Quote Steve51="Steve51"I don't think it's the wheels falling off. They played a good KR side that's in good form, knocked the poop out of cas & recovered 14-16 point deficits against two of the top sides.
To be honest the giants looked badly coached. Brown selected a lightweight pack that got smashed. Fairbanks ?? Mason ?? Once Crabtree went off their pack had no balls and their game declined sharply when Earl went off. Their sliding defence .... well for large parts it forgot to.
Saints must be ting themselves.'"
Huddersfield seem to have a small nucleus of 'good' players such as Brown, Cudjoe, Brough and the ageing Crabtree but not a great deal more. These players need to be both at their best, and to play each week, for Huddersfield to excel. So I think the wheels coming off at roughly the same time as last year may be the fact that these players need a rest or have simply lost a bit of form. I thought Brown in particular looked very quiet and that is the first try that Cudjoe has scored since February. Wigan and Warrington have bigger squads of quality players and can survive the loss of e.g. Myler, Monaghen, Hodgson during the year due to injury (or indeed loss of form).
Unfortunately for Huddersfield they have lost several games in quick order and their morale has now dropped. It will take some time to rebuild and by then they may be out of the cc and much lower in the league. Even worse, they could pick up injuries to key players.