jo widdop coming to super league next year

All but the 1st 2 Bradford signings were made by Rick, Fergy was signed by him after the 4 nations.

That's funny cause it was common knowledge he'd signed before Stone did!

He had, then Rick managed to offload him but saw him in the 4 nations and liked what he saw so 're,re-signed' him.

just lol.

Well Rick was honest enough to admit what happened so fair play to him.

So he didn't want him, tried to offload him then saw him play three times and thought oh ok I'll change my mind. That's one way to get a player playing for you.....


Nathan brown for all his faults took the Giants from 10th to 3rd and the final of the challenge cup in his first season. Stone has had a preseason and enough time at the end of last season to get to know his squad- injuries apart they should now be playing his way.

I'm very unsure about him at the moment but with the pressures of last year, injuries and generally our drop away from being a top 4 team so quickly it's hard to ignore the negatives.

I'm not a fan of our attacking style and certainly unhappy with our defensive line speed which seems to be the stand still tactic.
Are we just playing safe and trying to win on percentages rather than just out score the opposition and play 'entertaining' rugby... I don't know?
We have class players who seem to be holding back.

I miss the Nathan Brown era. Teams play us they get battered, bruised and shed loads of knocks.
We end the games with energy to spare.
We throw it about fast and run amazing lines.

I know it's over and this is the Stone Age but nothing I witness now suggests that in 2-3 years time we will be any better.

I'll continue to support whoever is in charge. I always have.

i like stone, very honest and straight talking and he saw alot of issues with the playing group/style/staff and sorted it out during the off season.

but the stone age is also a rebuilding one for the giants dont forget.

Exactly this, already people are questioning him cos we aren't challenging at the top yet, that's not what his appointment was about - it was to rebuild the whole club from top to bottom, this cannot be done in 1 pre-season !!!

Well going by that first half I can't see that he's put any attacking structures in place. All the territory, all the possession and 12-0 down.
Hope they get a rocket up their bum at half time!