FOR Matty Davies the post-mortem into Hull Seahawks’ 7-0 shellacking at the hands of Swindon Wildcats last Saturday has been and gone.

Any analysis of that shock scoreline took place in the hours before Sunday’s home encounter with Bristol Pitbulls that followed.

Whatever was viewed, whatever was said in accompaniment to those video clips - and Davies has made it clear quite a bit was said - clearly worked, the Seahawks hitting the ice later on to blast their way to a remarkable 14-3 victory over NIHL National’s rock-bottom team.

It was a welcome answer to a performance in Wiltshire Davies still labels as “terrible” a few days on.

MOVING ON: Hull Seahawks players celebrate a goal during their 14-3 win over Bristol last Sunday. Picture: Kim Elliott/Seahawks Media.

placeholder image — MOVING ON: Hull Seahawks players celebrate a goal during their 14-3 win over Bristol last Sunday. Picture: Kim Elliott/Seahawks Media.

“Everyone to a man was bad, had the wrong work ethic, attitude, everything,” said Davies. “They let themselves down, they let everyone down. Like I say, you can lose games, but to lose like that is quite eye-opening really.

“Swindon wouldn't have even had to play well on Saturday to beat us, that's how bad we were.

“But we have to move on. I haven't brought the game back up this week, we haven't re-watched it since on Sunday before the (Bristol) game.

“They essentially watched a lot of that game back. We went over it pretty much fully, they watched every goal, every bad thing that they did. They got it, don't worry.

“It's got to be put to bed now, but they had to see it immediately and realise how bad it was.”

Having eased a small part of the pain felt on the long bus ride home from Swindon with their dominant home performance the following day, attention has now switched to this week’s double-header with a Romford Raiders team who have again started a second-tier campaign strongly and sit two points behind second-placed Hull having played a game more.

Of perhaps more pressing importance is the Cup group status of both teams, Romford sitting top with the Seahawks three points adrift in fifth place, just outside the top four qualification spots that offer a semi-final berth, with three games left.

Having won their first five Cup games and set the early pace, the Seahawks have lost their last two, the most damaging one coming in Swindon last weekend.

Romford are clearly a team built for offence, although it comes at a price - the second-highest scorers in the league, but with the third-worst defensive record, with a goal difference of just plus one.

Davies will be hoping his players can exploit some of the defensive frailty that has clearly been offered up by the Raiders already this season.

“They've signed some good imports again and have had a good start to the season, something they’ve done quite a few times,” said Davies, who will be without captain Bobby Chamberlain for a third straight weekend.

“They're obviously a very offensive team - they score a lot of goals, but they concede a lot of goals, too. A team like that can catch you out, especially early in the season, when you're probably not quite at your complete best in terms of your team’s game, where you want your team to be.

“They're a dangerous team - we've just got to make sure we’re better than them across both nights.”