at the Etihad.

Big game for us i feel for five reasons.

They gave us our biggest trouncing of the season so far
It is on SKY so publicity is good
They are one of our biggest local rivals
A good win against them will hopefully send a message that we are capable of consistency and might help sell a few extra half season tickets.
Winning at the magic weekend makes the experience good for the fans, losing really takes the shine off it.

Not sure about the injury situation but we are not doing so bad . Bradford have a few out i think.
Will Fielden be back ?

Hopefully Fairbank will score winning try for us in the last minute

Just need to win to keep the momentum up
shut the doubters who are waiting for us to fall up
and get one back on them for eariler in the season

I can't see us winning next week,you play anything like you did against Leeds last week and that will be more than enough for you

We need to show up for this one, it's around this time it went Pete Tong last year, there's a lot of talk about we're a new 2013 Giants, now's the time to prove it and push on with our season.

wardle, lawrence and fielden still missing for this one... 3 first choice picks but still very good cover.

we owe bradford one after that awful game earlier in the season when we had no danny brough and it was a right mess

Any news to when Fielden will return?

seems to be very quiet...



would be nice to have an update on him but no need to rush him back.. had bad luck with that infection

Fielden is off crutches now so shouldn't be too long until he is back

Can't believe we are letting Fairbank play against us, hope that decision doesn't comeback and bite us.

i agree, warrington dont let dwyer play against them.

we also didnt let lunt play against us

True, but I do recall Saints letting us play Scott Moore against them, also us letting Wakey play Danny Kirmond against us, so it isn't unheard of.

maybe we wont see fairbank in a giants shirt again!

Like Lunt & Ferguson?

Cant see its an issue ......we've sent him out on loan to gain match experience, so no point moaning that he's getting it even if it is against us - cant have it both ways.

And IF we lose then it will be because the other 16 Bradford players played their part too ....and our 17 didnt play well enough, nothing to do with Fairbank playing against us .......chill out people !!

If we turn up with the rite attitude then we should get the win. Bradford seem to have dropped off a little since the start of the year so if we can get off. To a good start and keep the pressure on we should be able to contain them.

nah they didnt play against us.

agree think the bulls have dropped off but had a decent result away at salford last week.

hope we can get the win and get that awful memory of last seasons loss at the etihad!

same team as the one that played at widnes??? they were really good in the first 40mins so wouldnt have any probs with that team again

Can't believe some people are moaning that Fairbank is allowed to play.....with no disrespect to the lad he isn't a quality player. He's a decent player but not top class like Lunt/Hock who couldn't/can't play against their parent club.

I can honestly see Huddersfield hammering us. We just haven't gelled at all recently and I feel that the Salford result was a good one for us but again no disrespect they are not a quality side like the Giants.

We have Kearney, Manuokafoa, Foster and possibly Sidlow out. This may not be a lot of players but the calibre of player is a huge loss to our small squad. Likely line-up:

Sammut
Platt
Lulia
Purtell
Kear
Addy
Gale
Scruton
L'Estrange
Langley
Blythe
Whitehead
Walker (if injured then Donaldson)

Diskin
Evans
Bateman
Fairbank

I am hoping Sidlow is fit but can't see it happening :/

If those first three players are missing things are much better for us!

Bradford are a good side and as this year is showing anyone can beat anyone on the day.
We need to enforce our style of play on the Bradford side. No good adapting to them. Give them very little space to force one man drives then as the team tire let's cut loose!

kearney is a big loss for you guys..

looks like being a good crowd, over 65k tickets sold now.. should be a few wigan and leeds fans to go with bulls and giants.

Kearney will be a big loss but the biggest loss in terms of our squad atm is Manuokafoa. He's our main go forward player and the one who gets us on a roll.

Not to mention Fosters goal kicking

Bradford beat us easily at JSS so clearly they are more than capable of beating us, the key will be to get on top of them early and try and minimise their excellent offloading game.

Be a very tough local derby game for us, which we need to win to keep the momentum going.