Huddersfield Giants to finish top!

[Gerrumonside ref]

The preview is in and Huddersfield Giants are being touted for the top spot.

Do you believe they can do it?

What say the Giants fans on here?

[Eddie]

11 minutes ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

The preview is in and Huddersfield Giants are being touted for the top spot.

Do you believe they can do it?

What say the Giants fans on here?

Which preview? I’d have them 3rd after Saints and . 

Edited January 26 by Eddie

[Gerrumonside ref]

2 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Which preview? I’d have them 3rd after Saints and . 

RLW season preview.

[Jughead]

No. 

Their squad looks stacked but how Watson keeps all happy is going to be interesting. 

[graveyard johnny]

Hill, Cudjoe and Mcgillivary have a combined age of 176

[daz39]

We have the squad to do it but whether we will is a different matter, the players have come here to work under Watto and GB knowing they are not guaranteed a starting place and are part of a squad and not a team of 13.

I am excited at seeing what this squad can do, we have undoubtedly strength in depth but it's how they all get along and perform.

Hill, Cudjoe and Mcgillvary are absolutely vital to us, off the pitch as much as on it to bring the youngsters through and use their experience.

We are quite capable of finishing top, but so are others, i'm happy to see where this squad takes us before making predictions.

[GUBRATS]

I'd say there are 4 candidates for top , and the Giants are one of them 

[WN83]

They’ve a shot. Saints might have a slower start than usual with the WCC trip and Wigan have very little depth. Wire are a bit unknown, Catalans start with some injury problems and I’m not convinced Leeds will have enough to challenge for it.
 

Huddersfield have depth that is almost unheard of in the current salary cap era. I would worry if they quite have the required match winners to turn a potential top spot in to a Grand Final win but they should be really consistent. 

[Ragingbull]

Seems a very good squad on paper.  Interested as to what Giants  fans 1st choice 17 would be (assuming everyone is fit)  and who would miss out.

[ghost crayfish]

Huddersfield are an obvious contender, as are St Helens, Wigan and Catalans. I'd also throw Salford in as a roughie, with some good luck on the injury front. Warrington and Leeds are other top 4 threats, but I don't see them as having much chance of finishing top. Castleford are possibly in that boat too. All in all, makes for an interesting season!

Edited January 27 by ghost crayfish

[Old Frightful]

How can this be?

They have, among their ranks, the single most petulant, none defending, inconsistent grub that ever played the game.

Apparently. 

[Jughead]

2 hours ago, ghost crayfish said:

Huddersfield are an obvious contender, as are St Helens, Wigan and Catalans. I'd also throw Salford in as a roughie, with some good luck on the injury front. Warrington and Leeds are other top 4 threats, but I don't see them as having much chance of finishing top. Castleford are possibly in that boat too. All in all, makes for an interesting season!

Aren’t Salford already struggling with injuries? 

[Harry Stottle]

1 hour ago, Jughead said:

Aren’t Salford already struggling with injuries? 

Well ere hopefully for the first game, that's all, clean bill of health after that.

[FearTheVee]

Was interested to look at the Giants squad on the basis of this thread so went to the Giants official website.

Is there a better website that will actually contain the current squad rather than last year's?  

https://www.giantsrl.com/locker-room/first-team

Edited January 27 by FearTheVee

[Eddie]

Nobody’s mentioned Leigh yet, so as it’s obligatory for them to end up on any TRL thread I’ll go with the Leopards to finish top. 

[sweaty craiq]

10 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Nobody’s mentioned Leigh yet, so as it’s obligatory for them to end up on any TRL thread I’ll go with the Leopards to finish top. 

I assumed the thread was about who would finish second behind the 'pards

[daz39]

9 hours ago, Old Frightful said:

How can this be?

They have, among their ranks, the single most petulant, none defending, inconsistent grub that ever played the game.

Apparently. 

You mean the quiet, shy wonderfully talented Jake Connor returning to where he never wanted to leave?

Oh wait a minute that's not the Jake the media want us to believe exists.

[daz39]

6 hours ago, FearTheVee said:

Was interested to look at the Giants squad on the basis of this thread so went to the Giants official website.

Is there a better website that will actually contain the current squad rather than last year's?  

https://www.giantsrl.com/locker-room/first-team

https://www.giantsrl.com/article/8305/giants-announce-2023-squad-numbers

[Desert Skipper]

Well, on paper that’s clearly the strongest squad in the league, albeit not the strongest starting 13.

Now we will see whether Watson is as good as we think he is. There are no excuses with a squad like that.

[DG70]

Hudds were outclassed by Salford in their last game, both sides have obviously improved their squads since, can Hudds finish top? no, I think they'll be 4th.

[Oxford]

Huddersfield Giants to finish top?

I think their squad and coaching set up would justify any Giants fan putting a bob or two down on it right now.

[Oxford]

7 hours ago, Desert Skipper said:

Now we will see whether Watson is as good as we think he is.

I think being at a club where you can afford a squad that strong won't ever be the measure of how good a coach is rather it's how well you can get a side to play and achieve with limited resources.

Didn't Jack Gibson say something like the bigger and better your players the better your coach ?

[GUBRATS]

7 hours ago, Oxford said:

I think being at a club where you can afford a squad that strong won't ever be the measure of how good a coach is rather it's how well you can get a side to play and achieve with limited resources.

Didn't Jack Gibson say something like the bigger and better your players the better your coach ?

I'd love to see how ' Pep ' would go on at Accrington Stanley ?

[Oxford]

1 hour ago, GUBRATS said:

I'd love to see how ' Pep ' would go on at Accrington Stanley ?

When I was interested in coaching, far more than now, Kevin Tamati was in charge at SRD. He sold our most effective player at the time on the grounds he wasn't a playmaker and Tamati hadn't got time to make him into one. That phrase reveals alot about Tamati and his methods but even more about top flight coaching.

Pep .... Accrington 4 minutes 15 seconds after it was discovered he could only coach ready made premiership/international players.