"I had really high hopes for them - I thought they were a top eight side for sure."
"You just can't give up points like that - and on the back of the Mitchell Pearce injury, they just haven't recovered. And if they don't soon, the top eight are going to be in the distance."
A Blake Green injury will see yet another reshuffle in the halves this week for Adam O'Brien's men, with either Tex Hoy or Phoenix Crossland set to take the No.7 jersey.
NRL Highlights: Roosters demolish the Knights in Newcastle - Round 8
The Knights started the year brightly with back-to-back wins, but have won just one of their last six - and even that was a nailbiter against the Sharks.