I dont think we will be seeing wholesale changes for next season on the playing front but some important changes in key positions maybe?

17 i would go for...

murphy

mcgillvary
cudjoe
wardle
broughton

brough
ellis
lunt

huby
crabtree
ferris
lawrence
taai

bench-
kopczak
kaufusi
bailey
robinson


plenty of options too with

patrick, mullally, wood, connor, grix, johnson, fairbank, leeming

certainly enough cover in the prop department and on their day this pack should destroying teams.
brough and ellis
robbo and lunt important combinations

will this team be good enough to get us a challenge cup win or a first grand final appearance?

similar sort of team

murphy
jerry cudjoe wardle broughton
brough wood
mullaly lunt huby
ferres ta'ai
bailey

crabtree
koppy
patrick
robbo

i expect to see grix and the lawerence in there somewere tho. Ive no problems with bruno being in there for his defensive work however i feel bailey is more then a capable defender and offers so much more attacking wise

Wouldn't change much about that team, just a few tweaks in that I'd like to see Patrick get a lot more game time, he can be dangerous and we need him. Swap him out for Koppy as he hasn't thrilled me in his performances this season. Definitely want to see more of Mullally too... but I imagine that time will come when the big fella (eorl) retires. It's a shame about Woods injury as he was just peaking in his game, good to have him there to switch in and out (or cover if Robbo leaves).

My team would be;

murphy

mcgillvary
cudjoe
wardle
broughton

brough
ellis
lunt

huby
crabtree
ferris
taai
Bailey/Lawrence

bench-
kopczak
Mullally - Assuming Kaufusi remains unable to do longer than 10mins
Patrick
robinson

Personally, I believe that's probably our best side with the current signings but I do think we are weak in a few areas. Hopefully Anderson will add to the team, wouldn't mind Kaufusi leaving with Johnson in the wings and Patrick and Ta'ai being able to play at prop.

i like kaufusi..
also think kopczak gets alot of stick but he is good on his day, not the best of starts to the season but finished strong.

dont think it the prop department where we lack.

i think its more the not completing sets, dicipline etc that we have been dogged by all season that needs fixing up, please not a repeat next season, hope anderson knocks it out of them pre season

edited above now with kaufusi gone. def the season for mullally to have a good run in the team now.

injuries to any prop though and we may start to struggle

Same back line and pivots as brearly for me

Murphy

Jerry
Cudjoe
Wardle
Broughton

Brough
Ellis

Huby
Lunt
Mulally
Ta'ai
Ferres
Bailey

Eorl
Koppy
Patrick
Robbo

Connor in the wings, salivating.

With big tony and fuey going, we do look a bit thin down the middle. That said, Johnson, Fairbank and Mason could get some real game time next season.

I think we need to start using big Eorl differently. The big minutes and the incredible amount of work rate the guy gets through has dulled the edges. He gets slated for not getting a quicker ptb, but i honestly think he has to sacrifice a quicker ptb to manage his way through a game, with the high minutes and carries / tackles that he gets through. He should be put on the bench, with a view to coming on between 15-20 min mark. Aim for a quick ptb, threaten the offload more.

Bailey has to start. Guy is quality. Good go forward, solid defensively and has really good hands. I love Bruno's defense, but he just doesn't offer enough in attack.

Murphy
Jerry
Leroy
Joe
Jodie
Brough
Wood

Crabtree
Lunt
Huby
Ferres
Taai
Bailey

Mulally
Koppy
Lunt
Ellis/Robbo

My first choice 17

I've defended Grix a lot but just can't any more
I love Bruno but we need more attack than he gives

Before his injury Wood had developed a superb rapport with Brough and was an excellent foil for him and he attacks the line brilliantly

Robbo lacks pace now and is probably best as spelling Lunt

The rest of the team as as good as anyone in the league

assuming you mean larne instead of lunt on the bench???

Do you not anticipate Scott Taylor, your season long loan player, will manage a starting place in the starting seventeen in 2015.

yes in place of mullally if it gets confirmed.

they will all get a run out though the props at some stage, upto one to take the shirt in the team.

We all know form counts for nothing as a giants prop

Always the Props who get the stick. Never the fairies who drop the ball and miss tackles and get suspended!
Take off your rose tinted specs and watch the games.

yes thought our props were decent in the second half of the season it was the lack of completing sets and the like that hindered us!

Touchy

Who's giving stick? My reference was in particularly at Mullally who I thought was brilliant for us but kept getting dropped.

We were average all year, team problem.

will need to ask the coaching staff why he keeps being dropped then, if his performances on the pitch were that good then surely he would keep his place

I'll give Baloo a bell

He kept getting dropped because PA wouldn't drop Koppy for more than one game for some reason. I assume it's because of the amount of money it has cost to get him here.

Hopefully with a full pre season Koppy will be the player he was in 2013.

Personally I would like to see Mullally play regular. Especially in front of a loanee.

I was impressed by Mullally last season. However Paul Anderson will have had his reasons for dropping him and he knows far more about playing prop forward than i do.

i like mullally but you would think paul anderson knows more about the prop forward role than we do!

kopczak is on 55k , hardly a big earner at the club, he didnt have a break pre season, captained the wales team in the world cup and struggled at the start of the season but who didnt? then he did get dropped but got back in the team and played quite well.

no loanee confirmed yet.

crabtree and kopczak are still our best two props. Huby probably 2nd to crabtree now but we shall see how he goes for the Giants!

I'd put Mullally on a par with Koppy going off form alone this year !

We certainly have depth here next year. Did we find out whether blagborough is still on the books?

Also Mason and Dickinson (?) In the background too

Blagborough was released and signed by Sheffield

Based on what I've seen this year and who I think need game time for the future of the Giants I'd like to see this starting 17 have a shot...

1. Connor
2. Jerry
3. Murphy
4. Wardle
5. Broughton
6. Brough
7. Wood
8. Huby
9. Lunt
10. Johnson
11. Ferres
12. Larne
13. Bailey

Subs. Crabtree, Koppy, Ta'ai, Ellis

I do hope Mullally gets plenty of time on the field this year and bad performances are punished. We have the squad to do it.

Won't in a million look like this though.. Too many big names missing in Cudjoe, Grix and Robbo.

I think leaving leroy out is a bad decision. He has struggled with injury and fatigue this year- but he's a better player than smurph.