Big game this...a 4 pointer! beat them and we leap frog them in the table..then its the next team on the list, catalans ..but we need to win this one first.

warrington in a spot of trouble at the moment so should be a good time to catch them, we have had a longer break too. tony smith not happy about that...been vocal about it and im sure he will use it as motivation

we have brough returning.... praying for taai too and maybe the debut of jordan turner

come on the giants! get the revival going

Basically Brearley we have to win both to get top 8.

Lose to wire and we're 4 points behind them - not chance are we gonna win 3 more games than them the rest of the season.

Beat Warrington and lose to Catalans and we will be 5 points behind Catalans (with a game in hand as I believe they will beat Widnes this weekend. I don't feel we will win our game against Saints in hand.

We lose this week and we're done for regarding top 8 100%.

Wolves are very much beatable, and Sunday is a good time to start winning. I fear TS does not love our club, but to be fair most people have been vocal about it.

brough back

so where does that leave ridyard? on the bench...

lets hope brough has been practising his kicking too

A game involving two desperate teams. I guess Wire's season is much more of a shock and they will be the more nervous.
Brough straight back in parterning Gaskell. No point in using Ridyard if he's leaving in a couple of weeks.
I hope Broughy has had yellow cards stuck on his walls at home, placed in his fridge and hanging on his car mirror, and he's now sick of the sight of them!

9 days advantage while we've been putting our feet up in our jacuzzis should see us own the energy battle and hopefully our Huddersfield Town heroics have rubbed off on us around the stadium to give us that extra buzz!

Bring on the Wire!

Personally would play ridyard and brough- both creative players both can kick so will keep wire guessing. If turner is still jet lagged put Gaskell in the position his shirt says he was supposed to play.

warrington missing clarke and gidley, if we dont beat them then we dont really deserve to be in the top 8!

brough and ridyard are similar type of players, gaskell more a ball runner so brough and gaskell for me in the halves.

lets hope taai is back and playing second row!

Hmmmm Chris Kendall again for you.

Why do we always get the short straw....

sick of kendall, hes garbage! 6th time from 16 games now.

unless we are on sky we will continue to get him or campbell

they trot out bentham, childs and thaler for the sky games.

line up could be


mamo
mcgillvary
cudjoe
turner
murphy

leeming
brough
gaskell

ikahihifo
rapira
taai
hinchcliffe
ferguson


bench-

obrien
roberts
wakeman
clough


finally starting to get our players back at the right time...
just lawrence, symonds and mellor out now... if taai is back

Taai will not be playing for another 2 - 3 weeks according to examiner today. Don't think they actually have a clue when he will play again.

Just kick to Russell, or Run at Russell. Spot Russell down the blind side. When he stands at dummy half tighten ranks and fly in as a solid line. Basically, throw everything at Russell. He's the weak link.

yep taai still out



just when we need him.

mellor slots back on at second row then.

thought brough and gaskell would get the halves.

Wonder if it's in the RFL rules that we get C Kendal.

when we are next on sky he wont be the ref i bet

Going to try the HD1 bar today. As Supporters Association members do we have cards or something to get in? I am a member but do not recall having a card?

Promising stuff today, Good defense, pacey handling at times , looked so much sharper than Wolves. Turner not that much to do but what he did he did well. Light at the end of the tunnel ?

Big game from Hinchcliffe, Brough controlled, all team played well, Well done.

excellent result, giants are a whole lot better team than they were at the start of the season, starting to get the confidence now

another big one next week!

nice to get a win like today, been a while since we witnessed that down at the john smiths

can always tell when giants have won on here....

silence

Great result. If it wasn't for the referee would of been a real 50+ - 0 score line for us.

Thought Mamo had a up and down game was unlucky not to have another 2 tries 3/4 knock ons but some great support play and positioning. Chris Hill definitely knocked on as he did not complain when he got up and the linesman never flagged until we had scored which was strange.

Turner showed straight away we will be more of an attacking out wide now and Leroy looked back to himself today.

Ryan Hinchclifes best game for us so far with the breaks.

Thought Warrington were extremely poor, do feel a tad sorry for them regarding the week off as I know id be kicking off if it was the other way around but it wouldn't of made a different to the outcome today...it didn't affect Cas against St Helens did it?

Wigan and St Helens now been dragged into the bottom 4 battle/top 8 battle and everything is to play now.

All games are now winnable games but if I was a betting man, I wouldn't bet on us winning next week against Cats as we haven't won 2 games on the bounce all year. But a win next week and I think we will push on and make the top 8.

Mamo 3/4 knock ons really?

Yeah he did 2 in the first half and 1 in the 2nd half in the corner (or it was a failed kick I couldn't see properly) so 2/3 I believe.

Well today was a must win if we are escape the M8's and we did it. Much improved and finally we seem to have a settled side with players in their best positions. Could easily have been a bigger win but for some baffling decisions by our fave ref.
For all that Wire were awful we played much better with threats all over the field, good running plays and solid defence. Seemed to me the whole team was resolute throughout and determined to get that result which is what we have been sadly lacking. Great effort from all the guys and a good confidence boost ahead of the trip to Cats. Today we were back to sticking at what we are best at, Danny kicking them back, a good chase, solid defence and hunt the errors to get the field position to control things. We linked well across the park and got away from our previously failed reliance on battling down the middle for endless sets.
Thought Turner played well considering his short time here with little time to settle or get to know his team mates and plays.
Said before today's game that a win today could still see us make the Top 8 as we have some winnable games in the next 6 before the split with those teams just above or below us. Hoping to cheer the team to that and avoid any involvement in the M8 lottery.
COYG.

A win next week and we are 8th
Beat saints the week after and higher


But let's get past next week first....