We've missed Kear big time.

I regularly back against Wakefield and never back them. Completely opposite to your take, I see it as a way of winning either way. My biggest loss was backing Bradford (and covering the draw) in the million pound game.
My oldest bet was backing Saints to beat us in the 1979 CC Semi. I ripped the slip up with great glee on the Headingley Eastern Terrace, as it was then.
I always prefer to lose the money. I am fortunate to be able to afford this and (in response to another poster) I would never divulge the stake nor post a copy of my bet. Lets just say the financial loss has to hurt or the winnings give some consolation to make the exercise worthwhile.

This has turned in to an incredibly difficult season but not sure on the logic of changing coach now with so few games left and no prospect of the new coach being able to being players in. Still think we need 3 wins to be sure of staying up. Just need to get to the end of the year and look to next season.

Said on here a few times Chester should be judged on our progress after 100 games in charge which he crossed this season I believe. Currently he has failed to maintain the course of improvement since 2016 but there is some serious mitigation as to why the season has collapsed, however we should be putting in better performances than last week and a bad one at home to Cas on Friday could really pour some petrol on the fire. Seriously though - who is going to come in and a) improve things within the budget b) be a realistic long term appointment? People jumping up and down calling for JD to be brought in are assuming his sentiment for the club matches theirs.

This is spot on for me. When you consider where we were when he took over Chester still has some credit in the bank and deserves the opportunity to turn it around. And he has had some adversity to deal with this year with the injuries, although it isn’t an excuse for everything we have seen, we chose to go with a big squad to be able to deal with situations that we got and didn’t manage it well. But now we have players back i expect improvement to come. That said it can’t be allowed to drift forever and we need to see a positive reaction on Friday.

Hi Eastardsley,
in reply to your last post-I understood what you were saying and didn't disagree with you, just phrased it all wrong.Re betting-i can best describe myself as a selling plater.

I think that's fair enough, sometimes the grass isn't always greener is it......we have to be realistic about who would replace him........but like you say, another poor effort on Friday and they are all gonna cop some serious flak and they will probably have no real defence! After all when you consider Salford have only won 1 out of the last 6 or 7, and that was us, same really with Catalans, now Cas are hardly on a hot streak are they.

Hudds aside, the past one or two months I’ve seen the same amount of passion and pride in this team as the 2015 team. Just willing to roll over and die straight from the off. Christ, a lot of people though losing 36-6 to Wire was good.

Yep I get what you're saying, pride's a dirty word nowadays! But if you're waiting for Chester to be sacked, I think you will be waiting quite a while, but who knows what lies in store eh......

Hi Wollo,re your last post
I am now beginning to understand why people would bet against their own team.If Trin loose, the winnings can soften the blow. I can also see that if they opt for the points for or against system, that can finish as a win-win situation.I still won't back against Trinity though,it would be a case of me hoping that I loose money.Nope!
Your mention of the 1979 semi brought back my best memories of my time watching the club.Was there at Headingley seeing Burky,Toppo,Fletch,and I think Keith Smith do their stuff in a very tense but successful match.

Chester won’t get sacked whilever Mike Carter has influence, they’re too close which is never a good thing if you’re in a professional set up. More likely to be moved upstairs whether it’s warranted or not.