I know. I meant SL era.

Odly I think it would be more beneficial to the Giants to win the League Leaders Shield in terms of raising the profile - more people understand the concept of the champions being the table toppers.

(I fid it funny that on one hand we say the Playoffs are a traditional way of crowning champions then saying we have to have P&R because "thats what people understand" despite it not being part of RL history. But thats another thread)

Not old-fashioned, just deluded



What is this based on? I don't think you're giving Super League supporters enough credit. I'd say the majority understand how the sport they follow works.

You can't justify calling the winners of the regular league 'champions', because you're only champions if you win the competition as it's set up. As a Wigan fan, I've never questioned that.

It's legitimate though for people to question how the competition should be set up so as to decide 'champion' status. Finishing the league with a knockout with 8 sides in it is too far me. We already have a cup competition. The system has its merits and I was comfortable with top five.

Wasting your time on here mate.

I actually really, really rate Anderson and Purtill aswell as his number 2. I spoke to him in pre season - he told me about a camp that they had been on which he believed would give them a mental toughness heading into the back end of the year.

I really think more should be done to place importance on finishing 1st over the weekly rounds. Maybe sending them straight through to the Grand Final. Difficult the way the league is currently set up. Should be a good end to the season.

well your slump wont start next week as we, fc are in ours already!

Did i miss something, when were the team finishing top crowned champs during the SL era?

1996 & 1997

My comment about people recognising "champions" as being the table toppers refers more to non RL fans - since the accusation often levelled at Huddersfield is that it's a soccer town

(The lack of P&R is also attacked because non RL fans apparently don't understand it, as does the general playoff at times)

As it stands the champions are the Grand Final winners, but I think that's also devalued winning the league which is a Herculean task in itself and should be recognised as something to win in its own right

It is a herculean task when all the teams know that finishing top means being 'champions'.

as it stands that is not the case, and teams who really have a chance of winnig the comp will aim to peak during the play-offs.

Exactly.

The only way that winning the league has been devalued is not by what the league leaders are awarded, but in that it's less of a competition that it would be if that was the ultimate prize.

Hey, whatever. But I believe my assesment of the situation will be backed up by the results in october.

Looks like more easy pickings for huddersfield. I could quite easily see them finishing top and then failing to make the grand final.

I don't get this continued idea that non RL fans won't get that the league leaders are not recognised as the main champions. Why? You only have to look at England biggest sport of football, in the leagues below the premiership they have playoffs, and on quite a few occasions a team who finished 5th/6th and up to 10 points lower than 3rd have won promotion. In the Premiership teams finish 3rd and 4th and enter a 'Champions' League.

Playoffs are used in globally massive American sports......why is it SL Playoffs apparently confuse the rest of the world and embarrass the sport if a lower ranked team actually win it?

Well apparently no one can understand why we don't have automatic P&R so I was following the same logic...

Whatever else happens ill be ecstatic if the Giants lift the League Leaders shield!

It's looking promising for you this year, and to be fair you're playing some quality Rugby. If you can get through the season and avoid the dreaded 'slump' it will be a massive step forward for you as a club, and should get the public of Huddersfield coming back in droves. Good luck with that, though I hope we cause a mini-slump when we visit!

Well that's one trophy gone for huddersfield, just another to go.

BANG!!!!!





Yep, that's the sound of Huddersfields bubble bursting

Well, you cant rock up at Warrington in the quarters of the cup and put in such an inept performance for the first twenty minutes against a side you know will try and blow you a way in that period.

Hudds. got exactly what they deserved.Will be very interesting to see the response now on the back of this.

I think it was a stat on Sky that said Wire are the most dangerous team in the first 20 minutes of the game, that was definitely the case today.

Average home attendance down to less than 4K?

Wigan and Wire and two teams who like to blow the opposition off the park in the first twenty, its been the way the last few years and as a side wanting to take these teams out you have to expect this and get the basics right, complete sets and make tackles during this period as an absolute must.The Giants failed on all three fronts,and got spanked.

Warrington were very good though, best i have seen them for a while.

And boooooom goes the dynamite...

Shocking performance today, Wire where good I'll give them that. But some very poor play and silly unforced errors from Hudds today.

Classic Huddersfield in meaningful game performance.
I expect the same in the playoffs.
Hope we play them tbh.

Good job the last five times they've played Leeds, they've all been meaningless then