Sat 10th June : SL : Warrington Wolves v Huddersfield Giants KO 17:00 (SKY)

[GUBRATS]

14 minutes ago, ELBOWSEYE said:

There is a growing anti wire theme on here, not just the usual fans but virtual whole league, you May find posters denying it but read their posts , I have read Wigan,saints, Leigh, Salford, Huddersfield,hull,hkr, Leeds. I am sorry if I missed you out.

Let's wait for the daft emojis from fans incapable of genuine responses.

They should be better than they are , more a criticism of Powell than anything else 

 

[daz39]

Pleasantly surprised at that performance from us, i actually said it would be 40/50 defeat after their 1st try second half but something clicked and we actually looked like a decent rugby team for the last half hour and with a bit more luck we could have nicked that.

Kev Naiqama was unplayable at times in what was easily his best game for us.

What a difference it made having Olly Russell back with Theo, a proper half back pairing.

Hopefully that 2nd half can have a positive effect for us going forward.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

[Harry Stottle]

2 hours ago, daz39 said:

Did he actually play though, i know he was on loan but i'm pretty sure he never made an appearance.

Yes he did, from memory at least 4 games.

[Davo5]

12 hours ago, Old Frightful said:

Nothing wrong with that pass, JB can't moan at that one.

 

12 hours ago, Just Browny said:

Assume that was when you turned it on as there was plenty to question before then.

We were rubbish again though.

I’m sure he’ll find something else though.

[moorside roughyed]

16 hours ago, The Blues Ox said:

Cracking turn out by the Huddersfield fans.

There was only about half a dozen of them or so it seemed.

[moorside roughyed]

We were lucky to get that win. Making me mightily relieved come the final whistle.

[Harry Stottle]

After the losses at Leigh, and against Hull and now this narrow home victory against a club that is not performing very well I don't think that other teams will be as wary of facing Wire this season.

Next week's quarter final v Wigan should be a fascinating watch.

[Barry Badrinath]

So that Ashton no try, have we got rid of the rule where a touch doesn't count if the tackler isn't playing at the ball?

[meast]

15 hours ago, getdownmonkeyman said:

Two sides who don't know how to/can't defend.

To be fair it was rather warm yesterday, it was never going to be a high energy, defensively minded game.

[ELBOWSEYE]

2 hours ago, Barry Badrinath said:

So that Ashton no try, have we got rid of the rule where a touch doesn't count if the tackler isn't playing at the ball?

Non tv games both his and Currie we're tries 

Edited June 11, 2023 by ELBOWSEYE

[meast]

1 hour ago, moorside roughyed said:

There was only about half a dozen of them or so it seemed.

About 100, not great but then again we don't have a big fanbase, which is well known and well ridiculed around the RL circles, we are in a poor run of form which always puts off most except the die hards, this happens with all clubs as we saw with Warrington last year and seeing with Castleford and Leeds too recently.

It was a week after we took a few hundred to magic weekend, there'll be a few hundred more go to Perpignan in a couple of weeks, so naturally lots of fans gave this one a miss due to cost, it was only on TV, it was a lovely hot summers day so many people probably chose to stay at home, save money, watch on TV and have BBQ's with family and friends.

Without those circumstances we'd probably have taken a good few hundred.

No excuse but reasons why, other clubs fans get leeway with such things so it's only right Huddersfield should.

Still, it was a good day we had a decent few drinks around Warrington and saw our team put in a far better effort than we have for weeks.

[Phil]

I’ve a bit of a soft spot for both clubs, I genuinely thought it could be Wire’s year but now I’m not so sure, they’ll be thereabouts though I think.

Mrs Phil and our daughter are both Giants season ticket holders so I’ve got to have at least a passing interest in them.

 I don’t think Connor is an inspired signing, I know him in real life and he doesn’t strike me as a team player 

[Yonder Province]

A far, far better performance from Fartown last night.

So was it the  "settled spine", the "loss of egos", the "few things fixed up" - or other Watsonisms?

Apparently now we may have to take a step back this season. A late addition to the process mi thinks!

The sooner Ken gets the waft of snake oil the better.

[GUBRATS]

31 minutes ago, ELBOWSEYE said:

Non tv games both his and Currie we're tried.

We had the opposite in Catalan second game in , swings and roundabouts , the difference is because of the VR the correct decision was given , so you are complaining you had a score fairly written off ? , So you need ref mistakes to win ? 

[meast]

8 minutes ago, Yonder Province said:

A far, far better performance from Fartown last night.

So was it the  "settled spine", the "loss of egos", the "few things fixed up" - or other Watsonisms?

