Desi,

It's what I call the "Bounce Back Factor", and it's an important thing in team sport.

When a team gets thrashed one week and is heavily criticised for their effort, they often come out and win the following week as complete underdogs.

Last week, the Knights were awful against the Dragons and got smashed. Well, after getting bagged for that performance and criticised for being just a one man team, they certainly had plenty of ammunition to get fired up for this game. Also, nobody really expected them to win this week, so they had nothing to lose.

By the way, the bounce back factor was also at work with St George last week too. If you remember they got thrashed by Melbourne the week before.

[ This Message was edited by: sportznut on 2004-04-10 20:20 ]