Damn!

need a massive improvement or it could be embarrassing!!

I doubt we will, we've not really put any team to the sword yet. We do play much better on tv however.

Amor and lms are definitely back from their bans, walmsley, Manu and Percival will be likely back from what I'm told. Wheeler well who knows. A few rumours going around that Walsh is in with an outside shot, but I don't know how true that is.

Wilkin is still banned, turner is out still, and Beaumont is still yet to play a game forus.

not just me then. Looks to be carrying a stone of pork on his gut.

Any chance that Anderson could take Kpoczak and ferres and Crabtree to OZ and find them some courage and heart and a brain because they all seemed to have mislaid theirs.

After watching Masoe on Friday he night he single handedly is going to tear our pack a new one next week.

good world cup but i mean for the giants, when it has come to the big games like the play offs he has not produced the goods that we know he can, im a fan of him....has brilliant games... especially against the lower clubs but then when it comes to the playoffs we expect him to carry it on but not seen it as yet



lets hope he produces this sunday...would class this as a big game

Hopefully Percival, Walsh, Amor, Walmsley, Manu and LMS back for this and no new injuries picked up vs Leeds.

Christ!! Well you will certainly be strong favs! Going to be a painful one for our boys I feel

You will knock saints out of the cup next week.

Wow! I hope you ain't a betting man

I am mate and i will be having a bet.

On current form, a massive task to best saints.

Their resolve in defence was breathtaking at times last week. Something that we have within us (last season showed this), but the last couple of games we just haven't shown.

With their returnees they look a top outfit, added into this our absentees then it really does look tough.


But....... Brough, Robinson, Lunt, mcgilvary, Crabtree, Broughton, Faiumu..... We have some top drawer players. These players haven't become bad players. Something in the mix isn't right, but we can turn it. It might happen against saints, it might not, but I'm confidant it will turn this season. Sooner than later.

Granted, some of PAs decisions and selections I don't agree with, but I still have utmost faith in him. The non use of 17th man seems to be a modern coaching trait. England v New Zealand (ablett never came on), Leeds countless times, wire a few times if I recall, off the top of my head. Don't get it myself, and I'd love to know the reasoning behind it.

leeds seem to be not using the 17th man a fair bit too..

i think we can win this game but we have a bigger task with our first choice centres missing now im afraid

backline maybe of

grix
mcgillvary
connor
murphy/ferres
broughton

might not be good enough..... anyway they wont get the ball if the forwards dont lay the platform!

Grix
Jerry
Connor
Murphy
Broughton
Broughy
Robbo
N.Mason
Lunt
Koppy
Ferres
Lawrence
Chan

Wood
Eorl
Kaufusi
Ta'ai

Massive game and what a time it would be to hit form COYG!

I would deffo have Connor in this week, think this is an ideal game for him....we're not playing well, we will be underdogs, he is a ready made replacement without having to move others around, he's young, he's talented and he's played very well everytime he's been called upon.

Agree about starting Eorl off the bench, i want to see the old Eorl - the impact he used to have coming off the bench gave us a huge lift at times.

Murphy should also come back in as i feel he did nothing to warrant been dropped.

would have both lunt and crabtree coming off the bench, hopefully we can soften saints up a bit and then let lunty and Eorl run riot!
i would go with

grix
jerry
connor/ferres
murph
broughton
brough
robbo
kaufusi
wood
kopczak
chan
lawrence
fauimu

crabtree
lunt
bailey
ta'ai/ferres

I don't like the idea of Eorl and lung off the bench- the way the giants are playing if we get behind that'll be heads gone.

Grix

Jerry
Connor
Murphy
Broughton

Brough
Bailey

Kopzchak
Lunt
Kaufusi
Chan
Ferres
Lawrence

Robinson
Crabtree
Faiumu
Mulally (recalled)


I'd risk disrupting the halves for the sake of having a world class 9 combo. I rate bailey as a ball handler, and looks to have a cool head on his shoulders. I'd bring mulally back for the bench. Eoarl on bench also, to try and maintain power in pack, from start to finish. Faiumu to be spelled in 2nd row.

We certain leroy is out? Any news on nature of his injury?

I think it's highly likely you will face the same back line that Leeds did last week. Walsh is rumoured to be improving quicker, but nothing certain yet about him playing.

The Forwards for Saints should be bolstered.

dont expect to hear good news later today about his ankle...but heres hoping



you would have to go a long long way back to find out when cudjoe missed a game through injury...he last missed a game just to be rested last season when we played the youngsters at bradford.

before that i think he had the longest run of games in super league

Hope to see a good crowd on sunday infront of the BBC.... club certainly pushing it with the cheap tickets and saints will bring a good 3k... shame we are having a poor start to the season.

line up id go for..

Grix
Mcgillvary
Murphy (harsh being left out in the first place and solid defender like cudjoe)
Connor (if saints can play matt dawson then surely we can throw our youngster in too)
Broughton

lunt
brough
robinson

Kopczak
Crabtree
Ferres
Lawrence
Chan

bench-
Kaufusi (went well last week from the bench)
Faiumu (playing very well at prop)
Taai (impact from the bench)
Wood


one thing saints will be good at is defence coached under nathan brown so we need to add something extra to the attack and this is where bailey could come in but i just cant put him ahead of lawrence.

maybe switch robinson to hooker when lunt comes off and bring bailey on instead of wood, this could work well

Dawson has given a fair showing so far. Looks quite solid in defense.

Only 2 matches so far though.

ticket sales poor according to club,less than 5,000 sold!

like what I said in Warrington game topic !

Its not just LOST points!
Its lost support and lost revenue also!
Some aspects can be retrieved a lot easier than others!

(and yes -I Know this is slightly different as its the CUP --but it still carries on AFTER!)