Not long now till the first game!

i think the 17 will be

Murphy

Broughton
Wardle
Cudjoe
Mcgillvary

Robinson
Brough
Ellis

Huby
Kopczak
Ferres
Bailey
Hughes


Bench-
Crabtree
Mullally
Taai
Lunt


Big bench, Great hookers, New halfback and 2nd rower, Murphy first crack at full back..all looking good!

I`d go with that .

That looks a strong side.

Perhaps might start with lunt and have Robbo on the bench.

It gets me thinking about Baileys role. . Really , really rate him as a player , but not sure we found him the best position to get the best out of him, so he has the most effect on the games.

Can't wait for it to start

Bailey at 13 always seems to be best to me

went with robinson to start as thats what anderson went with v halifax and robbo was brilliant.

yeh bailey has been battling it out with lawrence for the loose forward role, with lawrence still working his way back to fitness im happy to see bailey in there, very good ball player with skills to open up defences

Murphy

Broughton (not a big fan of his but no other options)
Wardle
Cudjoe
Mcgillvary

Brough
Ellis

Huby
Lunt
Crabbers
Ferres
Hughes
Taai

Bench-
Koppy
Mullally
Bailey
Robbo

For me I'd start with strongest available team and try blow them away early doors

I'd like to see.

Grix (if he's ready)/Murphy. I don't mind
Broughton
Wardle
Cudjoe
McGillvary
Brough
Ellis
Koppy
Lunt
Huby
Ferres
Ta'ai
Bailey.

Bench
Robbo, Hughes, Crabtree, Mullally.

We will probably line up as:

Shaul
Lineham
Sa
Yeaman
Talanoa

Pryce
Sneyd

Paea
Houghton
Watts
Ellis
Minichiello
Westerman

Bowden
Feka
Thompson
Rankin/Howarth/Cunningham

Our back is row is fantastic - I like the look of our first 13 - could be a close game

murphy
broughton
wardle
cudjoe
mcgilvary
brough
ellis
huby
robinson
kopczak
hughes
ferres
bailey

ta'ai
crabtree
lunt
mullally/roberts

rate Sa, top player

should be a good game

Murphy

Jerry
Cudjoe
Wardle
Broughton

Brough
Ellis

Koppy
Lunt
Huby
Hughes
Ferres
Bailey

Robinson
Crabtree
Taai
Mulally


Seems most of us are picking same kind of side, which I think baloo will go with too. Expecting a tough game. If their pivots click, Hull will be a tough proposition.

we have beaten hull the last 4 times at home

last time out though they looked to be improving, if they have continued then they could turn us over especially with us having a disrupted pre season with fixtures being called off and teams pulling out

crowd?? 7500, anything above will be good

This maybe so brearley but aren't Giant fans a little concerned that your team may be a little 'under done' considering your one pre season friendly and that against a Championship side ?
Hull have played four times already and have had ample opportunity to give their 'first seventeen' as many minutes as their coach deems necessary.
I think 7,500 is a little optimistic but hopefully you can get somewhere near.

yes if you read the rest of my post i said we have had a disrupted pre season and previous elsewhere said we could be under done for this.

think the 7500 is very doable on the first home game, we have around 5k turn up anyway and with a few promos on and hull fc maybe bringing 2k we could well be pushing 8k, we shall see anyway!

fwiw raford had chance to play his first team starting line up in 3 games! the doncaster/york was a double header! do keep up seeing as your more upto speed on fc than your own team!

I would just ignore Structured if I were you. He's a 100% Rovers troll. He posts more times on our forum than he does on their own. Hope next week's match is a good one. Good luck for the season.

i think we would do very well for a crowd of 7,500, i know it's a sunday game but i still can't see hull bringing over 2,000 fans, they haven't done for about 5 years and only 3 teams have brought over 2,000 fans in the last 2 years.
i suspect we will be looking at 6,500 but 7,500 would be a good effort.

One thing I definitely think needs pushing if we want a big crowd is the BRING A BUDDY! My opinion was that it is a complete waste of time, however this year I have made an active effort to ensure everyone in my family uses their voucher. As a result of this, an extra 3 people will be at the game, 2 of which have never been to an RL game before and just watch on TV! Our group is usually 5 people now it will be 8. If every 5 people brought an extra 3 it would completely change our fortunes in terms of crowds! I know its not easy getting people to come along but a bit of hard work will get you there, also if you can't use your BAB then I suggest going on facebook as people are asking for extras.

The buddy vouchers should really be pushed more I think if just half of them get used its an extra 1500-2000 on the crowd.

Yeah it's a massive difference! The fanzine put forward an adaptation to them which I though was a much better idea! It was part of an article of 5 ideas! 2 were used unfortunately it wasn't one of them!

I think this is going to be a good close game. Hull are an improved prospect on last year's starting 13 and will be tougher than many teams expect this year. As the Giants have not seen too many changes to personal, I think that continuity and experience playing together may just give them the advantage, especially if Brough is on form. Looking forward to coming over for this game.

Have Murphy at full back. I think Grix is a weak link at full back

Shirt, check.
shirt print, check.
ticket, check.
travel, check
sunday................................................................................................................................hurry up will you.

think murphy will get first shot as Grix has been in rehab pre season, was the other way round when murphy signed a few seasons ago. He needs to take the opportunity now

Not long now



weather forecast looks like its going to be a dry day, just chilly!