Phil Gould

The next couple of games, we lost to...

I think Newcastle and South, which were narrow losses and losses we could have won both games.

And as it turns out, that form's not too bad because South and Newcastle are going really well.

And then we had the big win over Penrith.

So it's kind of been justifying the sort of team that we were, the sort of football that we were playing.

And up until that point, we weren't really having much doubts about continuing on with that sort of style.

But in the last five weeks, injuries and some different things that have gone against us has sort of exposed some of the things that we need to work on and the results have gone against us.

The game, I think anyone can see the game is completely different now to what it's been in previous years, the way it's officiated, the way the game's played, the teams that are excelling and what they're doing with their football.

And we're not on the pace of that at the moment.

We're just struggling with that.

And I think there have been games this year where...

I've been able not so much to make excuses, but I could sort of analyse it and say, all right, well, a couple of things go your way and a couple of things don't go your way.

It could have been different and what have you.

But the last couple of weeks, the scoreboards really run against us.

The Dolphins, we had seven senior players out that night.

We led just on halftime, but they ran away with us in the second half.

Friday night was concerning.

The first 20 minutes was concerning.

And I guess that's what's now got us to the point where where are we really and what's going on and why are we struggling with our football right at the moment?

We are struggling.