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[John Drake]

Discuss the game here.

[Exiled Wiganer]

Sadly, Saints, unless Brown plays 13 hookers.

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Saints by 18+, could be an, um, difficult season for Hudd.

[hindle xiii]

St Helens, by 6-10.

[chuffer]

Saints by 18+, could be an, um, difficult season for Hudd.

why?

[westhuller]

Saints by 16 Manu to get a few on his home debut unless Hudds target Turners defence.

[back to the future]

why the stupid KO time?

Saints by few

[Saintslass]

why the stupid KO time?

How long has Sky been in charge of our viewing schedule? And you have to ask?

Saints by few

Possibly. I'm not so confident. We have had a good pre-season, but last time Hudds visited they didn't have any of their first choice packmen out and so it's hard to know what impact their return will have.

[1976PMJwires]

It's always your year, it's always your year, just like the last, it's always your year.


Saints to beat the BIG pack of Huddersfield by 18 in a positive game.

[Steve May]

Saints to win this one I think.

Brown will still be focussed on the job. He doesn't get bored and start tinkering until Round 12 or so.

[Saintslass]

Brown will still be focussed on the job. He doesn't get bored and start tinkering until Round 12 or so.

He will need to tread very carefully in that respect at Saints. My club fires coaches who ruffle the feathers of the senior players!

[Ant]

Saints will win. We never win at Saints.

They'll win by 2-3 scores too I think, though I'll also confidently say more than one will be down to some shocking VR calls - and I'm prepared to bet good money the game will be reffed in a different way to Friday nights.

A Brown coaches club will get off to a flier. It will be very interesting to see if he manages to resist tinkering with a winning team...

People writing the Giants off could be in for some surprised. Much tougher team than last season, the massive weakness in the pack has been sorted and with Grix back at full back out spine is much more rigid.

Sum of it is we might not come out all guns blazing this season, but we'll have some ammo left after Easter for once...

[Oracle]

Saints under Brown to cruise home this one, weve stuffed 2 teams already in pre season, and i know they are only friendlies but still seems like were playing attacking attractive rugby again. Saints to start with a bang and set the marker high and win by 20 plus

[Ant]

Sounds exactly like a Brown coached team...Giants did the same last season...

[longboard]

I think that Saints will win this.

It will be interested to see how P Anderson's game plan plays out.

[Wolford6]

80 minutes of Brough behind a big pack will strain quite few defences this season.

[longboard]

80 minutes of Brough behind a big pack will strain quite few defences this season.

We hope so.

Think Bradford Bulls in their glory days and their four props causing mayhem.............

[hindle xiii]

St Helens squad: Paul Wellens, Ade Gardner, Jordan Turner, Sia Soliola, Francis Meli, Lance Hohaia, Jonny Lomax, Josh Perry, James Roby, Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Tony Puletua, Jon Wilkin, Willie Manu, Anthony Laffranchi, Mark Flanagan, Josh jones, Lee Gaskell, Tommy Makinson, Joe Greenwood.

[hindle xiii]

Huddersfield squad: Scott Grix, Luke George, Leroy Cudjoe, Joe Wardle, Jermaine McGillvary, Danny Brough, Luke Robinson, Eorl Crabtree, Shaun Lunt, Craig Kopczak, Brett Ferres, Luke O'Donnell, David Faiumu, Larne Patrick, Jason Chan, Aaron Murphy, Jamie Cording, Dale Ferguson, Stuart Fielden.

[longboard]

Huddersfield squad: Scott Grix, Luke George, Leroy Cudjoe, Joe Wardle, Jermaine McGillvary, Danny Brough, Luke Robinson, Eorl Crabtree, Shaun Lunt, Craig Kopczak, Brett Ferres, Luke O'Donnell, David Faiumu, Larne Patrick, Jason Chan, Aaron Murphy, Jamie Cording, Dale Ferguson, Stuart Fielden.

Some forward power in that squad!

Creativity may be a difficulty for Huddersfield this season.