19 man squad : Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:46 pm  

The 19 man squad in full:

Tony Clubb, Ryan Esders, Matt Gafa, Luke Gale, Johnny Grayshon, Gareth Haggerty, Daniel Heckenberg, Ben Kaye, Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Chris Melling, Jamie O'Callaghan, Danny Orr, Chad Randall, Chad Robinson, Will Sharp, Karl Temata, Danny Ward, Jon Wells, Luke Williamson

So Esders comes straight into the 19.
Huddesfield's side looks like more or less their strongest side.

: Thu Jul 09, 2009 6:07 pm  

Three out injured ,not bad though for this time of year

: Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:03 pm  

Don't look to bad a 19. I expect this guy Esders will start off the bench. I'm wondering if Kaye in the 19 to maybe come off bench too,as noticed at the Wigan game Randall's leg was heavier bandaged.

One think is hope Mac dont start with Clubb in the centres like he did against Wigan.
We need a big game from Gafa this week, as everyone has said before how quiet he has been so far this season.

Re: 19 man squad : Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:07 pm  

tim791 wrote:

The 19 man squad in full:

Tony Clubb, Ryan Esders, Matt Gafa, Luke Gale, Johnny Grayshon, Gareth Haggerty, Daniel Heckenberg, Ben Kaye, Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Chris Melling, Jamie O'Callaghan, Danny Orr, Chad Randall, Chad Robinson, Will Sharp, Karl Temata, Danny Ward, Jon Wells, Luke Williamson

So Esders comes straight into the 19.
Huddesfield's side looks like more or less their strongest side.

Not so.

Our strongest 17 would have Lolesi in the backs and Raleigh and Kirmond in the pack.

Re: 19 man squad : Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:12 pm  

Marsdengiant wrote:

Not so.

Our strongest 17 would have Lolesi in the backs and Raleigh and Kirmond in the pack.

Hence the "more or less"...

Re: 19 man squad : Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:14 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

Hence the "more or less"...

No. In this context more or less implies 'very close to' . With at least 3 1st picks missing it is not close to our strongest.

It would be equally ridiculous to suggest that without Dorn, Purdham and Howells your 17 will be very close to being its strongest.

Bring on the game between 2 'decimated' sides.

Re: 19 man squad : Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:29 pm  

Marsdengiant wrote:

No. In this context more or less implies 'very close to' . With at least 3 1st picks missing it is not close to our strongest.

It would be equally ridiculous to suggest that without Dorn, Purdham and Howells your 17 will be very close to being its strongest.

Bring on the game between 2 'decimated' sides.

Dorn, Purdham and Howell are all key players for us though. I would hardly say that Raleigh and Kirmond are key players. First choice yes, but not as important as those were are missing.

Re: 19 man squad : Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:22 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

Dorn, Purdham and Howell are all key players for us though. I would hardly say that Raleigh and Kirmond are key players. First choice yes, but not as important as those were are missing.

You may not think that. Having seen every game this year I would differ.

I do not know how many times you have watched the Giants with and without those players. I would guess very few. I could be wrong.

Jammer is missing for us at centre. I would take him any day ahead of Howell.

Dorn is ordinary. Purdham, granted, is a quality player.

Raleigh's size and mobility are certainly missed when he is unavailable. And given that Kirmond plays SR in short spells he gives us some real strike on the edge, plenty of metres, good feet and a lot of tackle busts. We miss him and hope he will be back for the CC semi.

Re: 19 man squad : Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:19 pm  

Marsdengiant wrote:

You may not think that. Having seen every game this year I would differ.

I do not know how many times you have watched the Giants with and without those players. I would guess very few. I could be wrong.

Jammer is missing for us at centre. I would take him any day ahead of Howell.

Dorn is ordinary. Purdham, granted, is a quality player.

Raleigh's size and mobility are certainly missed when he is unavailable. And given that Kirmond plays SR in short spells he gives us some real strike on the edge, plenty of metres, good feet and a lot of tackle busts. We miss him and hope he will be back for the CC semi.

I don't dispute that missing Lolesi is a big blow for you. I would rate him up with Howell, not better though. Dorn is indeed ordinary and we won't miss him all that much but Purdham is the heart of our team and without him we are very poor indeed. I have seen Huddersfield 4-5 times this season, including against Quins twice, and neither of those players have stood out. They are fairly average in my eyes, steady players, not likely to have a huge impact themselves on the game. Their inclusion would not worry me, put it that way. Similar to Joe Mbu in many ways IMO.

[Durham Giant]

: Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:36 pm  

Raleigh is our most consistent player and when he plays well the team do. he gets through a lot of tackling and plays like an extra prop. We always do better in the forwards when he is playing.