and thats the point. it's not as simple as we ended 2 points short so we were wrong to run the ball. the game could of panned out very differently with every chance that we could of conceded even more by taking the 2

But the final result should tell you everything.

There were several key moments in the game the turning down of the two did not cost us the game.

you're contradicting yourself.

you said previously

'And you are assuming that the game would have panned out as it did if we had taken the 2, who knows'

so the final result does not tell us everything? or it does?

results orientated thinking is dangerous