Dropping Kirk would be very harsh,hes been one of the most consistent performers this year. Yes he bombed it but I wouldn't say it was an attitude issue?

There's players still getting picked week in week out performing far worse than Kirk (injuries play a part in that though obviously)

Sadly, if he doesn't start commanding the high ball he'll quickly become the new Nathan Graham, which is a shame.

So would anyone trade these 2 league points for a win in the cup match instead?



I can't decide really. The day out in the semi would be nice. The d!ck!ng from Saints wouldn't be.

financially the cup win might have been better. In fact it surely would?

We're not going up and we're not going down, a dicking from Saints would be similar to the one we got from Wire a couple of years back, I'd guess - we'd get over it. It might not even be as big as the one we got from Wigan at Burnden park. Not that we were expected to win that either, of course, but we were in the same division.

I guess the truth is I could have lived with either way round (well, I'll have to, naturally...) It makes little difference, really, though maybe being in a semi might have stoked up even bigger unrealistic 'promotion expectations' than we have now, which would have resulted in even greater disappointment when it failed to materialise. Anyone want to play devil's advocate?

I mean realistically beating Fax now in the league means we have a chance at at Top 5 finish. What money foes that entail? Beating them in the cup would have guaranteed £100,000 plus surely? And even a ‘loss’ in the league we’d still only have a chance at Top 5. I’d take the Semi final. Especially when you include the day out for the long suffering fans.

Watching the Fax game back and Mick says there will be good news regarding Matty Storton in the next few weeks. So presuming he's signed a new deal which would be brill news. Whether Mick was suppose to keep that info to himself though.