Super League XIV. Round 15. *contains spoilers*

toomevara

Friday 5th June 09

Hull FC v St. Helens
KO 20:00

Wigan Warriors v Salford City Reds
KO 20:00

Huddersfield Giants v Hull Kingston Rovers
KO 20:00 *SKY*

Saturday 6th June

Catalans Dragons v Leeds Rhinos
KO 21:00

Harlequins RL v Celtic Crusaders
KO 15:00

Castleford Tigers v Warrington Wolves
KO 17:45 *SKY*

Sunday 7th June

Bradford Bulls v Wakefield Wildcats
KO 15:00

Think the Saints are going to muller FC tonight. Reckon the Wigan Salford game could be an intriguing one, and I'm backing KR to continue their red-hot streak against the Giants.

WakeyTyke

Think Saints will be too strong for a disjointed Hull side

Home advantage for Giants should see them through over KR

Wigan shouldn't have much trouble dispatching of Salford

Leeds should have the edge over an inconsistent Dragons

Quinns will have no problem beating Celtic

Cas and Wires could be a cracker of a match and I have a feeling Cas could halt the Wolves charge.

Bulls and Wakey again could be very close - and I just have to go with Wakey;)

Paul Tergat

Wins for Saints, Wigan and Huddersfield.

Bradford to lose again, probably by 4-6 points v wakefield.

toomevara

p_larkin99 wrote: »

Wins for Saints, Wigan and Huddersfield.

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Could I borrow that crystal ball of yours when your done with it, need to see a man about a dog. Impressive prediction skills there....:)

Watched the Huddersfield/KR game...KR were way off, they look a different outfit wthout Cooke's playmaking. Huddersfield, while I take my hat off to what they're achieving at the Galpharm, are a very, very unlovely team to watch...massively negative, and I don't care what anyone says, they are being coached to use the grapple NRL style, and that's one Aussie import I don't want to see in the game here...

WakeyTyke

Clearly Nathan Brown has brought over the 'defence wins games' strategy from Oz and it's working very effectively.

Ultimately, I think it will actually improve our game. Opposition teams will have to be more innovative in breaching their defensive line. That's why I agree it was a strange decision by Morgan to leave out his most creative player!

Very few teams will be able to beat the Giants in a forwards battle of strength.

toomevara

WakeyTyke wrote: »

Very few teams will be able to beat the Giants in a forwards battle of strength.

So true, did you see Crabtree's hit on Fozzard, good lord...! They are a very good battling pack of 6..I reckon the more creative teams like Saints, Leeds and at the moment Wigan and Warrington can work 'em over and then go round them though.

Not so sure about the more defence oriented NRL becoming the norm here. I prefer to see a more balanced game, and I just hate that bloody grapple tackle with a passion, its fundamentally against the spirit of the game, and I'd like to see the RFL and refs come down hard on it.

Stev_o

Caught the second half but it didn't matter Giants pretty much said the game was over and never let Hull get back into it.

toomevara

Bloody Catalans, Harumph.....duffed us (leeds) up completely yesterday...fair play to them..Good win for Warrington yesterday and Celtic firmly back down to earth with another big loss.

Paul Tergat

get in Bradford!

Ul wakey

Want my crystal ball for the lotto :P

toomevara

p_larkin99 wrote: »

get in Bradford!

Reckon I'll have a chat to you pre-Cheltenham next year;)....Sounds like a really comprehensive win for the Bulls...maybe the slump is over!

Paul Tergat

toomevara wrote: »

Reckon I'll have a chat to you pre-Cheltenham next year;)....Sounds like a really comprehensive win for the Bulls...maybe the slump is over!

Ha, im good at calling results after the match has finished.

I am actually home at the moment and watched the match. We played ok but i just cant help but feel theres more misery to come before it gets better for us. There's so much dead wood all over the club (looking at you chairman and manager). I want big changes please but i guess 2 points are priceless for us.

WakeyTyke

toomevara wrote: »

Reckon I'll have a chat to you pre-Cheltenham next year;)....Sounds like a really comprehensive win for the Bulls...maybe the slump is over!

Wouldn't say it was comprehensive - 5 tries each, the decisive factor was Deacon goal-kicking!

With the team of players Bulls have they should easily be in the top 8, there has to be a big question mark over McNamara's abilities as a coach.

toomevara

WakeyTyke wrote: »

Wouldn't say it was comprehensive - 5 tries each, the decisive factor was Deacon goal-kicking!

With the team of players Bulls have they should easily be in the top 8, there has to be a big question mark over McNamara's abilities as a coach.

Good points Wakey. Just reading league weekly's match report and they concur. A lacklustre bad tempered affair by their account.