Re: Does Catalan beating Leeds make you happy or nervous ? : Thu May 31, 2018 1:58 pm  

TheMightyTrin wrote:

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.

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

Re: Does Catalan beating Leeds make you happy or nervous ? : Thu May 31, 2018 5:34 pm  

snowie wrote:

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.

Re: Does Catalan beating Leeds make you happy or nervous ? : Thu May 31, 2018 9:01 pm  

homme vaste wrote:

Hudds will win there next 4 fixtures.

I cant really see any of the current bottom 4 getting into the 8 but maybe that`s just wishful thinking. Should Salford or Catalan pick up any sort of form we could be in the dog fight.

Did you mean league fixtures?

Re: Does Catalan beating Leeds make you happy or nervous ? : Thu May 31, 2018 9:07 pm  

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.

Re: Does Catalan beating Leeds make you happy or nervous ? : Thu May 31, 2018 9:15 pm  

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

Re: Does Catalan beating Leeds make you happy or nervous ? : Thu May 31, 2018 9:26 pm  

snowie wrote:

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

Watched it with a mixture of Yorkshire club fans. Very high intensity which made it exciting but skill levels were very low.

Re: Does Catalan beating Leeds make you happy or nervous ? : Thu May 31, 2018 10:08 pm  

Shudds lost. Whats not to like.

Re: Does Catalan beating Leeds make you happy or nervous ? : Thu May 31, 2018 10:10 pm  

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'.

Re: Does Catalan beating Leeds make you happy or nervous ? : Thu May 31, 2018 10:44 pm  

FickleFingerOfFate wrote:

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

Re: Does Catalan beating Leeds make you happy or nervous ? : Thu May 31, 2018 11:02 pm  

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