up next leeds who have now hit abit of form, short turnaround for us not ideal

we didnt pick up anymore injuries at wigan which is a bonus and ferguson sounds like he will return which will help the attack and roberts can revert to what he does best and coming off the bench

gaskell and brough to partner again, lets hope they produce some magic behind the platform the forwards should make.

local derby friday night under the lights it doesnt come much better

hope our run of getting the better of leeds continues too!

Hard to judge which Giants side will come out. Hopefully we'll build on our showing against Wigan and tackle our attacking options problem we've had all season.

Leeds is always tough no matter what time of year or which players are missing. We needed the Wigan game. Playing teams not expected to win anything (bar Hull) has put more pressure on us than going in as the underdog.
Hopefully our tougher run of games will toughen up our attitude and big game mentality.

I hope our point at Wigan will help bring in the extra fans.
Wonder if you lot at the back have any chants in mind for the new and 'improved' pudding that is Brett Ferres.

Lay off the offensive chants, spend your effort shouting for our team not theirs

As I put, the message was targeted toward the lot at the back, who seem to come up with something spontaneous every few games to keep the mood going up back.
I sadly won't be going this week so I won't be chanting either way. Just in spirit.

You have any opinion on the upcoming game you wish to Share?

A game we can win for sure, just need to play like we know we can

If Fergy is fit I'd put him back in the side too

Who's Brett Ferres ?

Looking forward to this one

as we always seem to do better against this lot even though they've hit some form. Hopefully we will take some of the form from Friday into this. Can't wait to see the pacific boys slam into their guys.

Certainly not a game the Giants fear.. even under the middle 8 pressures. We always treat them with respect and pull a few things out of the bag to get some points.
If we can have that attitude to every game we'll win a fair amount of games this year.

The pacific boys will tear into Leeds. For me that's the Rhinos weak point. Very good game management and good at offloading and spreading the ball but lack in the go forward of there props.
This is where I think Stone's drive and kick tactic could work well as long as we can finish our chances.

Quote ="AntonyGiant"The pacific boys will tear into Leeds. For me that's the Rhinos weak point. Very good game management and good at offloading and spreading the ball but lack in the go forward of there props. '" I'd agree that our forwards haven't made earth-shattering yardage - though they have picked up in the last 2 games, more through sharpness than muscle - but yours don't appear substantially better judging by the stats. www.rugby-league.com/superleague ... ayer_stats Be a close thing I reckon, Brough has a better kicking game than anything we can muster.

Quote ="AntonyGiant"The pacific boys will tear into Leeds. For me that's the Rhinos weak point. Very good game management and good at offloading and spreading the ball but lack in the go forward of there props. '" I'd agree that our forwards haven't made earth-shattering yardage - though they have picked up in the last 2 games, more through sharpness than muscle - but yours don't appear substantially better judging by the stats. www.rugby-league.com/superleague ... ayer_stats Be a close thing I reckon, Brough has a better kicking game than anything we can muster.

Quote ="Clearwing"I'd agree that our forwards haven't made earth-shattering yardage - though they have picked up in the last 2 games, more through sharpness than muscle - but yours don't appear substantially better judging by the stats. www.rugby-league.com/superleague ... ayer_stats Be a close thing I reckon, Brough has a better kicking game than anything we can muster.'" broughs kicking so far this season has been abysmal gaskell may fare better

Quote ="Clearwing"I'd agree that our forwards haven't made earth-shattering yardage - though they have picked up in the last 2 games, more through sharpness than muscle - but yours don't appear substantially better judging by the stats. www.rugby-league.com/superleague ... ayer_stats Be a close thing I reckon, Brough has a better kicking game than anything we can muster.'" broughs kicking so far this season has been abysmal gaskell may fare better

ferguson returns friday night

thats a boost, will add to our attack

also allows roberts to make an impact from the bench

2/1 for a giants win with some bookies

3/1 at SkyBet - Bargain odds....ill have £50 on that!

