Re: SL RD8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sun Apr 09, 2023 7:37 pm  

Neruda wrote:

good to see everyone complaining about a good win

wouldnt call scraping by a point against a mid table team a " good win" but whatever floats your boat mate.

Re: SL RD8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sun Apr 09, 2023 7:39 pm  

Will have to watch the game again later but I can’t remember seeing any short kick offs today. Hopefully Rohan has changed tactic on those and decided to only use them sparingly. Now we just need to start moving up aggressively in defence and we should have a chance in most games.
Nene, Handley, McDonnell, Tet and Lisone very good today.

Re: SL RD8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sun Apr 09, 2023 7:41 pm  

Maurice UTR wrote:

wouldnt call scraping by a point against a mid table team a " good win" but whatever floats your boat mate.

huddersfield finished 3rd last year, you probably missed that if youve just started watching

Re: SL RD8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sun Apr 09, 2023 7:42 pm  

Austins kicking was class today and seizer stepped it up. Felt we could easily have had a couple more trys just a lack of smart decision making and structure in attack

Re: SL RD8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sun Apr 09, 2023 7:44 pm  

First twenty or so aside there were some good performances in there.

They’ve been much maligned, but I thought both Tet and Lisone were very good and their introduction marked the game starting to turn. McDonnell continues to impress and Johnson was tidy off the bench.

For me atm Bentley just isn’t pulling his weight, offers little with the ball and seems to be missing a lot of tackles.

As others have said need to back it up comfortably against Hull next week.

Oh and Conner dribbling the ball to touch only for his teammates to explain their behind on the scoreline then him to look confused at the scoreboard….priceless.

Re: SL RD8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sun Apr 09, 2023 7:44 pm  

Neruda wrote:

huddersfield finished 3rd last year, you probably missed that if youve just started watching

What players do they have that you would want other than Connor, they consistently fail to perform against the top teams ( losses to wigan, saints and wire ) yet beat the rubbish sides consistently. The definition of a mid table side.

Re: SL RD8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sun Apr 09, 2023 7:54 pm  

Maurice UTR wrote:

wouldnt call scraping by a point against a mid table team a " good win" but whatever floats your boat mate.

Huddersfield are a very good side.

Leeds fans are miserable sods

Re: SL RD8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sun Apr 09, 2023 7:56 pm  

Average performance, but a very good win.
MoM for me was McDonnell. What a great player he is. Quality signing.
Impressed with the Tet and Lisone impacts as well.
And I love to see to see Johnson getting game time. He oozes control. Hope we see more of him.
Could have gone either way tonight tbh, but will take the W.

Re: SL RD8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:00 pm  

christopher wrote:

Huddersfield are a very good side.

Leeds fans are miserable sods

they are a solid side but when you see the individual quality we have, and then the lack of points we put up when having the pressure for 60 minutes its a bit diapointing. Giants defended well but we also lack structure in our offense. Glad we got the 2 points at the end of the day but we shouldnt kid ourselves that there isnt a lot to work on.

Re: SL RD8 | Huddersfield Giants (H) : Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:05 pm  

That first 20 25 were awful with and without the ball, reminiscent of most of our other starts. People rightly commented on that accordingly, the shift was similar to the catalan game in terms of intensity and purpose. The point is that we can't rely on chucking those starts away every week as it could easily have been 18-0.

Bentleys got a long way to go if he thinks he's getting a sniff at NRL. Big raps to Harry, Macdonald, Mcdonnell, Holroyd, Smith and the impact from Tetevano and Lisone especially.