Don't write off the Canterbury Bulldogs, says coach Des Hasler Ben Barba is hit in a crunching tackle. DES Hasler has warned against writing off last year's grand finalists after the Bulldogs last night crashed to their fifth loss in the opening six rounds. Crushed 38-0 in a six tries to nil demolition by the Sydney Roosters, Hasler conceded ball control was his team's biggest problem but he said he hasn't given up on the team fighting their way back from here. "We are a bit out of sorts, it is round six, we have some work to do," Hasler said. We will do it and we will bounce back from this. As for the team's poor ball control, he said: "We have an issue there. We need to do something about hanging on to the ball. It is just not enough football and we have to fix it. But it is getting to the point where the Bulldogs will want to start climbing their way back up the table sooner rather than later. After such a disrupted start to the season everyone expected Canterbury to struggle early but last night's result would have been another crushing blow to their confidence, given the importance of the occasion and their desperate need of a win. Last night they competed well in the first half and actually held the majority share of possession at half-time (55-45 per cent) but still trailed 8-0 on the scoreboard. Skipper Michael Ennis agreed with Hasler that it was not an argument against the effort they are putting in, their problem is application and at the moment things just aren't clicking. "As Des said the first half was a real contest,"he said. Both sides were competing real hard and we were given our opportunities. We just couldn't build any pressure. We got down their end a couple of times and just let them out too lightly. Certainly we need to be better and as Des said we need to be able to control the footy and really control field position. Making matters worse is the fact they won't get Sam Kasiano (ankle) back until round eight while James Graham and Krisnan Inu (both suspended) return in round 10.