True Alf2, I think that the difference is that a lot of our players are inexperienced. There are obvious exceptions, Featherstone and Donaldson, but they aren't leadership type personalities so when the "chips are down" they don't step up with authority.
Only hope that lessons are learnt, and quickly, in respect of game management.
I really think that Pools are missing Liddle to provide that, on field, leadership which is so apparently missing