Must say, the Huddersfield fans are impressing me at the moment. Have a very promising good team with strong squad, and not getting carried away at all. Recognise the qualities of other and are grounded enough to assess your own chances accordingley.

Unlike that set of 5h1tehouses down the M62 at Wakefield, who believe one swallow makes a summer, and are offended if people do not rave about their wins. Then wonder why they are not regarded as ambitious, and have small town mentality.

One swallow would make my summer....

Incidentally the referee on Sunday is Richard Silverwood.

If the rhinos had fire in their belly for this one they now have a raging inferno!

I think the rfl have stitched hudds up a bit here

Having Silverwood could go in our favour though cos if the Leeds players are thinking its their chance to wind him up and give him some more hammer he may just decide to treat them like the arrogant gits they act by penalising em and not taking any of their cr@p !!
We'll see though

Can't see the ref having much of an impact on the game. The game will obviously be played using "the English rules" so the PTB will be quicker by far anyway. Think that was the main issue we had with him after the WCC. We shall see. I just hope, like everyone else I would imagine, that he doesn't spoil what should be a really good game.

Just on the subject of advertising, there is none around the city centre. I come in every week day for Uni and was a little bit dissapointed by the fact there seems to be no mention of it. But it doesn't sound like a suprise to you lot, unfortunately!

TBH I think something has been said about the number of penalties been given for holding down ect cos last week for example not many at all were given in any of the games.

I think the refs have been told to let the game flow a little more where possible from what I can tell.

The biggest factor in our fading at the end of the season was injuries to key players, not refereeing.
The style that fits ALL sides the best is to slow down the opposition whilst getting a quick PTB yourselves and this is as much more to do with your own technique than the referee. In other words, it could be a tough night for you as well if you don't slow us down. It's a pretty obvious statement.
Our biggest problem with the bigger games in recent times has been a mental rather than a physical one but we are showing signs of overcoming this issue.

It is all set to be a real cracker and will hopefully end up being one.

I thought that internationals were supposed to be the best players playing the best game they can to show the world what a good game we have. These international rules (hold down for longer) do nothing to promote our game internationally - it just makes for a slower game with less flair and a lower scoring game

Well that depends, doesn't it. Who gets the quick ptb; us or the opposition? TBH, I think the same applies to any team because they should be looking to gain an advantage wherever they can. Leeds are quite nifty at slowing the ptb of the opposition themselves.

What planet are you on.

Every time I saw Leeds last season they spent the entire game holding down. Far more than the Giants. The Giants holding down debate was started by a number of inadequete coaches trying to explain why their teams were turned over by the Giants. Every team does it and Leeds and Sts were by far the worst last season.

It will be a long day for Leeds if they carry on with their prima donna attitude in questioning every refereeing decision that doesn't go their way