WE need to bounce back quickly from our disappointment at London Welsh and have a great opportunity to do that on Saturday.

Coventry will probably come to Sixways with a damage limitation approach, hoping to frustrate. It is up to us to get around those tactics and make sure we get five points from the match.

That we didn't at Old Deer Park was more down to us than anything else which left a bad taste in our mouths as we travelled back. It was the second away match this season and we have missed out twice now on those bonus points. Of course we were happy to have achieved the first objective - the win. However, we are very aware of need for maximum points, especially with Rotherham breathing down our necks in the National One title race.

One of the main talking points to come out of the match was the performance of Duncan Roke. He has had some bad luck this season with the concussion injury against Manchester but his substitute appearance showed how strong our squad is. Duncan scored the third try and looked dangerous every time he got the ball.

With him, Alistair Murdoch, Elton Moncrieff and Scott Barrow coming back to fitness, it gives the coach a few options for Coventry clash, especially after the weekend disappointment.

The frustrating part of the game for us was the fact that London Welsh employed such negative tactics. We thought they would want to play some rugby but they just kept on kicking the ball back to us all afternoon. It is understandable from their point of view.

I've been there myself at Cross Keys, getting hammered. They don't want to lose by 60 points but at the same time, it doesn't do anyone any good. The supporters do not want to watch a game like that and the players find it difficult to play in.

We are seeing it more and more in this league this season. Teams come out with a negative mentality from the first whistle. Collapsing mauls, lying on the ball, continuous infringement. It is nothing new, of course, but I think the big difference between National One and the Premiership is how it is dealt with by the officials.

At Gloucester we would go for driving mauls because we knew certain opposition would want to collapse the maul at every opportunity. Continual collapsing leads to yellow cards and it is a lot easier to play against a side a man down, that's for sure.

At the end of the day, rugby needs to be a spectacle and bring in the crowds. We all want to see flowing rugby.

That may sound a naive way of thinking when teams have to try and grind out results sometimes. It may also sound arrogant but we are in this position of one of two professional teams in this league. Our aim is to win the league and clinch promotion.

Faced with negativity on the pitch, we cannot let ourselves get frustrated. We simply have to find a way around it because we are only just beginning to see the potential of the club and if we can keep on winning, playing attractive rugby -- we will go from strength to strength.

If we sometimes sound disappointed after individual games, it is only because we have such high standards at Worcester.

The time to celebrate is at the end of the season if we have achieved our goal.

There will be times, as against London Welsh, when things don't go directly to plan. That is the nature of sport but with the support of the Worcester crowd home and away - we will be doing everything in our power to bring top class rugby to the city.

n Kingsley Jones was talking to Mark Dobson.