Mostly agree with that. They are definitely playing better than they were earlier in the season, but they have just beaten the two worst teams in the league on form. They also beat us a few weeks ago but we were really off colour that night. They do however have a run of fixtures that they will fancy themselves in now though. So it will be interesting to see how they get on.

I don't expect them to cause any issues for you guys though. Expect you will be safely in the 8. Probably 6th unless Leeds can find some answers pretty fast, they have been beyond terrible the last couple of weeks.

Time will tell but, right now, they have the best form in the bottom half of the Table.
Beating Leeds and Hull FC at home, Salford away and getting close to Saints, no matter how injury ravaged any of those sides may be, is form that we would be delighted to have.
Of course, given their absolutely abysmal start to the season, they are still going to be a bit scratchy but since the addition of Drinkwater, they look like they will definitely avoid the bottom 4, something that looked impossible a few weeks ago.

Our hammering at Salford has proved to be a real game changer. That 2 points was priceless to Salford. It kept us both hanging in the 8 by a thread.
Ourselves, Salford and Widnes are currently the stand out strugglers.

I do believe that Shudds and Catalans have been flattered by the opposition they've faced recently.
Their cup tie looks like being are real dour struggle in front of a record low crowd for an all Super League game. Will watch it for a laugh though.

For the winner of that tie, it could be a poisoned chalice, an unwanted distraction from achieving super league survival, no rest weekends.

At the start of next season, I would take a first round exit in the cup to guarantee top 8 every time.

never heard so much tosh, might as well ditch the cup all together

I agree

Fully agree. The lower seeded clubs will never get a chance to cause a major upset or have their moment of glory because they will be out before the big teams are even in.

I'm not a fan of Football but you can't deny there is still a certain magic associated with the FA Cup.

You really ought to read the post before rushing to have a dig. No where did I mention 7th place.

or C win the cup of have a good run and still stay in the top 8 because I believe we have a squad this year that could do it,

Think I should I'll just have a word with the blue tits in my bird box to stay there until they become and adult before they try to expand their wings

just like to add whats your feelings now we are out of the cup, what if we now get in a dog fight and we go down

If it was a straight choice between progress in the cup and SL survival then, the all Trinity fans would opt for SL survival.
However, I'm with you Snowie, a cup run can lift everyone, from players, fans, management, not to mention the potential cash influx for the club and the rare chance to attract some more fans.
I know it's all if's and but's now. However, had we beaten Huddersfield in the cuo, there would have been every chance of winning the league fixture as well and far from "risking anything", perhaps we could have prevented Huddersfield from growing in confidence and kept them firmly in the bottom 4.
Instead of this, we threw "everything" at the magic game and still lost.
We shall never know if beating Huddersfield in the cup would have harmed our league position but, it doesn't look to have helped ??
I guess we have to trust the club management and in particular, Chester, to get things right, which, I suppose, is what he gets paid for.

Did you mean league fixtures?

Hindsight is a wonderful thing but Huddersfield followed by Catalans was a wonderful chance to progress to a semi final.

I am not a fan of sacrificing the cup for the league or vice versa.

Huddersfield actually improved beating us twice but tonight Catalans worked them out and deserved their win

Why were we unable to do the same.

We just are not ruthless enough when the going gets tough.

if I was new to the game and seen the shudds v cat match for first time I'd doubt I've never watch another, personally I'm hanging in on hope they somehow make this game more entertaining,
its no wonder the crowds are leaving
that was one hell of a bore fest