Very funny

We could say the same about you.

The Headingley pitch is now a factor in coach McClennan's selections?

It looked pretty solid under foot and didn't prevent Leeds racking up their best meterage of the last two seasons.

Granted we werent on song the first 2 games but the Storm game saw us return to form and I doubt if anyone other than the top club in the game atm could have lived with us during that 80 mins.

The Giants are buzzing and it should be a cracker.

not trying to cause a row but have you actually seen the Giants play this year ? because the comments you're making about how we wont have a chance etc are a bit off the mark !
did you not see how we constantly outstripped the Wakefield defence with pace - both backs and forwards - something Leeds failed to do !
We murdered Hull KR with power and pace and they are a pretty decent outfit on their own patch.
I think you may have underestimated us on your comments on this thread.

Personally i think it will be a cracker to see how far off we are from being a top side and to see if Leeds' start has just been a blip and there champion form is coming back !!

If I were a Giants fan I'd be pretty optimistic about my team's chances on Sunday.... just like I would have been in the corresponding fixture last season.

The question is, has Brown been able to cure the 'awe' factor his team suffered from last year?

Hopefully so , our squad has more experience with fa'aologo, Gilmour etc who have played in more big games than most players.
We destroyed Saints in the Semi final last year because Brown installed a 'you can beat them' attitude into the players and i think knowing we can beat the 'big boys' will only envourage our players when playing the likes of Leeds and Saints.

We were stuffed 34-6 in april 2009. by June it was 20 -12 (with you scoring an interception try in the last minute, so a very close game). So a good indication that there was less 'awe' 3 months later. Time will tell.

On the evidence seen so far the answer might well be in the affirmative

There have been comments on here about pace and attack but imo these are the best two defences in super league and I am looking forward to to a very hard defence based game and i would be suprised if either team scored more than three tries

The defences were outstanding with not many attacking opportunities.

Exactly - we haven't conceded over 20 points in a game since Bradford put 28 past us on the 16th August last year and before that it was Salford in May !! so only twice in the league in the last 10 months - thats some defence and Leeds' attack will have to be really good to break that down !

Giants will be without B. Hodgson, Kirkmond, Mason, Drew, Finnegan and potentially Wild still out but with talk of Horne going out on loan to Castleford he may be back in contention.

Spot on.