Think my squad would be:

1. McIntosh
2. Jerry
3. Cudjoe
4. Mellor
5. Murphy
6. Brough
7. Gaskell
8. Rapira
9. Leeming
10. Taai
11. Ferguson
12. Roberts
13. Hinchliffe

14. Ikahihifo
15. Smith
16. Wakeman
17. Brierley

Dickinson and Clough to miss out

Good news over the coming weeks as ive heard we have a player returning every week now for the next few weeks
v Cas = Nathan Mason
v St Helens = Jake Mamo
v Catalans = Tom Symonds

Id like to know how long O Brien is out for......heard another 4 weeks?

symonds another 2 weeks, mamo another two aswell.

then they have to get match fit again!

Joel Moon at 6 for Leeds last round,seemed to improve them.If repeated,not sure if that's good for us or harmful to us.Rate him as a dangerous centre,but we have managed to keep him under wraps in the last few meetings.

As for us Gaskell to 7 was an obvious move,but in home games I've seen he looked like he was capable of joining the line to decent effect helping our attack.

Tough on a young man like McIntosh expecting him to chime in throwing cut out's in a Brett Hodgson stylee.

Hoping it all clicks on attack for Fartown on Friday night.

looking forward to seeing mamo chiming into the attack with his pace

If Darnell goes well over the next couple of weeks and we get a some points its very harsh to then drop him in my opinion. Id maybe have Mamo in the 19 against St Helens but leave him until the Catalans game at home to actually play - seems a more logical game to introduce him.

Id like him to be introduced on the wing to start with as I think if hes not up to scratch 100% fitness wise he will get found out more at FB than on the wing in my opinion. A couple of games on the wing and once he is confident get him at FB to show what he can do.

Mamo has also been known to play centre before....could he have a spell there at somepoint?????

nice weather for it!

should be a decent crowd tonight over 6k i hope maybe 7

Yes sounds about right 6k from Leeds and 7 people from Huddersfield

nearly fell off my chair with that one

Careful Brearley - might stop yer typing and we`ve a long enough injury list as it is !!!

That left hand edge of Murphy, mellor and Ferguson was awful. Mellor is young and learning but the other two should be doing better. Darnell had a few wobbles today - but he will be better for it. Dumb play again close to their line. Why do we think just passing the ball left to right will result in a try? All the opposition has to do is mark their man.

Darnell had a few wobbles? I am not in favour of bagging the young kids but I thought Darnell had an absolute mare and would benefit from going to Oldham for a few weeks to big up his confidence. That and a rest from Super League would be advantageous for his progression towards being a top player, which I believe he will be one day. Would like to see Ryan Brierley to full back next week.
Mellor looks decent going forward but his defence is awful and clueless, would like to see Murphy move to his centre spot and Ormsby on the wing.
Just wondering if maybe my expectations are too high for the Huddersfield Giants, probably because we have been near the top of the league for a long time, whereas in reality at the moment we are a bottom 4 side so maybe I should alter my expectations? Whether Stone can change any of this remains to be seen and the jury really is still out on him.

To be honest, I don't think we are too far off.

We look a much better side with Gaskell in the halves. I actually thought it was Mellor that had the mare tonight - Darnell went ok for 60 minutes but then looked out on his feet.

The difference was that Leeds were winning at least 80% of the tackles. At least four or five tackles in every set they were hitting elbows and knees and therefore getting really quick PTBs. In contrast they were turning us nearly every tackle.

The penalties that came were really obvious and I was calling them before the whistle was blown.

However, when are we going to learn to take 2 easy points when they are on offer. I'd love to see the stats of penalties in an easy kicking position we choose to run and how many of them sets are incomplete. There were two tonight that we turned over on the second tackle. It's so frustrating and I really think it made a difference tonight.

Perhaps maths isn't your strong point. - but taking two penalties won't have made the difference of 16 points we were behind tonight. Its not useful taking two points unless you are two behind, or at least 6 in front. We were chasing the game all night- and our defence was not up to the job. If the opposition aren't having to work hard, and skill is required to score points, the defence isn't good enough. Our defence wasn't good enough.