see us put in some good performances in the last few rounds and lose than a very poor win like tonight.
We also conceded only 3 tries when we coughed up so much possession right near our line, so our defence wasn't so bad either (admittedly against the reserves from one of the worst attacking sides this year (along with us)).
Our ball handling was even worse than last week, and I thought we hit a low last week. If we held on to 60% of the ball (a pretty low bar) we'd have won by plenty, so we are clearly capable of being much better than the lowly Dragons.
But we will need to complete more like 80% to have a chance vs the Roosters, and we'd still be long odds. That 2 points nearly guarantees a top 8 finish, but we can all see we are a long way short of a top side. I would almost rather see us put in some good performances in the last few rounds and lose than a very poor win like tonight.