Squad for Giants : Thu Sep 12, 2024 11:19 am  

Ashton
Bateman
Crowther
Currie
Drinkwater
Dufty
Harrison
King
Lindop
Musgrove
Nicholson
Philbin
Powell
Tai
Taylor-Wray
Thewlis
Walker
Whitehead
Williams
Wood
Yates

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Re: Squad for Giants : Thu Sep 12, 2024 1:36 pm  

karetaker wrote:

Ashton
Bateman
Crowther
Currie
Drinkwater
Dufty
Harrison
King
Lindop
Musgrove
Nicholson
Philbin
Powell
Tai
Taylor-Wray
Thewlis
Walker
Whitehead
Williams
Wood
Yates

Well, Lindop will not be playing but I think CTW will be. Where is Holroyd ?

If players are to have a rest then I guess this is perhaps the game to do it. Treat London as a warm up game to get the team back into the groove before the playoffs ? If that is Burges's plan then Wood and Whitehead may get on the pitch.

Re: Squad for Giants : Thu Sep 12, 2024 1:42 pm  

The team for Saturday will likely depend on the results from Friday night matches.

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Re: Squad for Giants : Thu Sep 12, 2024 1:56 pm  

I suppose if HKR lost by a big margin to Leigh it could change things around, Im assuming we finish third.

Re: Squad for Giants : Thu Sep 12, 2024 2:25 pm  

Winslade's Offload wrote:

I suppose if HKR lost by a big margin to Leigh it could change things around, Im assuming we finish third.

Yeh I understand that thinking, I’m resigned to us finishing 3rd also but if HKR or even Wigan lose their last 2 games I think it will have a bearing on the team selection.

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Re: Squad for Giants : Thu Sep 12, 2024 3:05 pm  

It would be interesting to know what Burgess thinks of having a week off by finishing second. Is it good because the players can recharge the batteries, or does it interfere with the rhythm and focus of the team ? I suppose it certainly avoids an injury to a key player.

Re: Squad for Giants : Thu Sep 12, 2024 3:06 pm  

karetaker wrote:

Yeh I understand that thinking, I’m resigned to us finishing 3rd also but if HKR or even Wigan lose their last 2 games I think it will have a bearing on the team selection.

How times change, for the last x years we dreamed of finishing 3rd

Re: Squad for Giants : Thu Sep 12, 2024 3:08 pm  

I do wonder if SB has decided not to rest players following on from the Wembley performance.

Re: Squad for Giants : Thu Sep 12, 2024 4:44 pm  

Captain Hook wrote:

I do wonder if SB has decided not to rest players following on from the Wembley performance.

I f see don’t blame that on resting players.
I blame it playing Fitzgibbon when injured, and lack of big game experience with much of our team. Many playing the occasion experience and not the game.

Re: Squad for Giants : Thu Sep 12, 2024 4:59 pm  

If you look through the year - and more particularly recently - most players have had a 'rest' be it through injury, suspension, form or the ocassional 'rest' to recharge the batteries.
On the whole the downsides of finishing 3rd are we could lose the first play off match, or a playes could get injured or suspended, and if we so win we are away (probably to HKR).
I'd suggest the upside could be we have a chance with the extra game to keep tge players ticking over and close to boiling.

I very much doubt the 1st play off match will be a 'walkover' - unless we play Saints!