Thought Saints should really have won the semi final.

Our level of performance from previous weeks is going to have to be raised a couple of notches this Friday.

It's crunch time really, win and we can finish 3rd, lose, 4th/5th.

2 or 3 spare seats if anyone wants a lift.

mmm i watched the last time we won at Knowsley Road when Andy Wilson was playing et all..... trouble is i have this vision of that same ol saints move and our defence watching dumfounded as Leon Pryce walks in to score untouched with a massive grin on his face..... almost saying 'i thought you knew it was coming' we the fans 'bloody did' every time.....

My week could only be spoiled further if it was announced Wednesday at about 4pm that the legendary Kieron Cunningham was coming out of retirement to score his two one yard tries a tradition against Huddersfield.....

However after seeing us win at leeds anything is possible !! isn't it ??????????

Yeah Leon Pryce tore us apart last season at Knowsley Road during the regular season - he was hitting some awsome form.

Will be nice to hear which names we have back mid-week, if we can match them up-front then we will give ourselves a decent shot.

Wonder if they'll risk Graham & Roby this Friday.Graham especially,who they say has a serious neck injury.

Bit surprised how much the Saints front row had it over their Wigan opposite numbers in the semi,especially first half.

We can’t afford to get off to a slow start in this one.

Might take you up on that one Dave. Broken my leg you see so can't drive!

Where from? and what time?

big game this one..will go along way to deciding where we finish in the table, lose and 3rd has gone and likely 4th too. looking at it though 5th may not be so bad with a home draw and not always ideal having a week rest!

eastmond likely to be back for saints?? pryce great player but lacks kicking game as you could see v wigan on sat.

whats the news on players coming back for us? faalogo and o'donnell being back would be a boost

we could do with KB back, LOD back for def i'm told, the warrington board is bringing up the Fa'alogo to them next year thread again..... if they offered big money i would let him go.. far too injury prone for me and it will only get worse if NB moves him to prop....

Dont worry he wont be going anywhere.

Praying we don't get Thaler or Bentham on Friday.

thats good we will have o'donnell and faalogo back then, we need as many big forwards as possible as for me puletua and graham are the best forwards in super league.

maybe too soon for kev brown



i see saints players playing through the pain with injections, i wonder if nathan brown could of done the same with our players instead of resting them with slight knocks... we could of had a few more points in the bag now

You were saying Paul??

St Helens v Huddersfield Giants 8pm (SKY)
Ref P Bentham TJ R Hicks TJ G Stokes RR D Sharpe VR B Thaler TJ Coach T Brown TK D Campbell MC P Crashley

Maybe - but personally I didn't think James Graham or James Roby were anywhere near as affective as they can be, that is the down side of playing through the pain barrier.

I prefer NB's approach of resting players when they need it, example - when he rested LOD & KB before the Warrington game earlier in the season - they both looked better for a week off, were both very affective and we came away with an important win.

playing with injections to cover an injury = shorten your career

your body is telling you something is wrong.

Think it is a big game for our forwards. Game will be decided upfront. And our guys hopefully have something to prove. LOD back would be a real Bully-Bonus.

Cup football so Saints thought it worth the risk. It's a thin line deciding who plays with what injuries as the consequences can be dire. Sometmes the players need protecting from themselves - these are hardened professionals with a pain threshold too good for their own good if you see what I mean.

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Glad we've got Brown and LOD...we're a much much better side with those 2 in .

getting a few bodies back just at the right time.... lets hope they can put a top performance in, got the win v hull kr but the crack were still there mainly in defence

So what does everyone think we will go with?

Grix
Jerry
Horne
Leroy
Hodge
Brown
Brough
Eorl
Robbo
Griffin
Fa'alogo
Raleigh
LOD

Patrick
Gilmour
Kirmond
Faiumu

Gilmour will start. If Raleigh makes the seventeen it will be as a prop

I like that but I don't think NB will go with it.

I think Bruno will come back in too and Raleigh/Kirmond/Horne will miss out.

I also think Gilly wont be on the bench.

Huddersfield Giants 19 man Squad:

In numerical order:

1. Scott Grix 2. Michael Lawrence 3. Leroy Cudjoe 4. Lee Gilmour 5. David Hodgson 6. Kevin Brown 7. Danny Brough 8. Eorl Crabtree 9. Luke Robinson 10. Darell Griffin 11. Luke O’Donnell 12. David Fa’alogo 13. David Faiumu 16. Andy Raleigh 17. Danny Kirmond 18. Larne Patrick 19. Graeme Horne 20. Jermaine McGillvary 27. Jacob Fairbank

The Giants will be wearing their Claret and Gold principal kit for this game.

For me it would probably be:

Grix

Jerry Horne Leroy Hodgson

Brown Brough

LOD
Kirmond Gilmour
Eorl Robbo Griffin

Faiumu
Fa'alogo
Raleigh
Patrick


Play Faiumu primarily as replacement hooker with Raleigh & Patrick propping and Fa'alogo sparing LOD. Think that pack should be enough to get on top of Saint's, though I think it will be a closely fought contest.

Bruno to be 18th man.

thinking about it, all 3 played well v Hull KR, could Bruno be coming back in, in the centres or wing? Wardle got injured didn't he?