I think there are clearly more pressing problems facing the club so I’ll not comment further after this but I think the following:

The club has a massive identity problem, made worse by being seen as cuckooing in Town’s nest

The chances of the club ever pushing a 25,000 capacity are remote. They just don’t, and realistically never will, need those seats. Let’s not forget that under the licensing you got a point for an average of 10,000 and a point for averaging 40% of capacity. 40% of 25,000 is...

The atmosphere in the ground is terrible and will remain so unless we start to pull 12,000+. Which makes the Giants a bit of a sad proposition. Who wants to be part of a sp crowd rattling round a massive, empty ground.

On top of that there are many known problems with the way the stadium facilities are run (and for once we can’t blame Thewlis)

I really believe that the stadium is not an optimal home for the club. But it’s not going to change anytime soon so it’s really not worth commenting on further.

There are many, many things the club could do in the short/medium term beyond thinking about the stadium.

which super league club can get 25k crowds?

not many can even get 10k

dont worry about it , its not just hudds its a rugby league problem

Be interesting seeing Woolford doing interviews after games. He was banned from attending games when he coached in the Canberra comp for punching out a window in the coaches box. www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/a ... je57k.html He seems to be a good coach at improving individual skills. He has improved a lot of players in the Knights reserve grade. Not nearly as good as Rick Stone though.

Be interesting seeing Woolford doing interviews after games. He was banned from attending games when he coached in the Canberra comp for punching out a window in the coaches box. www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/a ... je57k.html He seems to be a good coach at improving individual skills. He has improved a lot of players in the Knights reserve grade. Not nearly as good as Rick Stone though.

9 month ban seems harsh for that.. but it was end of the season so wont have affected much

has some fire in his belly by the sounds of it, maybe the giants need someone like that to ruffle a few feathers!

woolford has had an interview with the club, just waiting for a visa then they will announce it...

nathan brown gave him a great reference

dave kidwell also applied for the job former nz coach

Good luck to the bloke I will give him a chance and hope he does well it’s a total pin in the map choice from the club and does nothing to address the real issues

He’s currently in charge of the Newcastle feeder club, who were in the playoffs last year the first he took over -and are currently at the bottom of the table ......Yep sounds like the man with the credentials for the job

knew it would go down well with you jools.

bagging a coach (if announced) before he's even stepped foot in the country.

we as fans need to back him and give him a chance at the very least.

obviously thewlis saw something he liked in the interview or from what he heard from his mate nathan brown.

Cannot be worse than Thorman

And for when Jools says how do you know and defends him.
1 I was there when thewlis told brown not to quit as it would cost him money
2 baloo was very happy to tell everyone he got 70k to leave

Well you cannot dispute that.

Two seasons ago I said I would not go back to watching the giants until there was fundamental change at the club.

By that I did not mean tinkering with the players or the coach. Since then virtually everything that has happened at the club has smacked of either incompetence or something worse

The players signed, the length of contracts or what they have been paid.
Decisions in the back room .

For me although I have never said it the problem is Thewlis .

As long as he is there then I have no faith anything will change at the club.

No matter who we get it will fall apart with the incompetence at the top.

As long as Thewlis is there I will save my money.

I agree completely ( along with another 8 people) we also sponsor a player. I have followed HRLFC for 40 years and won’t be renewing if Thewlis is in charge. I walked out of the last game v Salford not even caring anymore which is sad. The whole set up is a shambles as I’ve said on here for a long time.

That would be enough to keep die hard Giants fans going in excuses for years to come.