: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:39 pm  

What a lot of people in the UK seem to have ignored is that Nathan Brown had become a very good NRL coach a few months before he left Australia.

Nathan was a player who retired early and who remade his career as a very young NRL coach. He had started off badly with St George (remember the face slapping incidents, with among others, Trent Barrett?), and they were languishing near the bottom in early 2008, and so the club management decided not to renew his contract. But then, almost as soon as he found that he was on the way out, lo and behold he got the team to improve itself massively, to the point that he were decent playoff contenders by the end of last season.

Nathan Brown could probably get rehired in the NRL if he so desired. But for now he is proving to most Super League fans that he is a top class coach, and he is taking Huddersfield to great new heights.

I only hope that now Huddersfield Giants will start to average over 10,000 to their home games, because they sure deserve it.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:42 pm  

only the past few months he became a good coach?




um they made loads of semis and in 2005 were 1 game from the grand final.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:44 pm  

They won't be far off, certainly top 3 if they maintain their form and stay injury free.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:57 pm  

rover49 wrote:

They won't be far off, certainly top 3 if they maintain their form and stay injury free.

They wont maintain their form though. They are over achieving and then some. They will finish about 5th, you mark my words.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:04 pm  

With Les Catalans starting to regain their form of last year, we can expect them to make their way up the ladder, especially during the summer when the other teams collapse in the heat of southern France.

Expect the top four to be St Helens, Leeds, Huddersfield and Les Catalans.

The next four is not so clear, though Harlequins should be there, and Wakefield will likely wilt as other teams improve.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:08 pm  

Alice's Phallus wrote:

With Les Catalans starting to regain their form of last year, we can expect them to make their way up the ladder, especially during the summer when the other teams collapse in the heat of southern France.

Ahh, so it won't be the rugby but the weather which pushes Les Catalans up the table then?

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:17 pm  

Alice's Phallus wrote:

With Les Catalans starting to regain their form of last year, we can expect them to make their way up the ladder, especially during the summer when the other teams collapse in the heat of southern France.

This is the same team that lost their last 8 games last year - when it was hottest...

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:19 pm  

Well according to some SL coaches, its only the refs that have got huddersfield to 2nd.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:23 pm  

Code13 wrote:

Well according to some SL coaches, its only the refs that have got huddersfield to 2nd.

If they had Thaler every week they'd be unbeaten all season, win the Grand Final and get the record score in the CC final

TBF, Huddersfield looked a good team.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:44 pm  

Eurob0y wrote:

It would be an absolute travesty if they did. A team that has built its performances on underhand tactics and foul play should not be winning a grand final at the expense of skillful teams like Leeds and St Helens

Turtle, chicken wing,rolling, grabbing, offside, lying on, forward passing teams.