No it did not.It was 10 times worse.I have been watching the team for 10 years and this was the worst performance I have seen. o.k the ref gave them umpteen dodgy penalties and failed to see a blatant knock on just before their crucial third try,but the capitulation that followed was shameful.
We currently have 2 basic problems. The first is our utter hopelessness under the high ball-Yaha excepted. This was the cause of their first 2 Tries. Secondly we have 2 centres who cannot or will not pass the ball. Our wingers received no passes from our centres during the whole game.The return of Garcia has been a disaster. He is not a centre.How can our backs score tries in these circumstances? In addition we lack guile and skill,keep on rushing out of the line,are baffled in defence by the simplest dummy and make loads of unforced errors.
Marks out of 10 ; Gigot 4 Slow to make decisions and bad under the high ball, Broughton 4 let in a soft try from a high ball Garcia 2 Duport 2 Yaha 6 Carney 5 Albert 3-the opposition ran directly at him I am afraid. Casty 4 Pelissier 4 Taylor 8-our 1 ray of sunlight Stewart 5 Horo 4 Baitieri 4Well below his best Plus Bousquet 6 Maria 5 Navarrette 4 Dacosta 3. During the last quarter Widnes ran rings round our defence. I don't yet know who missed the crucial tackle for the 4th try. I fear that our season is now over. We had a lot to play for today and Widnes did not, but we were simply not good enough.