[Durham Giant]

Re: Giants V Catalans at Magic weekend : Thu May 28, 2015 6:09 pm  

AntonyGiant wrote:

Sky sports Baz and Tez have us to lose by 8 and 14 points.
I know Catalans are a great side but can't play away from home. They sit in 6th. The big stage doesn't always agree with us but are winning away. We sit in 4th. They must have us underdogs.

Does anyone else see us as underdogs?

Well they beat us at home last season in the play offs. Plus Newcastle is away for us so there will be less pressure on them and the ref if it was at Huddersfield.

It all depends on which Huddersfield turn up to play

Re: Giants V Catalans at Magic weekend : Thu May 28, 2015 6:39 pm  

Taking this season into consideration then the minute that they have to get on that big shiny white airplane they get beat...Unless they play Wakey

Re: Giants V Catalans at Magic weekend : Thu May 28, 2015 8:55 pm  

jools wrote:

No they just see that Catalan convincingly beat Wigan and stopped thinking after that.

Bookies have us best price 5/4 them 11/10 so they see it as a real toss of a coin game, how much last week or even last season is factored into those prices is open to debate but if I remember right we were 4/9 or so to beat them back in April and even on a neutral ground if I was doing the book I'd have us well odds on.

One factor to be wary of is the early start time which players are not used to and the side that clicks into gear first might take a fair bit of pegging back.

Re: Giants V Catalans at Magic weekend : Fri May 29, 2015 1:20 pm  

espanyolswan wrote:

Bookies have us best price 5/4 them 11/10 so they see it as a real toss of a coin game, how much last week or even last season is factored into those prices is open to debate but if I remember right we were 4/9 or so to beat them back in April and even on a neutral ground if I was doing the book I'd have us well odds on.

One factor to be wary of is the early start time which players are not used to and the side that clicks into gear first might take a fair bit of pegging back.

think the 11/10 on us is worth chancing. some real 50/50 games this weekend apart from the castleford/wakey one

Re: Giants V Catalans at Magic weekend : Fri May 29, 2015 5:26 pm  

same line up as castleford game by the look of the 19 announced

cudjoe not fit yet so connor stay at centre and broughton on the wing

leeming keeps his place which im pleased about

lawrence and ellis to miss out unless anderson changes for catalans clash

Re: Giants V Catalans at Magic weekend : Sat May 30, 2015 4:00 am  

If Scott Dureau, Todd Carney, John Zebolon Ta'ia, and Morgan Escare are all fit and all play then Huddersfield will have a tough match. Also Catalans now have a monster young (18 year old) blockbuster winger named Mouad Yaha, who is a tall Justin Carney on steroids.

Re: Giants V Catalans at Magic weekend : Sat May 30, 2015 5:25 am  

Looking forward to this so much now! Battles all over the park! We need to match up to the forwards, pressurise the halves giving them no space and time, watch the backs as they have pace and power! Our lads can do it I am sure but will be a massive challenge!
Only downside for my is Henderson! Does my head in with his moaning

: Sat May 30, 2015 6:57 am  

Tall, fat and on steroids? Yaha doesn't sound that good to me.

Re: Giants V Catalans at Magic weekend : Sat May 30, 2015 7:42 am  

A good chance that if we win this we go 3rd

And everyone is looking at the beating they gave Wigan last week. Wigan were awful though, no interest at all - and they still put points on Catalans whose defence was equally terrible

So long as our defence stands up we will win this

Re: Giants V Catalans at Magic weekend : Sat May 30, 2015 7:49 am  

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