chissitt I told you I did not touch your brand spanking beamer it was the other Giants supporter lol

I get where your coming from with the ops bit but I personally think that we should give everything are best shot even if we have an unlikely shot at 4th I’d still rather be 5th than 8th

What about next year? Would you rather be 4th or 10th?
Our bad start to the season is why we found ourselves struggling as we got behind due to a poor preseason. I’d rather we didn’t find ourselves in the same situation.
Of course it could be that everyone is good to go and no ops are needed in which case ....crack on!!!

I've changed my mind about this. Previously, I'd have said it's time to prepare for next season, but actually when I think about it, the season isn't over. It's not really fair to short change the supporters coming through the gates who want to see the strongest team. If they can wait for an op, then they should do.

Also, I read an interesting comment somewhere that the higher we finish, the more prize money we earn, so everything is to play for in my book

Also have a good end to the season finish 5th that’s going to attract more people next season then If we finish 8th people want to see there side win

Your playing some terrific rugby the best you've played all season with 8 games still left to play, you could well have players playing with knocks but you can bet the other teams will have the same problems, and unlike 3 of them you don't have to fit in a cup semi final.
I hope your coach buys into the same opinion as some on here starting with Friday night, it will make a very difficult game for us a lot easier, as for the prize money if things haven't altered 8th place gets zero, and from 7th it goes up £25k every place unless it's gone up.

Team announced. Wardle in for Mamo the only change from the team at Cas.
So do we go with the same team- or should matty get another game. Personally think we could do with him looking at the size of wakeys pack. Matty played well against them last time - that shot he put in....

He outplayed our whole pack last time out tbf!

I absolutely love seeing matty play, but he's taken a lot of knocks to the head recently and it's difficult to drop anyone from the team that won against Cas!

Even the weather is on our side- no rain as initially forecast just a warm dry muggy night. Perfect for brough to keep turning those big wakey props round, wearing out fatty fifita, Huby and Pauli - meanwhile we can keep playing our recent expansive game without poor handling conditions. Perfect.

It was extremely warm last Sunday afternoon and our big guys didn’t seem to have a problem although clearly your lot will present a much tougher challenge than a busted Hull side could muster.

We owe you one after being beaten twice by you in quick succession around May time, so hopefully we come with our A game tonight and manage a win, although I am never confident for games against the Giants

Of course your big guys didn’t have a problem they didn’t have to do owt! let’s be honest the distance they’d have had to run would be minimal the team having ball in hand for as long as you did. The metres your pack did with ball in hand is just about the only work they needed to do!
Different kettle of fish when you are doing lots of defending and constantly running back and forth to the ref. Brough will keep turning your big lads and that’s a LOT more energy sapping than what they had to do last week!!!

Is that an impression of fifita last time we played you?

Well we clung on that last 25 - down to no subs can’t have been easy in those conditions.
Hope we’ve got enough cover- academy are pushing for a playoff spot but we might need to pinch a few since a number of our fringe players have gone on loan.

Well we have a new prop arriving!!!!

What's the story on this jools.

Matagi coming early!

Looks like you've got Wakey again at home along with FC and Wigan.

The rugby league.com site has giants away to us

I’m hoping Catalan and wakey away are end of August so I can’t go to either!

You won’t be missed

She's never been.

some superb tries lastnight!

game was over by half time.... can we play the wildcats every week?!?!

shame about lawrence looks like hes on another long lay off.. the murphy one was disgusting, wakefield player be getting a ban

It was shocking, lifting and twisting his leg like that when he was held and other foot was planted meant something had to give and an injury was certain. Not sure whether it was a premeditated act or just utterly stupid.

I thought early on it looked a great game, both teams started well but then Wakey lost discipline - Ashurst in particular, brainless sin bin (worthy of Broughy

) then two penalties leading to tries. They are a more than decent side but need to sort discipline to be consistently good.

Really pleased with what is happening at Giants under Woolford, the team look leaner and quicker than earlier in the season. Too much to do this year but next year looks exciting. If only we can stop playing on Thursdays, I might get more than 4 games from my Season ticket