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

Shudds lost. Whats not to like.

Think the 'borefest' is more out of frustration, that we were that shat, that we couldn't beat Shudds but Catalan worked them out no problem and did what they had to do.
I think it's called 'game management'.

I wish that Trinity could have been in that borefest and made it into the semi final.
And Wembley certainly wouldnt be boring

We'll see who was right then.

Catalan: buoyed by success in the cup go on to avoid the bottom 4

Huddersfield: no distraction of the cup go on to avoid the bottom 4

that was close to the worst game I have ever seen today - to think we got beaten by that side that last today twice in a row does not hold out much hope for us in the top 8 this year.

Add to that we got walloped by an even worse side in Salford.

The glimmer of hope is that Chester has been "forced" to play some of the younger lads.

The optimist as usual