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

The 'magic of the Cup has been destroyed, ever since they started seeding it.

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.

So a question then, would you rather;

A. win the cup and be relegated to the championship (it has happened in football in recent times)
B. be knocked out of the cup in the early rounds and finish in the top 8

Im not saying I dont want to win the cup, obviously I would love that. But I dont want to win the cup if it comes at the expense of our super league place and all the consequent effects that may follow. Also FWIW my opinion is, grand final > challenge 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.