Where's all that pre season confidence gone jools????............thought this was a better squad than the one that won the league leaders shield???........

another poor performance, so many errors (1icon_cool.gif . brough costing us again with his gob. his time is up for me at this club.

mamo was a highlight, could be a star for us...need to build around him, then again brough might not like that as its not all about him.

if roberts looked to pass on that great run of his we had a 4 man overlap but he knocked on... we could have gone in at half time 16-6 up, as it is cats scored instead!

walsh once again a thorn in our side.

see mamo wondering where the back up was when taking the ball up????? must wonder what hes come too, love his enthusiasm ..needs to rub off on a few others asap

good shout

brierley and gaskell could be the way to go, be loads of pace with brierley and mamo

whats happened to leeming? no darting runs anymore just passing ! and a penalty machine.

didnt obrien break or dislocate his collar bone? need to hear some news on him and the situation

rapira out of contract end of this year

hinchy im afraid has another year

he doesnt hate brierley

gave him a fair crack at half back but didnt work

our attack was worse with him there.... and thats saying something!

gaskell got the chance and done well, maybe its brough who needs to the chop now

but at cas we had brierley and gaskell at half back...i could get to that game so cant comment but by the scoreline it didnt work

We don't have the game and skills to utilize a player like Brierley, and i think R Stone knows it. We made some very good individual breaks in the game last night, none of which turned into a try, Roberts made a great break that resulted in a try at the other end for the Dragons, we are just a bunch of individuals who do their own thing, some better than others.

Offloading and support play are a foregn concept at the Giants and have been for many years, the only recent exception being Browns early reign. We had a 60% completion rate Endless knockon's most of them on the 1/2nd tackle , penalties aplenty, a player who got himself in the bin, and we have fans who think we lost because of the ref. We can't play even basic rugby, and It's the ref's fault.

So hang on - to budgie your saying our attack is worse with brierley, and brierley and Gaskell didn't work- yet two posts up you are saying go with brierley and Gaskell
You seem to have had a downer on wardle, now on Hinchcliffe -seems you don't like grafters. well I'd rather have 10 hinchcliffes than 10 mamos it doesn't matter how many points we score we still have to score MORE than the opposition. If we had 10 players capable of defending like Hinchcliffe we wouldn't be losing so many games. .

Does that mean the avatar's time is up also

yes stone alluded to the fact they are playing as individuals and doing their own thing to force the issue instead of managing a game

they just arent learning or dont want to do it enough ..thats what stone said lastnight anyway ..they dont want to do it enough to make the change

I see your still peddling the myth about Shakesfield squire, the only connection is we both have the same landlord, the difference is we get first dibs where as you and the terriers, well the least said about that the better.
The only thing I read about the giants on here is your excuses when you lose and tbh you seem to be making a habit of it the last couple of years quite amusing really

That's the exact point I'm making, and it is a compliment to your coach. Huby looked unfit and useless for us under 2 different coaches last year, wood got 15 mins here and there behind the likes of Jamie Ellis and Hinchcliffe and was clearly not fancied much, Grix was underrated particularly for his organisation and brain. Now all of a sudden all 3 are doing a great job at Wakey.
We don't have the best squad of players, but it is better than our league position and the way that they keep playing. But they are only better than this if they are coached, organised and set up to do so.