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its finally here!
new look giants , going to be interesting how we go
salford are out bogey team so cant be confident of a win here
no mcgillvary... amongst others such as cudjoe and ferguson.... wont know about the rest till the squad is announced.. clough/obrien/roberts etc
think salford are missing their two main hookers.
innes senior to play on the wing or wardle brothers to team up at centre/wing...?
hopefully a decent crowd, some may stay home to watch the hull derby. will the salford fans be in our side of the ground or behind the posts?
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Unless something has happened since Saturday we'll have our first choice hooker, Joey Lussick, fully available. Josh Wood is out and so is Logan Tomkins but Joey can easily do the full 80 without being spelled.
Other than that, the only one of our first choice 17 out is Ed Chamberlain who looks like he could be out for 6 weeks. I'd anticipate a starting 17 of something like....
Evalds
Johnson
Welham
Sa'u
Sio
Lui
Hastings
Mossop
Lussick
Dudson
Josh Jones
Turgut
Flanagan
Burke
McCarthy
Nakubuwai
A.N Other
We've obviously not got the biggest of squads but that 17 should give you a decent game.
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Decent side that Slim, I expect a comfortable win for you.
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Quote ="little wayne69"Decent side that Slim, I expect a comfortable win for you.'"
Nah I don't think so. A lot of the guys on our forum are quietly confident that our spine can do a lot of damage given decent ball. Hastings and Lui will be massive for us but Lussick's impact can't be underestimated (he'll be back in the NRL with Jacko IMO when his contract runs out) and Niall Evalds could have a big season chiming into the line. Sio adds potency out wide where we lack a bit of pace and Junior and Welham give us a nice balance of raw power and a little bit of subtlety in the centres.
The big concern is obviously lack of squad depth and how our "slimmed down" pack goes as there won't be many smaller packs in the league. Everyone has us down as finishing just above London but I think we may go under the radar a little bit and shock a few people. I'm not talking top 6 here but I don't see why we can't be in and around the 8 (injuries permitting).
As for Friday I think we might sneak it as we've got a good record at your place but it'll be tight I think. I think we're good value with the bookies at 5/2 and a few others seem to be in agreement. (Cue a 40 point drubbing for Salford.  )
https://www.oddschecker.com/rugby-leagu ... ord/winner
Either way, hope it's a good game and we bring plenty across to create a good atmosphere. All the best for the season (after Friday of course  )  |
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Quote ="little wayne69"Decent side that Slim, I expect a comfortable win for you.'"
Nah I don't think so. A lot of the guys on our forum are quietly confident that our spine can do a lot of damage given decent ball. Hastings and Lui will be massive for us but Lussick's impact can't be underestimated (he'll be back in the NRL with Jacko IMO when his contract runs out) and Niall Evalds could have a big season chiming into the line. Sio adds potency out wide where we lack a bit of pace and Junior and Welham give us a nice balance of raw power and a little bit of subtlety in the centres.
The big concern is obviously lack of squad depth and how our "slimmed down" pack goes as there won't be many smaller packs in the league. Everyone has us down as finishing just above London but I think we may go under the radar a little bit and shock a few people. I'm not talking top 6 here but I don't see why we can't be in and around the 8 (injuries permitting).
As for Friday I think we might sneak it as we've got a good record at your place but it'll be tight I think. I think we're good value with the bookies at 5/2 and a few others seem to be in agreement. (Cue a 40 point drubbing for Salford. )
https://www.oddschecker.com/rugby-leagu ... ord/winner
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yep that price is certainly tempting for a salford win.
no doubt salford will also target that right hand side where we will be missing cudjoe/mcgillvary... know most teams will be for a good while till they are back!
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Tough opening game but this is super league both teams look stronger than the previous year, especially like Salfords spine and pace on edges.
Good crowd expected too hope Salford travel well as they are usually very boisterous
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Id like us to line up like:
Darnell
Uate
Jake Wardle
Turner
Innes Senior
Gaskell
Frawley
Matagi
Leeming
English
Joe Wardle
Mellor
Lawrence
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O Brien
but the reality is Murphy will get picked over Joe Wardle or Ollie Roberts (who might actually be injured as he was named to play against Wakey and didnt). Wasnt impressed with Murphy in any of the pre season games.
Our bench is much stronger than Salfords and is what should win us this game.
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Only a 18 man squad announced so its looking like :
Darnell
Uate
Turner
Joe Wardle
Innes Senior
Gaskell
Frawley
Matagi
Leeming
English
Murphy
Mellor
Lawrence
Taai
Seb
Roberts
O Brien
Walne to miss.
