Last night a real shock looked like it was on the cards when Wakefield Trinity pushed Warrington Wolves.
In the end the Wolves clung on but Daryl Powell was less than impressed.
“You’ve got to give credit to Wakefield, they worked really hard to get back into the game,” he said on Wire TV.
“We started exactly how we wanted to. Everything we spoke about, we applied but I thought we clocked off. Mentally and defensively, we shut down a little bit.
“We were really loose defensively in the middle the first half and I don’t think we were ever really fluent.
“We have some lessons for us.
That’s not where we want to be. Wakefield were really good and had a fair dig at us, but we would want to be a lot better than that.
“We got loose in the ruck and let them make it too quick. In general, we were slow to react to things and we’ve got to take responsibility for that.”
Today, the Wolves will review the game: “We’ve got our review tomorrow so we’ll question where we’re at with that, why that’s happening and then come up with a plan to address it.”
He warned his players that they need to improve things: “We won’t be winning next week playing like that, that’s for sure.”
