Awful, absolutely awful. Bradford ran harder, tackled harder, more enthusiastic and genuinely were unlucky to lose that one. The whole team 1-17 just didn’t look interested. The only plus point from that is we are in the hat for the next round. Move on and quickly. Nothing more to say.

Have to say I agree with the last point 4Fox.

Chester lacks the intensity for a top super league coach. We get a win or a couple of tight defeats which paper over the cracks. I suppose that’s where we are as a club and the finances. We will never be anything more than mediocre.

Got out of jail tonight against a well drilled, enthusiastic side, who were unlucky not to get the W.
We seem to go ok against the so called bigger clubs, Wire and Hull for example but, we seem to just not be ready to play against so called "lesser" opposition.
Happy to still be in the cup but, very disappointed with Trinity tonight - no where near good enough.

Take the win and move on, quickly.

Agreed. He's painful to watch.

Think we are mediocre on a good day ,Mr Carter can see why is coaching staff ,gets stick .Thats the strongest team we have on the field for a very long time .Think it's time Brough called it a day Miller does not look the same player with Brough on the field .Walker is a disappointing same as the hookers

Westerman was the best player for us tonight and either him or Pitts needs to be given the captaincy.
Brough was rubbish and his kicking game was even worse.
Shouldn't see the first team unless Max is injured or very, very, very poor.
Jordan Lilley was the best player on either side.

I don't think your allowed to say things like that, shudder to think what would be said on here if we actually lost.

During that 7-14 period I was actually thinking that if we lost, especially with Bradford making us look so dour and clueless in comparison, Chester might call it a day.

He really needs to let go with the Brough fixation.

Wow we win a good old scrap by 3 points and the thread goes into meltdown. I make no wonder this board and the northstanders is in decline, a definate rift in support for the club. Any opportunity to put the knife in and people are jumping up from behind their querty boards or shouting over their smart phones.
We won it was a great hit out We kept Bradford in it with silly penalties. The ruck was too slow, but for the last 20 minutes we totally controlled the game when we stopped giving up ground through penalties.
We had players coming back who have not played it was the perfect opportunity to get some game time under the belt. Kelepi didn't come back on and neither to Alex after his head knock. All credit to Bradford they played really well and played the ruck well once it was clear it was going to be slow.
Look forward to the draw now at least we are in the hat. Wonder when the next gamexwill be now. I for one enjoyed the game it was a scruffy win but it was a win end of.

Great hit out really what planet you on we where out played by an average championship side and you say great hit out.yes we won which is true but stay like we are and theres worrying times ahead

There's no need to be reaching for the bleach just yet, pushed Hull all the way, beat Wire, beat Salford, beat a plucky Bradford coached by cup king kear. Relax

Pushed a very poor hull side all the way look at hull results either side of our game that says it all.

Salford have just beaten Wigan, Toronto nilled Giants at home - no one has got much in the way of consistency. Still early season.

Still can’t get in my head how we can’t get motivated as a team for the iconic challenge cup ,which has eluded this club for far too long may I add. Die hard fans like me will turn up rain or shine to watch whatever is served up ,but we ain’t going to attract new fans serving up many games like that .We are in the entertainment business, and people pay to be entertained .lets hope we have more like the hull performance than the Bradford one going forward.

Obviously not planet Zog like you I have my opinion you are entitled to disagree

We couldn’t even put some new moves together against a mid table Championship side at home. Dour rugby and behind for most of it. We play like that against SL opposition itd be game over at halftime.

At the end of the day we won not playing any where near our best against a Bradford side that had nothing to lose and left nothing out on the pitch and coached by a shrewd John Kear. I’m sure CC will have let the players know at full time. Many SL clubs have struggled against lower opposition in the past, Leeds, Saints only too recent and many will struggle in the future, it’s a cup thing and happens in all sports and no I wasn’t happy with our performance, far from it but we are in the hat

Just watched the match highlights on the site that must not be named. It’s a bulls video, with a very excitable commentator, if TC commented like that, he’d have a heart attack

What a strangely subdued affair - the players looked flat and disinterested, and the crowd was virtually silent until Big Dave came on.

I think we were pretty lucky to come through that with a win - which is a worry.

Take the plus Bren, we're still in the cup

Bit like last year against Widnes.

Not happy with our performance ,,is a quote that as been used a lot this season by many fans .Think it shows how bad we are

agreed here ! and look who we just got in the next round - we should now be in the QF - so its a win for us all -

Only pity is its likely challenge cup may get cancelled due to coronavirus when i fancied us for wembley