STEVE Diamond saw seeds of encouragement despite Falcons slipping to a 13th league defeat. “It could have been closer,” said Diamond. “Our first-half discipline wasn’t very good, we had two players sin-binned during the game and gave an opportunist try away when Elliott (Obatoyinbo) kept the ball infield but injured his shoulder so he couldn’t retrieve it. “The second-half performance I felt was pretty good. Taking Newcastle from where they have been in the doldrums, not really being competitive – I thought we were competitive toda...