Only two games in and the Betfred Championship League table makes uncomfortable viewing for Whitehaven and Workington Town.
The two West Cumbrian clubs occupy the two relegation places, although only on points differential with both Dewsbury Rams and London Broncos.
Early doors though and the respective coaches have said from day one that their players must learn quickly or they will suffer the consequences.
Unforced errors and the inability to complete their sets has been the common denominator for Town and Haven in both their opening games.
Workington lost 70-18 at Widnes (originally the score was given out as 68-18) yet coach Chris Thorman thought they were still very much in the contest at half-time.
He said: “There were only 18 points between us, 30-12 and we had got through them quite comfortably on a couple of occasions.
“But they are good as an attacking force and we had to be better in our control of the ball. If we could have scored first it might have worked out different but I’m afraid we gifted them position twice at the start of the second half and they scored.
“The players know they have to learn quickly at this level and I’m sure they will. We are at home to Featherstone on Sunday when nobody will be giving us a chance so there might be one or two new faces playing.”
Whitehaven paid the price for a poor first-half at home to Barrow and although they scored the only points of the second-half, a single try from Connor Holliday, the damage had already been done in an 18-4 defeat.
Coach Jonty Gorley said: “It wasn’t good enough and the players have to put it right. We were seven or eight completed sets behind Barrow after only 25 minutes and you can’t win matches with those figures. It takes it’s toll.
“We gave away too many penalties in attacking positions, had a man in the sin bin, and couldn’t control the ball. We put things right in the second-half and we had left ourselves far too much to do in those conditions.
“I know London Broncos have gone part-time and they’ve lost their first two games but unless we show a lot of improvement next Sunday we won’t get anything out of it.
“It’s up to me as coach, and particularly the players on the pitch, to put things right starting on Sunday in London.”
