Smith not worried by successive defeats (From Warrington Guardian)
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Warrington Wolves boss Tony Smith not worried by successive defeats
12:39am Saturday 9th March 2013 in Wolves news By Mike Parsons
Tony Smith
TONY Smith was a calm head coach after Warrington Wolves’ disappointing home loss to St Helens.
Backing up the previous week’s defeat at Hull KR, it is the first time Wolves have suffered consecutive losses since April 2011.
Smith said: “I saw plenty of good play which is why I’m not too worried.
“We would have liked to have controlled the game a whole lot better, there’s no doubt about that.
“We’re disappointed we had the end result we got but it’s a lot of hard work and a long way to go. We’ll keep on improving.”
After Wolves fell behind 14-0 in the opening 22 minutes, the rest of the game was more even and finished with additional scoring of 10-8 to Warrington.
Smith said: “There was nothing between us after that first 20 minutes. It was that first 20 minutes that really did the damage.
“Saints came out of the blocks quickly, and we’ve done that to teams ourselves.
“And rather than stick with what we had planned and the way we trained, I just thought we forced the issue a little too hard and came up with some silly errors.
“That’s part and parcel with us. We overplay at times and it was just not flowing quite right for the first 20 minutes. After that I thought it was a good strong and hard game.”
Wolves received the ball from the kick off at the start of the game and hardly got a sniff of territory or possession before finding themselves 14-0 down.
“Sometimes that happens,” Smith said.
“The opposition get on a roll and it’s hard to stem the flow.
“I think we were impatient with the ball. We were trying too hard sometimes to make things happen rather than letting things flow and taking the opportunities when they arise.”
Before Chris Bridge crossed for the 79th minute consolation try it was looking like Wolves would only have one try to show for their efforts in the last three halves of rugby but Smith does not believe it shows a lack of potency.
“Lack of patience is the big thing,” he said.
“We’re a bit anxious to try and score too readily.
“We need to compose ourselves and wait for the right opportunities rather than force it.
“That’s how it is at the moment.
“And sometimes when you’re not in that full flow it creates a bit more anxiety and you take the wrong options.
“We’ll be fine and we’ll end up scoring some points again soon I’m sure.”
Smith was also happy to commend the quality of Saints’ defence in keeping Wolves to two tries.
“I thought Saints were tremendous in defence, awesome,” he said.
“Ours was pretty good for most of it but we were slow out of the blocks in that regard in the first half.
“We just made a few mistakes with and without the ball and it cost us.”
Comments(21)
pennstate
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11:33am Sat 9 Mar 13
Too many dropped balls, the same old moves and Atkins must feel like a punchbag as 13000 and 13 of us knew the ball was on its way to him time after time.
Better idea to beat the HKR's and be fairly sure of the points!
nitram
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1:49pm Sat 9 Mar 13
james savile wrote:NUMPTY
Rugby is a girls game, give me football any day !
wolfitdown
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2:29pm Sat 9 Mar 13
james savile wrote:Wire will never go lower than James Savile from, ah yes say no more.
Warrington Wolves will soon be the strongest team in the League, when they finish bottom and holding everyone else up ! Come on Wigan !
wolfitdown
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2:30pm Sat 9 Mar 13
james savile wrote:Wire will never go lower than James Savile from, ah yes say no more.
Warrington Wolves will soon be the strongest team in the League, when they finish bottom and holding everyone else up ! Come on Wigan !
kendo73
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3:37pm Sat 9 Mar 13
wolfitdown
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5:46pm Sat 9 Mar 13
Cheap Mower
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5:59pm Sat 9 Mar 13
spencerk1991
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6:49pm Sat 9 Mar 13
Mikeywire
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7:29pm Sat 9 Mar 13
tangerinewire wrote:Press the panic button..?? Seriously... This wasn't a good performance but its only the 6th game and we currently sit 4th in the table...I seriously wonder about Wire fans sometimes...! A few trophies and some think we have the god given right to win every game...!
Time to press the panic button and get the wallet out, Hodgson is past it and we are weak in the forwards. Wire need to bring OBrien back and put Ratchford to fullback. A big name Aussie forward is needed to lead the pack in the absence of Morley. We were bullied by Saints on our own turf, not acceptable !
Southoxfordwire
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3:57pm Sun 10 Mar 13
Pooreastender
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5:48pm Sun 10 Mar 13
Having said that, we knew that Silverwood would let the "lying on" go unpunished, and we didn't seem to have the nous to play the same game.
Paris
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11:37am Mon 11 Mar 13
Southoxfordwire wrote:Makes sense........I think Leeds work on this basis too, going on the last 2 seasons.
I can't really see a point in the team putting any effort in until August. As long as the eight is achieved anyone can be a 'champion' by turning it on for a couple of months. Consistency throughout the year is just wasted effort
mr walter mitty
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3:45pm Mon 11 Mar 13
mr walter mitty
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3:46pm Mon 11 Mar 13
mr walter mitty
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3:47pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Sammy going to get you !
wolfitdown
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4:15pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Paris wrote:You both make sense taking the fifth are winners scenario, yet on both encounters with Leeds they were capable of conjuring up one off away from the norm moves, by players who are Grand Final toughened and well experienced, the fact that they laboured through the two seasons then suddenly turn it on at the end does make observers outside the game ask questions.
Southoxfordwire wrote:Makes sense........I think Leeds work on this basis too, going on the last 2 seasons.
I can't really see a point in the team putting any effort in until August. As long as the eight is achieved anyone can be a 'champion' by turning it on for a couple of months. Consistency throughout the year is just wasted effort
Southoxfordwire
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7:07pm Mon 11 Mar 13
tomthebrick
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7:39am Tue 12 Mar 13
wolfitdown
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11:40am Wed 13 Mar 13
Southoxfordwire wrote:A very good point indeed, challenge cup well Wembley, play off well Grand Final, why is it the fans see it and think is a season ticket worth bothering with? but not the RFL.
My point is that the real season starts with the play offs in the eyes of the rfl. The challenge cup provides the knockout competition warm up and then the league season is full of what is basically friendly matches with a slight competitive edge. The real season starts after round 27, just as the 'season ticket' book closes.
The make finishing top more lucrative debate has been done to death yet no one listens.
My earlier points have not been so much about shall I say finishing 5th or taking a holiday half way through a season, all clubs have rough and smooth spells but should have a duty to entertain, certain individuals can do that and must be encouraged to do one off plays, there has to be more to a season than just the business end, "how can you have you're pudding if you don't eat your meat" or dinner if you are vegetarian.
muckerman
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12:13am Fri 15 Mar 13
tangerinewire says...
8:35am Sat 9 Mar 13