Apparently now we may have to take a step back this season. A late addition to the process mi thinks!

The sooner Ken gets the waft of snake oil the better.

It was players putting in a bit more effort, it was more organisation from Russ and Fages, it had a nice balance to the team, it was good team work down both edges and it was a bit of confidence knowing we can compete if we work hard enough at it.

It was a massive improvement on recent weeks.

 

[redjonn]

13 hours ago, daz39 said:

Pleasantly surprised at that performance from us, i actually said it would be 40/50 defeat after their 1st try second half but something clicked and we actually looked like a decent rugby team for the last half hour and with a bit more luck we could have nicked that.

Kev Naiqama was unplayable at times in what was easily his best game for us.

What a difference it made having Olly Russell back with Theo, a proper half back pairing.

Hopefully that 2nd half can have a positive effect for us going forward.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

A big improvement for sure.

Naigama for sure had a really good game but I thought was helped by Warrington seeming to have someone jump/step out the line whenever it went that way - giving him a big gap which he exploited and for sure doesn't need that extra help from Wire defence, Something I,m sure Powell won't be happy with.

Good to see Huddersfield getting it together.

[GUBRATS]

1 hour ago, meast said:

It was players putting in a bit more effort, it was more organisation from Russ and Fages, it had a nice balance to the team, it was good team work down both edges and it was a bit of confidence knowing we can compete if we work hard enough at it.

It was a massive improvement on recent weeks.

 

As I put during the game , just some belief and the game was there to be won , nearly did it as well 

[Futtocks]

1 hour ago, meast said:

It was players putting in a bit more effort, it was more organisation from Russ and Fages, it had a nice balance to the team, it was good team work down both edges and it was a bit of confidence knowing we can compete if we work hard enough at it.

It was a massive improvement on recent weeks.

This was the sort of performance level I was expecting from Huddersfield this season, but which has been largely absent 'til now. If they keep it up, it makes the remainder of the season a bit more unpredictable for everyone.

[daz39]

12 hours ago, Harry Stottle said:

Yes he did, from memory at least 4 games.

Fair enough, i was under the impression he never played and can't find any record of him making any appearances but i will trust your memory

[meast]

3 minutes ago, daz39 said:

Fair enough, i was under the impression he never played and can't find any record of him making any appearances but i will trust your memory

According to this, he never played for Leigh

https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/oliver-russell/summary.html

[ELBOWSEYE]

2 hours ago, GUBRATS said:

We had the opposite in Catalan second game in , swings and roundabouts , the difference is because of the VR the correct decision was given , so you are complaining you had a score fairly written off ? , So you need ref mistakes to win ? 

You can see the reason Currie had his try disallowed,come on even the most one eyed fan could see that there was clear daylight between Currie and price. The Ashton one was closer.

[GUBRATS]

23 minutes ago, ELBOWSEYE said:

You can see the reason Currie had his try disallowed,come on even the most one eyed fan could see that there was clear daylight between Currie and price. The Ashton one was closer.

Both correct calls ateotd 

[ELBOWSEYE]

13 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:

Both correct calls ateotd 

?

[Yonder Province]

4 hours ago, meast said:

It was players putting in a bit more effort, it was more organisation from Russ and Fages, it had a nice balance to the team, it was good team work down both edges and it was a bit of confidence knowing we can compete if we work hard enough at it.

It was a massive improvement on recent weeks.

 

A massive improvement it was indeed.

I would be tempted to bring Connor in for Marsters at centre and then leave things alone for a few weeks.

Lolohea seems to be fitting in well as an impact and in this way we can accommodate all our flair players, hopefully solving the season long conundrum.

[moorside roughyed]

5 hours ago, meast said:

About 100, not great but then again we don't have a big fanbase, which is well known and well ridiculed around the RL circles, we are in a poor run of form which always puts off most except the die hards, this happens with all clubs as we saw with Warrington last year and seeing with Castleford and Leeds too recently.

It was a week after we took a few hundred to magic weekend, there'll be a few hundred more go to Perpignan in a couple of weeks, so naturally lots of fans gave this one a miss due to cost, it was only on TV, it was a lovely hot summers day so many people probably chose to stay at home, save money, watch on TV and have BBQ's with family and friends.

Without those circumstances we'd probably have taken a good few hundred.

No excuse but reasons why, other clubs fans get leeway with such things so it's only right Huddersfield should.

Still, it was a good day we had a decent few drinks around Warrington and saw our team put in a far better effort than we have for weeks.

It was a good game. Those not present missed out