DARYL Powell bemoaned his Warrington Wolves side's end to the first half and start to the second in their defeat to Wigan Warriors on Friday night.

Having looked like taking a 12-6 lead into the break thanks to tries from James Harrison and Daryl Clark, The Wire conceded an equalising try to Bevan French just before half time and were eight points down within 10 minutes of the restart.

The hosts ultimately ran out comfortable 26-12 winners to pile even more pressure onto Warrington and their head coach.

Here is what Powell had to say post-match...

Q: Was that all about the second half?

DP: Probably the end of the first half, as well.

At 12-6 in front, I thought we were pretty good value for that but there’s a couple of bits there – Harry Smith has come up with a class bit of skill, Jimmy Harrison has worked hard with his kick pressure but has just run straight past him.

That try there brings them back level, and then we start the second half really poorly – we gave two points away and then we concede again pretty soon after that.

We never really got a grip of it after that – we had an opportunity where Stef puts the ball on the floor and if we score there, maybe we have a shot at it.

The bits of quality that their faster guys give them probably got them over the line.

Q: You were missing a few of their own faster men tonight, how much did that impact your attacking options?

DP: Greg Minikin has worked really hard tonight but if you put Matty Ashton in there, it just looks different because he’s got that raw speed.

There’s a bit more to it than that – there’s all sorts of things that have happened in the game but ultimately, in the last two weeks we’ve been pretty good in a lot of areas but have come up short in both games.

Someone asked me outside what we do to fix it up – if you put George Williams, Matty Ashton, Matty Nicholson in there, it makes a difference.

Q: You get two weeks off now which I presume you see as a good thing to be able to draw the line under this?

DP: I think it’s the right time for it. It gives us a chance to get a few people back but also to get our heads out of it a little bit.

Our business is all about winning and we haven’t been winning, which gets pretty frustrating.

Sometimes you just need to get your head out of it. We’re not in a great run – we’re trying exceptionally hard but we’ve lost some games against big opposition.

Q: Do you think because of the run you’ve been on, you’ve forgotten how to win?

DP: You’re talking about confidence there – there’s a confidence that comes from winning.

If you look at the start of the season, there were times when we weren’t great but we went and switched it on.

At the moment, personnel wise we can’t do that and confidence wise, we can’t either.

If we go in at 12-6 at half time, maybe it looks a little bit different at the start of the second half, but we went in level and from then on, we’re behind.

They get two points from a poor bit of discipline from Sam Kasiano again – he has to stop those little bits.

On the back of that, they were always in front.

Q: What does the next fortnight look like for you?

DP: I need to get my head out of it as well, maybe. It’s been pretty tough for everybody.

For me, I need to get a freshener and come back steeled up for what’s in front of us.

Q: Not for the first time this season, we saw you leave a sub unused. Why is that, and was it your plan to get Tom Whitehead on at some point?

DP: To be honest, I didn’t have a massive plan for Tom.

We drafted him in late and I just felt today was about seeing how the game was going. As it went, I thought we needed something a little bit different at the end.

It didn’t quite work for us, but there was no definitive plan for Tom.