Coach Gary Moorby and his Cougars side sat through a video nasty at training on Tuesday.
The pre-training 'entertainment' was, of course, the tape of their horror show performance in the loss to amateurs Bradford Dudley Hill last Sunday.
Moorby admitted he'd had plenty of sleepless nights since the shocking defeat.
"We had our judicial enquiry on Tuesday night," he said.
"Our assistant coach Ian Fairhurst brought the tape down and we pulled out the stats from it and they were absolutely woeful. They were so poor that we'd have struggled to beat anybody."
With penalties removed from the equation the Cougars completed only three of 17 sets in possession, he said.
"A lot of the basic, fundamental stuff that we'd worked very, very hard on for the last two years, which came to fruition in last year's Grand Final, all went out the window. That's what's so frustrating. We've talked about the Grand Final and as far as I'm concerned it's history. You are as good as your last game and we let everybody down."
Workington visit Cougar Park tomorrow (3pm) and the Cumbrian side will be confident of leaving with the Arriva Trains Cup points.
"Cumbrian sides are renowned for having some big, tough forwards. I'm sure that they'll be looking at that result tomorrow and be thinking they'll come down and catch us still licking our wound, but we need to bite back tomorrow," said Moorby. "We've got an opportunity to redress the balance. I will never, ever forget that day last Sunday. I will take that day with me to the bitter end, but you have got to move on. You have got to put it behind you.
"On Tuesday night we chopped everybody down and now we've got to start to rebuild them and rebuild their confidence.
"If we perform to our capabilities we can win tomorrow. I'm absolutely convinced of that. We got a point to prove and we need to prove it. It's a simple
as that. We need to stand up and be
counted."
Craig McDowell and Chris Beaver will come into the side and other changes are likely, said Moorby, who is keen to shoulder his share of the responsibility for the Hill debacle.
"I take my share. I'm the head man and I pick the team but I believe that we prepared that team correctly and professionally. At the end of the day, once they cross the whitewash it's down to them."
The Cougars are at least in good shape physically heading into tomorrow's match. Hooker Simeon Hoyle took a knock to his back against Hill but overall there were "more bruised egos than bodies", said Moorby.
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