I edged my bets against HKR and because of the win will be doing the same against Shuds.
I think they will be difficult to overcome, they play a more measured approach and play to a more structured game plan.
It will be interesting to see if our spine can match the Shuds.

At the end of the day fans are generally fickle both ways - most get too down with things too quickly when results don't go right and too carried away when there are a couple of good wins. Let's just see how it pans out over the next few games, because if Leigh stuff us next week then the mood will be different again. If we win then a lot of the remaining pressure will be off and hopefully this will help us kick on for the rest of the season and move up the table. The last 2 games only reiterate to me that we have one of the best squads we've had in SL and irrespective of the shiit thrown at us via injuries and Covid we have frequently under performed and I've personally been unhappy with some of the decision making and post match comments in particular. For Trin and the fans' sake let's hope this purple patch continues

George Williams won’t sign for us, and Chester even said we were a million miles away from Signing Fifita when he had the dog in reserve grade. As I said Saints and Wigan are challenging every year as they are the power houses of SL, we are no where near that. Hopefully one day we will, but until we have the financial clout of them it may be later rather than soon.

Indeed

I know that some fans point to Salford & Cas making finals.
However, the reality is that if we're some way down the list on spending power, in theory, others should be making finals.
Having said that, certainly with the Challenge Cup, Trinity have been poor for almost 50 years and we are way, way, way overdue a decent cup run (obviously not this season).
Totally agree regarding Fifita and Williams. Unless there were some really, really strong personal reasons for Fifita coming, he would have the pick of any SL and many NRL sides and you would expect some of those to have deeper pockets than us.
Even more so in the case of Williams.
For Trinity to do well, we need a run of results and huge amounts of luck.

We keep dreaming and Wembley seems a more realistic dream than Old Trafford.

Wrencat one season Leeds got to Wembley and played a Championship club in every round .Is that the kind of luck you mean

That would be great, just as long as we're drawn at home (I dont men home in the sense of our opening SL game this season either).
IF we can get some stability back and not be in the relegation firing line, we really ought to make sure that we are as close to fully fit and hopefully in some kind of form when the cup comes round next year.
Let's face it, there are only 2 pieces of silverware up for grabs (plus the hub cap) and getting to Old Trafford would be a huge ask but, the cup is only 4 games for most SL clubs. therefore, it should be possible at some point.