Ask and you shall receive.  

During the week, stand-in Warrior's skipper Kurt Capewell told media that what the Wahs needed to do was to get back to their style of footy.  

Be careful what you wish for right?  

Last night they did. A perfect example of Warriors football. Brilliant one minute, wretched the next.   

Free flowing, awe inspiring movement followed by a clunk-a-thon.  

Accurate aggressive defence backed up with turnstile slop.  

Wrestling defeat from the jaws of victory.  

Which is exactly what the Warriors dished up last night. In a fixture which loomed as pivotal to their wobbling season, questions were posed by the Dolphins, the answers weren’t what we wanted, but to a degree, expected.  

Granted, the Dolphins provided stout defence and must be lauded for scrapping their way to two competition points without Herbie Farnworth and playing the last 7 minutes a man down. Surely though Dolphins coach Kristian Woolf couldn’t have seen the harem-scarem last minute offensive flood that pinched victory at the death.  

The Wahs’ early season heroics are but a memory as they face a potentially treacherous run home. With arguably the comps best fixtures lined up for a final thrust, confidence now must surely be at the lowest ebb this season.  

This is not entirely of their own making, with the continued menace of injuries now kicking their door in, but last night's display down the stretch, although initially showing great heart, revealed an alarming albeit predictable side of the Penrose Muddogs.   

Like most Warriors seasons, the dreaded mathematical chance rears its ugly head - not of reaching the finals, but falling out of the top 8.