....a win, and with other results gong our way a top 8 berth secured - which I suggest most of us would have been happy with pre-season, and all of us would have been happy with mid April.

If not this Friday, We have 2 home game against bottom 2 teams, so if we slip up only ourselves to blame. Plus our points difference is worth any other point.

However , injury concerns.....and think we will see whether our squad (which this year is larger than previous years) can see us home.

As fans, let's shout our hearts out the next 2 Fridays, to encourage our boys, plus try to lean the refs out way.

COYG

aye its a big match is this one!! any win now with our current injury situation is a good one, two huge games to get us that target for 2017 of top 8.

mcgillvary should be back... who knows on the rest?!! ridyard/obrien/ferguson all a chance... hope all 3 are back but we just wont know till friday.

bit worried about that wing of gaskell / mcintosh as widnes have some good wingers..especially thompson.

could go --

rankin

mcgillvary
cudjoe
gaskell
mcintosh

brough
ridyard
leeming

rapira
wakeman
mellor
hinchcliffe
roberts

bench-
taai
clough
dickinson
obrien


smith and ormsby cant be far off a place now!

Need one of the stats people to look at this, but it would be interesting to know which wing has conceded most tries for us, Leroy and Gerry look decidedly uncomfortable at times against fast three-quarters.

True. We can do worse than Sam Wood if we are looking for a solid defensive centre, he can score a try too!

Looks like ~Ridyard could feature this week - fingers crossed, which will allow Gaskell return to centre.

If O'Brien has a broken foot I can't see him making this weeks game.

Turner's been 3 weeks must still be 2-3 weeks away at best.

i like wood but that would mean leaving gaskell out totally.. he has gone ok for us wherver he has played

obrien says he hopes to be fit for this week.. we shall see

If Ridyard and O'Brien are back it adds way more to our attack
Gaskell is good at centre too

Wait and see who runs on I guess

Ridyard hasn't trained yet this week and is still in rehab, Daniel Smith will play.

Better squad than I was expecting. Worst news is the Ref. Mr Hewer ain't the most competent based on the last two weeks.



The full 19 man squad with sponsors is below:

2. Jermaine McGillvary (Lynda’s Transport)
3. Leroy Cudjoe (Five Star Autocentre)
4. Lee Gaskell (Fork Truck Services)
6. Danny Brough (Keith & Bren Hellawell)
8. Sam Rapira (Bridge Pallet Supplies Ltd)
9. Ryan Hinchcliffe (Kingfisher Fish & Chip Restaurant)
10. Shannon Wakeman (Pennine Pneumatic Services Ltd)
12. Dale Ferguson (Janice Manby)
14. Kruise Leeming (Tony & Sharon Fell)
16. Oliver Roberts (Dual Seal Glass Ltd)
17. Ukuma Ta’ai (Annie, Simeon & Ila)
18. Paul Clough (Villa Maria)
21. Gene Ormsby (Dave & Sue Haigh)
22. Tyler Dickinson (Mark Sullivan, Green Thumb, Huddersfield)
24. Darnell McIntosh (Marshall Woolridge)
30. Alex Mellor (Radio Sangam)
31. Adam O’Brien (PMW Quarries Ltd)
33. Martyn Ridyard (Holly Burdsey)
35. Jordan Rankin (Alex Burdsey)

The Giants will face Widnes in their home kit.

Referee: Gareth Hewer

Widnes 19 man squad:

3. Chris Bridge, 10. Jack Buchanan, 18. Greg Burke, 13. Hep Cahill, 23. Jay Chapelhow, 15. Gil Dudson, 7. Tom Gilmore, 33. Aaron Heremaia, 11. Chris Houston, 28. Ryan Ince, 31. Jordan Johnstone, 20. Manase Manuokafoa, 17. Stefan Marsh, 6. Joe Mellor, 4. Charly Runciman, 2. Corey Thompson, 29. Brad Walker, 9. Lloyd White, 12. Matt Whitley

looks like the 17 i predicted earlier could be the team! decent enough to get the win if the forwards do their work in ikahihifos absence

hewer the ref, what a poor game he had the other week for us, worst ive seen in a long time, hope he polices the offside better this time.

He was poor in the Catalan game too.

Nervous about this one - win and we have one foot in the top 8, lose and it's all very nervous
The squad is good enough go do the job though

As for the ref, well so long as we play like we want to win and with enthusiasm he won't matter

Think id go

Rankin/McIntosh
Jerry
Leroy
Gaskell
McIntosh/Rankin
Brough
Ridyard
Taai
Leeming
Wakeman
Ferguson
Mellor
Hinchliffe

Clough
Roberts
O Brien
Rapira

Ormsby and Dickinson to miss out

Will Ormsby and Smith ever be picked again?

certainly seem out of favour! maybe if we make the top 8 and theres some dead rubber games they may get a chance again to stake a claim

think we only need to worry about catalans beating us for that top 8 spot, win tomorrow and hope they lose at wigan and i think that could be top 8 sealed. if they win and we win then we will still need to do a job next week too against leigh

Not worried about Catalans at all, it's Warrington I'm more worried about pinching the top 8 spot from us.

I agree- Catalan have a much tougher run in. Warrington have Widnes and Leigh as do we, it could all come down to the last game at Hull away!

warrington would have to win all 3 and hope we only win 1 game of our last 3 to have any chance. warrington have to go away to wigan which i cant see them winning. leave them on 18 points. we win tonight we have 19 points.

catalans the main danger a point ahead of warrington.. two home games which they can win leave them on 19. meaning we have to win 1 on 19 points and points difference gets us in top 8.

lets hope they lose tomorrow and we win tonight!

Hewer no longer reffing this. Tom grant will be the man in the middle.

Is he the 14 year old lad ?

Better than hewer though !

yeh never heard of him ,part timer

has he ever reffed a super league game?

He got quite a bit of stick when he moved up to the championship I seem to remember.
He Reffed the siddal-Toronto cup game which was on red button. Seemed to handle that physical game quite well I think.

A much better first half than last week- but even if we don't make the 8 we have nothing to worry about given what I've seen from Widnes so far.