WARRINGTON Wolves' assistant coach Paul Darbyshire completed his week in charge by branding the performance against Salford as 'not acceptable.'

He felt the Wolves should have taken the Salford game by the scruff of the neck in the first period and marched on to victory.

Darbyshire said: "It was 14-14 at half-time but with a better kicking game we should have been in command.

"In the first half we had controlled the ball better than we had done for a long time but put in some poor kicks at the back end of our sets, which meant we weren't applying any pressure on Salford. We were also giving penalties away which sent us back down the other end of the field.

"The second half was much of the same but worse with penalties and unforced errors and it is not acceptable."

Allan Langer usually provides Warrington's kicks in general play and much of the creativity but missed his first game, through an ankle injury, since joining the club.

Darbyshire said: "Any team is going to miss Allan Langer but I felt we had the team that was capable of winning and should have won. If we'd played smarter, specially in the first half, we would have won."

In the second half, when Warrington were trailing and chasing the game, the players' handling was terrible and Darbyshire pointed to 'panic attacks.'

He said: "We came up with some poor options and I think we panicked.

"There are occasions when we don't need to score but complete the set, land the ball in the in-goal area and get the ball back from the drop out.

"It's a game of building pressure and taking chances when they come but some players need to learn this very quickly rather than thinking that we've got to score every time we're in the opponents' half."