Looking on the bright side we lost 44-18 at Cas last season so an improvement in that sense.

It was a poor performance where we were basically out-enthused and went into it expecting the result rather than earning it.

If it weren't for that frankly ludicrous VR decision we would have actually gotten a point, which we didn't deserve.

Cas played well. Just goes to show that you need to put in the effort and have the right attitude from minute one or you can walk away with nothing.

From a Cas fans view not having a pop or anything but I think its good to get other fans views;

I thought Grix was your best player last night. He took everything thrown at him and kept coming.
McGilvary - I took him out of my dream this week. What a plank, he's back in tomorrow. Finished well and is a true winger.
Lunt - apart from his sin binning, he changed the game when he came on. Much more of a threat than the starting hooker. Now that may have been fatigue but Lunt showed his class.
Flashes of brilliance were on display last night. First 10 minutes of the second Brown seemed to come to life and started playing. Unfortunately 10 minutes wasn't good enough.

Disappointing for you guys were the size of your pack and experience of your pack has should have done better. Faurmina (sp) was shocking. He's a good hooker but until last night I kept thinking, 'why have the Giants signed Ferguson?' well now I see that once he's Giants match fit he'll be in for this guy. 11 and 12 for you guys are beast but play like superstars and not workhorses that they needed to be last night.

Overall, play that game 100 times and Huddersfield would have the higher win percentage. I fully expect you guys to be top 4 this year and will look forward to watching the Giants on Sky. A couple of tweaks to the playing staff and line up and you'll be pushing for Old Trafford.

Good luck rest of the season.

Fair comment.

Well I'm ready for slitting my wrists after reading this thread. Jeez guys get a grip! Ok we had a bad day at the office (like all top teams do) from what we've started to expect from our boys, yet we lost by 6 points to a team who's fans are almost soiling themselves over how well they played. Take into consideration that Brown bombed a try and the video try given to Cas that was a joke. Then after listening to radio leeds this afternoon apparently Dixon blatantly knocked on in a Cas try and it could so easily have been us taking the 2 league points. I'd rather we have an off day at the start of the season and learn the lessons now for later on in the comp. The only downer I have is how Horne can make the team whilst Larne misses out. Heads up folks, it'll all be forgotten next week after we tonk Hull FC.

Not only are the fans soiling themselves, read the coaches comments. He's so happy you'd have thought he'd grown back his missing finger!

"it was a pretty complete performance.." x3 at least. His wife will need extra fabric softener with this weeks washing!

got to agree with ivor,meast ,daz and ponner all echoed my thoughts on the game, you dont win anything in round 2 of the season and for me overall there wasnt much in the game at all, cas adapted to the conditions much better than us and to me that was the main difference other than dodgy vrefs.

I thought you won 2 points





Just having a laugh with you

Its RL, You have to earn the right to play, And your forwards came off second best, Thats the reason you lost.

Everyone knows about our farce of a referee last week, But its actually helped the players. They know whats coming now and its speeded up our players at the play the ball dramatically, So we therefore gave very few penalties away. Which was strange for us.

We have signed very well, A lot will have gone un noticed, As we havent raided the NRL for a super star, We identified weak links, And we have signed what we needed.

We had a Stand Off who is unpredictable, But not able to control a game, So we signed a Scrum Half who can do that. Danny Orr was immense last night, We signed a reliable full back, A winger who is a proven try scorer and a couple of hard working forwards.

Who knows, Maybe the season will pan out, And you will finish lots higher than us, But i doubt it. We are a pretty solid side this year, And its no shame losing, In conditions like that it was going to be a slog.

I wouldnt say too many of your players were "Disappointing", We scored one questionable try on BOTD, And another where a player dropped the ball to another to dive on. Add to that the Cudjoe error, Kevin Brown's dropped ball, And the Richard Mathers SUPERB try saving tackle, Another day, It could have been a different story.

ATEOTD Cas were the side who wanted to win this game where as Hudds after beating wire thought they could beat anyone and have been bitten from behind.Hopefully Hudds learn a lesson from this.

Best Post you've ever made on this hallowed forum! For me, the Lads will have off days, and that was an off day. Next week, we need to dust ourselves off, and get back to working hard to beat a very okay Hull team. In the wingers, yes we do maybe need speed, but for f*ck sake, will everyone get off our best winger (and try scorer) ever's back!?! He plays well 99% of the time, and one bad game, and he's just become sh*te all of a sudden. Horne, he probably isn't good enough - but he works hard, and I admire that. So, next weeks 17 should be (if JS is here)

Grix

Cudjoe
Lawrence
Simpson
Hodgson

Brown
Brough

Griffin
Carlile
Mason
Fa'alongo
Gilmour
O'Donnell

Lunt
Ferguson
Crabtree
Larne

We're not done yet - 20+ rounds to go, don't forget.

Ahh, but you're a relatively new boy/girl!

Cheers though.

He has also been hampered by injury for most of those 14 months...

Personally I think Grix was immense at fullback, didnt make a single mistake (unlike the VR, what on earth goes on in the brains of these people?)

Cas played superbly to the conditions, its a tough place to go, the conditions were rubbish (and often the great leveller, for those of us that can remember winter rugby)

Consider this (and no disrespect intended to Cas). Can Cas play better? Can the Giants?

I am certain we will finish top 6.

I think the most disappointing thing for me was the lack of enthusiasm, they didn't seem to be in the right frame of mind for the game - typical example was the kick-chase. DB was putting some excellent kicks in down field but the chase (particularly in the first 20-25 mins) seemed vary laboured....might just be me though.