Woolford says he will make an amendment tomorrow after the captains run. I presume this is in relation to Jake Wardle or will we be registering Scott Grix........
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| Quote ="GiantJake1988"Only a 18 man squad announced so its looking like :
Darnell
Uate
Turner
Joe Wardle
Innes Senior
Gaskell
Frawley
Matagi
Leeming
English
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Mellor
Lawrence
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Seb
Roberts
O Brien
Walne to miss.
Woolford says he will make an amendment tomorrow after the captains run. I presume this is in relation to Jake Wardle or will we be registering Scott Grix........'"
so much for joe wardle playing second row for us eh! needs must i guess with injuries alreasdy before the season has started...... where have we heard this before!!
hope we can get away with it this time not like previous 3 years! 
worried about a joe wardle/innes senior partnership in defence... hope they can step up.
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grix in! jeez struggling already for players....
someone else will obv be dropping out tomorrow
will grix play half back or full back
whos dropping out.... uate? frawley/gaskell
not looking good is it really
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It will be grix to FB darnell on the wing, don't think Woolford thinks the senior twins are quite ready yet
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| Quote ="GIANTSRL"grix in! jeez struggling already for players....
someone else will obv be dropping out tomorrow
will grix play half back or full back
whos dropping out.... uate? frawley/gaskell
not looking good is it really'"
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I heard that Gaskill, Tai, and Murphy all wont play on Friday
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Tough to start the season with injuries to key players for you guys. I guess you'll get to see if they've got the fight at this early stage. I'm sure they will.
I know we're a bit of a bogey side for you but anything can happen at this stage of the season. I think we'll give you a good game as the core of the team is very settled. Our pack is a little worrying for me as we've lightened it considerably in light of the rule changes. The forward battle will be a proper wrestle imo.
As a Salford fan it has always been incredibly difficult to predict outcomes for us. We can literally beat most teams when we click, but can equally get hammered off B sides when we don't. I'd like to think that your injuries would tip it in our favour but it's the first game, so anything can happen.
I think we're bringing quite a few over so should be a decent bit of noise for hopefully a decent game.
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salford win for me
have been wrong before though!
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| Gonna be a bit nippy tonight so was thinking of bringing a flask. I assume (like most stadiums these days ) that's probably not allowed tho and I'll have to out up with some overpriced sheeite from one of the kiosks in the ground? |
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Take a flask every week, you'll be fine mate, unless it's a hip flask...
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| Quote ="HuddsRL5"Take a flask every week, you'll be fine mate, unless it's a hip flask...'"
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It’s going to be a tough one tonight then. Think our halves will struggle to make an impact having had little time together. If Faz brings his A grade long kicking game that will help. Frawley needs to step up and lead as I’ve not seen him take control. We will need to sort our discipline from previous. Think We have a new ref so he will be keen.
Seb needs to play like he means it tonight and run hard at their light pack.
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Have all your home games moved to Friday night?
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Funnily enough the two guys brought in Grix and Faz did well. Grix safe as houses at the back under a lot of pressure.
Faz my man of the match.
My biggest dissapointment of the night was Our two ‘big’ signings Frawley just anonymous and every try was scored down uates side. Ok first game but id hoped for positive signs and should have been better.
We seemed to be lacking energy- which is worrying. Whilst Salford had it in spades.
We were barely in Salford’s half and when we were didnt look dangerous.
Early days with plenty of changes to make though.
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Positives Walne was pretty good imo , Frawley played a decent game and so did Uate , Ino all try were scored at that side but didn’t help these Wardle was playing next to him and he was on the wrong side , faz was half decent but the forwards were lack lustre
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So was Frawley anonymous or decent?
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| Quote ="Lockers700"So was Frawley anonymous or decent?'"
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Uate did not much wrong at all. Probably one unforced errors - same as Grix.
Grix and Farrell were the best of a bad bunch. Right side defence absolutely woeful. Uate was one on three for at least two of the tries. Nothing he could have done about any of them.
Need to have a look back to see if it was Turner, Mellor or Farrell that was throwing the systems out. But then again, should Grix have been organising better??
Although he didn't put a foot wrong in defence, I'm disappointed how we let Farrell do as much as he was doing. I feel the senior players should have looked after him a bit more. There was a spell when Lawrence was letting him take the first hit everytime and he was coming in to finish the tackle (something he does too often for me). It should have been the other way round.
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