It is too easy to be somewhat disappointed by the performance over the last three weeks and last night in particular.

Any genuine Saints fan who appreciates good fast open rugby must be concerned at the recent demise of our team.

But let's not allow that to prevent us from giving some credit to an understrength Giants side.

In a previous era if we had sent a 'reserve' side to Wigan at the height of their form we would have be generous with our praise if they had done so well.

So two related points:-

1..Well done Huddersfield - you did yourselves pround.

2..Not good enough Saints - you have some important matches coming up and a vast improvement is neeeded.

Cheers

Ch.

Credit where credit is due:-

Natahn Brown you have worked wonders at Hudd's.

I think the Hudd's defensive work effort is incredible. Their line speed (although off-side a lot) was amazing and they swarm round in the tackle.

Also the collision they seem to win that every time.

All-in-all a fantastic effort from them.

Saints
We look a very tired team 2 points is 2 points but has the extra minutes players have had to do to cover for injuries taken it's toll or are we just playing to poor game plans and tactics from Potter - it's a worry!

we dont appear to have any game plans and senior players have just gone missing ! I wonder if the is a major problem in the squad with Potter because to be totally honest I've never witnessed such a demise in a Saints side ever.

Thanks to the saints fans who congratulated us last night at the game, gave some praise to our youngsters and wished us well next week - genuine sports fans.

They deserve it considering how many players you had missing the effort (and the reward for the effort) was massive and the fans should be proud of the way the team played last night.


Good luck for next week!

the future looks very bright for hudds

it certainly is - someone said last night there is positives all through our club at the moment and most of this is down to Nathan Brown and Paul Anderson.

Cheers for the credit though guys

I,ll be a "Huddersfield Fan for the Day" on Saturday next, hope it will be a highly entertaining game to promote rugby league.

114 years to the day next Saturday. It's Huddersfield's time.

I've given opinions on here and Redvee about Saints performance, but I thought Huddersfield were excellent again yesterday and have been all season. They deserve success this season and I thoroughly hope they smash Warrington next week. They are well organised defensively, nicely structured in attack and have pace and flair. It's a perfect recipe for success. I think we'll be seeing more and more of Huddersfield for the next few years, it's boom time over there right now.

Things are definitely looking rosy for the Fartown.Another great performance last night,the young lads that were out there did themselves and their club proud.I can only see a very positive future for the Giants and their fans.
Best of luck to them all for next weeks game.

It reminds me of the 1978-79 season. We started off a bit unconvincing, lost 3 on the run in mid November, then lost our way.

Our team then had a similiar profile to the present day team. Young players (Holding, Peters etc) and old players, like Geoff Pimblett, who although had been a great servant to the club (and still is via the Past Playes Association) had passed their shelf life.

Nathan Brown is doing a great job, and as I live Huddersfield I will be a fan for the day next week. I know quite a few Giants fans through attending a lot of their games and they are a great bunch. However..

The Huddersfield squad is extremely similar to the one last season, albeit with a vastly improved coach, systems and full-back. When we get stuffed by the Aussies at the end of the year, and then decide to follow them once more with two referees and therefore a quick play the ball again, does that mean that things will go back to normal next season?

If this is the case, then it will be the main test for their team. This being said, I hope that they go from strength to strength and good luck to them, another great team can only be good for the game.

I can give credit to their fullback, who looks like a real talent (good news for the England team of the future?) and for the enthusiasm of the rest of Hudds young players, but I would be patronising them if I were to say that they were outstanding. They weren't. It was us that were terrible. Had we played as we are capable of playing, we would have taken them apart in that second half. As is, we just nilled them (and that was with us playing seriously badly).

Incidentally, that's in complete contrast to how I felt after watching the CC semi where even though we were sill playing poorly, we could have easily lost even at our best because Hudds played us at our own game and their coach did the job on ours.

One season wonders, be a team fihgting to be in the top 8 next season, this sort of thing happens now N then in SL. No team with Leroy Cudjoe in it can sustain anything.

What an idiot!

oh right then do you care to explain the Leroy comment please???

I thought Cudjoe looked pretty threatening and, dare I say it for a winger, clever in defence. The thing about Hudds is they will always 'shock' a Saints side from time to time so I read little in to the last 2 games against them.