Massive game this one, one we have to win... still in the top 4 after this weekend but wont be able to hold on much longer if we dont win this one.

they play saints tonight so if they lose that may temper their enthusiasm

think they will have carney back. we have a good record against them at home barring that playoff game last season when everything seemed to go wrong, including the stadium lights packing in.

crowd should hopefully be over 4k, think the last game was 4300 at home when we played them, promo by the club and on a fri night with the season ticket holders turning up should ensure this

any changes to the team that played wigan??? not really got anyone to come back in other than broughton, maybe wardle back into 2nd row in place of bailey who has been off the pace

Broughton is injured- but if fit I'd put him in instead of Murphy just because we would benefit with some pace against Catalan.

Possibly Murphy in the centre...and Broughton back in.
Or Connor to the centre.
Either way... I'd like to see Wardle start in the second row with Ta'ai benched so we have abit more fire on the bench.

I hope there's little experiment in the next couple of weeks so we can hit the potential semi final with a settled team.

connor is injured, think hes out for the season as not heard anything

broughton had a calf problem but could be fine by next week.

i agree about taai i like him off the bench too, good impact

catalans have just beaten saints so they could get on a roll like they do this time of year!

i don't think we need to make changes really do we?
maybe start Leeming instead of robbo and give Bruno more minutes?

the bench let us down v wigan so might see some sort of change.

cas play warrington next, think we would want warrington to win that one... we would then have a 4 point gap to wire and 2 point gap on cas...obv if we win our game! then again if cas win it would be a 6 point gap to wire and we be down to just us and cas then for 4th

Poor bench v Wigan, we lost our dominance when Eorl and Huby went off

Murphy is poor at centre good on wing or fullback
I'd rather see Broughton on the wing

Murphy is good where ever he plays and give 100% week in week out all season

Murphy is dependable wherever he plays, he isn't good at centre

He is good at wing - but lacks real pace

I'm a fan of Murphy but realistically he isn't a top four winger (damn valuable squad man)

I would say he's a top 4 winger.. Depending what you look for in a winger. He's safe under a high ball, his positional sence defensively and in attack is great. Just because he doesn't step his way through the entire opposition like Burgess or Brisco doesn't make him not top four.

Oh to add. He's constantly in the team that gets to the top 4. That kind of makes him being a top 4 winger a reality.

What do coaches look for in a winger? They may only have to make 2 or 3 tackles in a game although they may have to be important tackles (He's made some poor errors in defence in the last few games IMO)- so perhaps not top of the list. He's safe under the high ball? Well he doesn't take those often in his role on the wing as Jerry is the one that usually drops back.and I wouldn't say he's anything special at contesting for a high ball. He's probably better at both those things than Broughton. It seems as if those are the attributes that Anderson is looking for.
But for me a winger should be able to score tries- Perhaps that's why we haven't been putting games to bed as we don't have that scoring ability with pace out wide on the other side that Broughton could bring us. Anderson is taking the safe option in Murphy.

He is second top try scorer this season and scored 20 tries when we finished top of the league in 2013 so he can certainly score tries.

indeed.

wherever you play murphy he will give you at least 8/10 performance every time too!

wardle back in the second row for me and then can put broughton back on the wing, id prefer connor at centre and murphy on the wing but connor has gone for the season

The mark of a good centre used to be the number of Try's his winger scored, He can't score if he doesn't get the passes, and to be honest it's not the best part of Wardle's game.

Your stats show something has changed since 2013, and not for the better. I think some people at least, have grasped that.

Broughton as far as I know was brought to the club for his speed, Now he is being dropped because he isn't scoring, and yet you could count the passes he has had with a chance to show his pace, on one hand.

Whatever position Murphy plays he putts himself about, He makes mistakes like they all do at times , First name on the squad sheet for me.

The Giants poor scoring record doesn't start at the Wingers.

Indeed he has- I just think if Broughton had the chance -ie got the ball in space either from a pass or kick he could score more.... After all surely that's why we signed him!!!