Massive game next week now!

Will Hull rest a few for the cup game?

Must win game if we want to make the 4!

We can do it...we need to make up 5 points
3 wins more than all the teams above us

Too reliant on other fixtures, but we might be "kingmakers"

Would you, a win against shudds gives them a chance of a top 4 place depending on Wakey's result against Saints, where as if they lose it's fifth place with only three home games in the play off's.

how many games would we have to win from the last 8 to make top 4????

too much of an ask but if we win at hull can think about it...just maybe.

glad we have got the target for 2017 sorted

How many games? Three more than everyone else between 4th- 8th

If we win next week we have a genuine chance of top 4, draw or lose and I think its just a step too far.

I honestly believe hand of heart Wakefield and Salford will crumble in the super 8s.

Other teams are starting to suffer injuries now, we've had out fair share and are now in the process of getting all our squad back (apart from Symonds & Mamo)

Eden looks like he is out for the season which is a massive blow to Cas, Anything happens to Hardaker now and Cas could start dropping points as their attack will be no where near as effective.

Galloway out for the season for Leeds.

Salford have picked up a few injuries since playing us.

Hull, Leeds, Wigan & Salford all have the extra cup game and could easily pick up some more injuries from that game.

for this game id go:

Rankin
Jerry
Leroy
Turner/Gaskell
Darnell

Brough
Gaskell/Ridyard

Seb
Leeming
Rapira

Ferguson
Roberts
Hinchliffe

O Brien
Taai
Wakeman
Clough

If Turner is 100% fit to play then id play Gaskell over Ridyard in the halves.

If Turner isnt 100% then leave him until the first game of the super 8s and put Gaskell at centre and Ridyard back in the halves.

I think when Bruno is back id start with Ferguson and Bruno in the 2nd row and have Roberts coming off the bench for impact and move Taai to prop.

If Ridyard can play he should play, our attack looks so much better with him working with Brough and either Gaskell or Turner at centre

sure turner would like to play against his former club.

wonder if connor will play! think they will have albert kelly back

I agree.. nothing suggests Wakey will crumble, nor Salford for that matter.
Every game is a target for the Giants. We have no expectations and nothing to lose.
That could make us very hard opposition in the super 8's.

All the super 8's are gonna be tough, everyone is getting a few players back and looking like they can put a decent game together, wigin look the most limited but they're not gonna be pushovers, no....its game on.
The CC is a handy distraction, and not just for Shudds

Nothing from Wakey but Salford have struggled recently with one eye on the cup semi probably. If they were to reach Wembley I think they'll suffer in the league and comfortably miss out on the top 4.

Wakey have been pretty impressive this season and i don't see any sign of them crumbling at all, The thing about S L this season though is that you cant pick the winner of any game with any certainty.
Regards the Giants, last season aside, we have been in the running and collapsed in the crunch games , maybe being outsiders will change our approach and performances , we may not be able to win anything but we can still influence things.

Just making the 8 - and with a game to spare is a massive achievement for us, remember most of our own fans had us down for another bottom/MPG finish only a matter of weeks ago, anything above 8 is now a bonus to me, the fact we still have a chance of the top 4 is amazing and would be huge if we made it, but i'm more than happy with 8th and enjoying the next 7/8 games without pressure.

Looking forward to Friday to see if qualifying has released some pressure off the players and they play without fear and enjoy themselves.

same here, happy with 8th all things considered and finishing 14th last season, improvement in anyones book!

to make the top 4 giants will have to prob win 7 of the last 8 games and hope results elsewhere go their way too. what are the odds on that!

can get 80/1 on giants winning the grand final

Many of you coming over on Friday?

this game still too early for lawrence and turner, but i dont see any need to rush them anyway not top 8 is secured.

mellor and ridyard to return... so gaskell prob go back to centre and ridyard in the halves with brough.

all 5000 of us... well apart from me, im in spain this friday.

Nah, usual 250 i reckon.

Hull's never been one of the more popular away trips.

How sad that some people are happy to be ambitionless. Settle just to make the top 8.
Before a ball had even been thrown there were many on here saying how much better the squad was and were contenders. Funny isn't it how people's thinking changes. we had a truly awful start due partly to injuries and partly because Stone as coach couldn't get the players to buy in.
whilst ever we are happy to be middle plodders that's where we will stay.

some are just being realistic

start of the season after finishing 14th from 14 last year a top 8 finish was the aim, even the players said that too... and if they were in contention to make the top 4 they will go for it...unfortunately they arent really in contention for the top 4..unless something amazing happens.

the few are getting their hopes up for a top 4 spot... then will be slagging the team off in a few weeks and this board will be going into meltdown once again

Kendall refeering us as usual......

I certainly take your point jools, I was one who said at start of season that survival was the main aim after the nightmare of last season, We have achieved that now ,but to start talking about saving ourselves and building for next season and settling for survival is exactly the reason we never win anything, If we are going to throw the towel in after 23 rounds , whats the point, we may as well just buy a ticket for 23 rounds because we look unlikely to win anything.

Personally i don't mind getting beaten if they play well and are beaten by a better side, but we can still have a say in how things end ,and to be fair we owe it to the game to try to win every match otherwise the whole thing just becomes a joke. I'm afraid there are to many Giants fans who will settle for anything, They are just so relieved at having survived they will settle for anything. Talk about knowing your place.

I haven't 'settled' for 8th, i am certainly aware we can finish higher and even make the semi finals if we step up a gear BUT i'm also not gonna expect or hope we do, it's a massive task and one that will be a massive bonus if we do it, personally i don't think we can as we have too much to make up, we're expecting teams above us to go to pot while we step up another couple of levels.

The point i was making was we have survived in super league and surely after the 1st half of the season that in itself is a huge achievement already, maybe it's more a case of some people have unrealistic hopes.

Be happy for what has been achieved and hope we can build on this next year rather than putting more pressure on them already.