Actually, I don't think we were bad. Worse performance was against Raiders and Knight. We had more than our share of the ball in the first half, and only scored 4 points. After 80 minutes, 65% of the game was played in the Dragons half. They only scored 3 real tries, with 2 gifted by the ref and inept kicking when he should have passed (Choc).
We had lot of close calls, i.e. Galuvau and Robbo getting tackled centimetres short. At the end of the day, we played against the best defensive team by far in the comp who concede only 10 points a game, and next best is 20. If we had kept our structure and not made mistakes, which were crucial mistakes, the game would have been different. The scoreline does not reflect the closeness of the game. I still think we can make the finals and probably the grand final.
Positives for me was Oldfield and our forward pack who did not get donimated, and Robbos game in the air.
Negatives were T-Rex making a mistake which led to a try, Choc making mistake which led to a try, Stewart making a mistake which led to a try, Harrigan which could have changed momentum of the game.
I am not going to lose sleep over this loss, but will be more worried if we lose to Worriers.