I'm not even counting him. He's still only a second year U19

Farrell ormsby and Dickinson not injured

Excellent result today Guys



It would appear that Rick Stone's excellent work with your club and also his undoubted coaching prowess has finally begun to bear fruit for your previously under performing players

It's a good job that Ken Davey is far more patient and knowledgeable than you know it all fans on here, as you lot wanted rid when the results weren't going your way

Anyone brave enough to backtrack and give him the due credit that he deserves?

After today's performance I take my hat off to him.
He's not had it easy but he now seems to have everyone playing for one another

I criticized RS a couple of months ago, but not to the point i was calling for him to get the push, I said he needed more time but i also said he had to take his share of the flack for a team performing so badly they were embarrassing. I felt entitled to do that on a Giants forum but i also feel i owe him some credit when It's due.
We seem to now be improving week on week and whatever the reasons for this coming about RS is entitled to his share of the credit, So well done to him and the team, long may it continue.

IMO the Giants revival started when they won 31-12 away at the Rhinos
Since then they lost closely at home to Cas by 5 points
Beat the Dragons at Magic weekend 18-10
Lost by 2 points away at Wakefield
Hammered the Wolves 44-4 at home
Hammered the Dragons away 56-12

If this consistent re surge of form continues then IMO it will see the Giants end up in the top 8's play off's,which looked impossible not so long ago when you lot were calling for his head

As soon as the Giants hit rock bottom You gave up on your club Jumbuck,now that they are winning will you be going back?

The key is they are finally starting to work for each other. Mamo coming into the side has injected a little bit of energy into the team and his enthusiasm seems to have rubbed off.
I admit I gave stone some stick- I was wrong.

I never stopped going mate although not many would have blamed me if i and others had, I'm not one of those who turn up to watch rubbish indefinitely, and believe me we were at one point (as you put it ) rock bottom. but as you said, amongst all the rubbish we kept putting on a decent show, like when we outclassed Leeds and It's enough to keep you hoping that things have changed. That said i don't blame anyone who is prepared to support no matter what is served up.

Anyway those days are being left behind us at the moment and as i said whatever the reasons RS is due his share of the credit, I have had a few conversations with him and he is a very laid back guy which surprised me in view of the way the Giants were going, As long as he does the business it matters not.

Glad to hear it Jumbuck and good on you pal

Before the lynch mob come on here defending themselves and asking why a Rhinos fan is on here asking questions

I have been to every home game this season at the Giants as I work for one of your major sponsors LV and Britannia Rescue

So even though I don't support the club I do have to admit that having met the players and Rick each week that I have a soft spot for your club and have taken a dislike to you lot calling for Rick's head when things weren't going too well for the club

Rick was so down earlier this season that it wasn't hard for even an outsider to feel sorry for him,He was present at all of the corporate days after taking training and Some days he wasn't getting home till very late in the evening, but never did I ever see him without a smile on his face,Nor did he ever say that he wasn't committed to the club for the long haul,It was clearly plain to see how proud he was to be at your club

Give the guy your full support and get behind your team

What s wonderful rallying cry from a loiner. thanks for picking up a Stone and finding the best underneath

Must admit that I was doubting his ability to motivate the team but right now Rick has got them playing as a team for each other so well done Rick and long may it continue. And a big Thank you, up the Giants

and didnt approve of mamo

getting injured players back on the field was the main thing ...mamo the biggest impact on his return.

the low point was losing to swinton in the cup and then davys wife dying, been on an upward curve ever since

said many times its not stone thats the problem, players have to take responsibility too and they have changed their attitude and got confidence now, makes all the difference

lets hope we keep this top 8 spot now and then the job for 2017 is done...building with stone

I told you guys when you signed Stone that he has taken a lot of very poor squads to finals by finding a game plan that works for the talent he has to work with.
He typically starts very slowly and builds as the year goes on, and players under him tend to learn what he needs them to do, and get on board.
A few years in a row with Knights reserve grade squads that were basically kids and rejects, he started the year looking like he would get the wooden spoon, and eventually went deep into the finals - one year right to the grandfinal.
I'd love to see what he could do with a good squad, but he's never had one, so it's a mystery.

He wasn't able to replicate that with the first team at Newcastle. Perhaps his strengths are development rather than tactical- whereas someone like Tony smith is the opposite.

He was able to over achieve the first time he coached Newcastle.
The second time he was given a squad signed by Wayne Bennett who all wanted out of their contracts. Nathan Brown also lost 2 years while he moved those guys along. Stone was handed a poison chalice the second time he coached Newcastle.

stone was handed similar here, struggling team lacking in confidence and given players he hadnt signed for 2017

the club is in a rebuilding phase, so far its going ok but will take a good while..top 8 is progres this season

I don't know your team circumstances, but I don't think it was similar.
The Bennett signed "stars" just refused to play ball with Stone.
BJ Leiluea showed up at training a stone overweight and ruined training sessions by pretending to take part, but mucking up every play - till Stone released him.
Darius Boyd collected his million dollar salary, but got a medical certificate saying he was depressed and took his wife on a holiday to the south of France till he was released.
Beau Scott and others just went through the motions till they were released.
Stone had well over half his salary cap tied up in players who had signed up to play under the super coach, and were never going to give him a chance to coach them.

Well R Stone said it would take 2 years, and he ain't had that yet. For the first time in a couple of years "bar the odd game now and then "we are beginning to show signs of being able to play,
It's still early days yet but all the signs are beginning to look favorable. I don't know what has brought this about but It's more than likely a combination of things, Mamo surely will be part of it, and watching Brough i get the impression someone has had a very serious word with him, He is certainly concentrating on his game more and that is to our good because when he does there is none better.
On top of all this has been the injury situation, I have always maintained that a top coach can get his team to play Whoever is picked, That may be true in certain cases but it is also a bit unrealistic most of the time.
Ikky is really hitting his straps now, and Wakeman is visibly improving, in Fact the whole pack are starting to hold their own, and even dominate in some games, instead of getting a good hiding. This is the most important to me because without it the halves will never shine and the three- quarters will be starved of decent chances.
So whatever they are doing down there, keep doing it, Lets beat Saints and Wigan and we have as good as cracked it. What we are now watching doesn't bear any resemblance in attitude to the team who turned out against Swinton, Keep it going and the fans will turn up.

I'm really pleased for RS that the Giants have turned it about. After the Swinton game it was very hard to support the direction that the team were going in, but since then the improvement has been excellent on a week by week basis. For the first time in a long while, the rugby is decent to watch, the players are putting in a solid shift and the coaching staff deserve credit.

newcastle still doing no better i see at the bottom.

l really hope Stone does well, he does not seem to have had the best of breaks in his career, l do acknowledge ozzie coaches know their game, my only worry is he floods the team with his countrymen, they are mercianery, again in general they will only give what they have to, as aposed to Islanders who seem to give their all for the love of the game.
He has good reps bringing on youth, our academy is now producing some very good lads, l think he is probably the right man to build our academy, and bring them on, we see signs of progress at Lockwood, all possitives, the Giants need to build a culture, like Wigan, Leeds, and Saints, if Stone is the man, then that culture can be started by him, its fantacy, but he could do for us what Bennett did for the Bronco,s, l could be completely wrong, he could be as up to now, a second rate coach teaching kids, but if he comes good the Giants should really get their show on the road.

what a difference not having 8 players out injured makes too hey