Look Tom... : Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:27 pm  

tim791 wrote:

This is just like last year
we nill huddesfield at home, and then get slaughtered by Leeds away.
Its just that we -nearly- nill wire at home, and get slaughtered by huddesfield away.
I think it was around this time of year aswell?

Well Tom (intended) as you can't seem to spell HUDDERSFIELD (there's an r in there boy) just take it on the chin, as we did at your place last season (was a long drive back after 24 nil).

Mind you, there were a few more of us down at your gaff..........

Try and google Huddersfield and come up next time, you'll find we are a friendly bunch!

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:50 pm  

Huddersfield were very professional today, very patient and took each chance when it was presented.

The past two weeks we have been not been able to control the ball at key times, and we have conceeded far too many penalties, today we changed that and reaped the benefit.

Thaler let a lot go for both sides, but was, ultimately, consistant and even for both teams.

Re: Look Tom... : Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:55 pm  

Yettner wrote:

Well Tom (intended) as you can't seem to spell HUDDERSFIELD (there's an r in there boy) just take it on the chin, as we did at your place last season (was a long drive back after 24 nil).

Mind you, there were a few more of us down at your gaff..........

Try and google Huddersfield and come up next time, you'll find we are a friendly bunch!

You seemed to take my post almost as an insult? Or as some joke against your attendences, seeing how you've now commented on ours away at yours?

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:58 pm  

Gahan wrote:

Spoke to the lads on the Minibus, hope you had a safe journey home


Cracking set of lads

Nice to meet you Gahan, home safe and sound. Dropped some of at Northampton services at about 8.45, rest at Staines station at 10.00 and home at 10.30.

basically we were utter poop today and Giants were very strong up front and we got out muscled and then having won the arm wrestle they proceeded to stuff us.

Highlights of the day (few and far between) a forty twenty (we probably knocked on 2 plays later), Chris Mellings great catch in the second half and texting from the depressed mini bus to radio Leeds (we will try and send them a photo of the mini bus shaped cake)!

: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:13 am  

Heard your musings on Radio Leeds as you drove south and we went north and east. Glad you're all back safe and sound. Well done - good away turnout today thanks to you! Hope next week is a return to beating the opposuition ready to takae the Giants down the following week. Come on You QUins!

: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:23 am  

just reading posts from the Giants supporters - usual gloat can be forgiven but to say the ref didn't have some dodgy calls is just wrong. How and why should we be penalised when they knocked on in front of the line I just do not know. Thaler should go back to ref school!!! He's a total failure.

: Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:03 am  

dotti wrote:

just reading posts from the Giants supporters - usual gloat can be forgiven but to say the ref didn't have some dodgy calls is just wrong. How and why should we be penalised when they knocked on in front of the line I just do not know. Thaler should go back to ref school!!! He's a total failure.

such as when?

[Durham Giant]

: Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:30 am  

dotti wrote
just reading posts from the Giants supporters - usual gloat can be forgiven but to say the ref didn't have some dodgy calls is just wrong. How and why should we be penalised when they knocked on in front of the line I just do not know. Thaler should go back to ref school!!! He's a total failure.

I think if you read the posts properely then you would not have made your post.

Everything i have read makes points about the ref missing a whole host of things by both sides.
In fact one posts asks if he was not playing offside, forward passes, lying on or knock ons. The comment however relates to both teams. What thaler did do was be FAIR to both teams. he just did not want to blow his whistle for anything which i think was a good thing

: Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:42 pm  

dotti wrote:

just reading posts from the Giants supporters - usual gloat can be forgiven but to say the ref didn't have some dodgy calls is just wrong. How and why should we be penalised when they knocked on in front of the line I just do not know. Thaler should go back to ref school!!! He's a total failure.

If you're talking about the incident where Louie tried to force a goalline dropout he dragged the bloke back after the tackle had been completed with the ball grounded in front of the line - fair decision. I was however a bit bewildered by Thaler's strange addiction to signalling an extra set of tackles whenever the ball was kicked at an opponent's legs. It almost became a nervous twitch and this cost us the second try after a cagey opening (we were only 0-4 behind after around 20 minutes) paving the way for the decisive second quarter of the match in which we were totally battered, conceding four tries and barely getting out of our own half. That's what tends to happen against the best sides though - something contentious goes against you and they seize you by the throat and don't let go.

We didn't play well, there were too many unforced errors, but we were up against a very impressive side who were clinical and ruthless and showed a fair amount of flair in unpicking our defence. I'm assuming Leeds and Saints will continue their recent domination of the top two places in the table, but I reckon Huddersfield have as good a chance as anyone else of achieving a top 4 finish.