Re: Giants in the Cup - can we get Up for the Cup? : Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:58 am  

The games afoot wrote:

Oh I know…was just thinking about cap and quotas that’s all…how about Hoy as captain??

Well the radiator would make a better captain than Houghton, so Hoy works for me.

Re: Giants in the Cup - can we get Up for the Cup? : Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:24 am  

Steve0 wrote:

It still was a yellow though, he should have been on best behaviour all game to make amends, not putting risky late shots in on players and now the end result is another sin bin and potential suspension

He was already committed to the tackle, it was a genuine tackle. If he was on his best behaviour he doesn’t attempt tackles like that. People would then be calling him lazy, how does he win?

Re: Giants in the Cup - can we get Up for the Cup? : Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:13 am  

K-Diddy wrote:

He was already committed to the tackle, it was a genuine tackle. If he was on his best behaviour he doesn’t attempt tackles like that. People would then be calling him lazy, how does he win?

The tackle occurred after the ball was released and the player was heavily hit causing a whiplash effect. Agree with the decision to give him a yellow card and he will be lucky to avoid another short spell on the sideline.

Re: Giants in the Cup - can we get Up for the Cup? : Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:16 am  

Game not on TV is it?

So no VR, that should reduce the card count.

Re: Giants in the Cup - can we get Up for the Cup? : Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:24 am  

Freddie Miller. wrote:

The tackle occurred after the ball was released and the player was heavily hit causing a whiplash effect. Agree with the decision to give him a yellow card and he will be lucky to avoid another short spell on the sideline.

It was half a second late & he didn’t have visual on the ball. It’s was no different to the Mata’utia hit on Bentley which was much later & left him injured. One was just a penalty one was a card. Not surprising which one got which punishment.

Re: Giants in the Cup - can we get Up for the Cup? : Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:59 am  

Time to stop using Nu Brown as a 7.Either Morgan Smith plays there or give young Jack Charles a few games.Brown has to be at 9 and nowhere else,rotating with Houghton against the Giants (if he’s fit).Carlos T will be out again,so it will be Cam Scott in the centres with Sutcliffe.Pele probably end up with another ban!

Re: Giants in the Cup - can we get Up for the Cup? : Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:06 pm  

the whole scenario of brown at 7 as been ludicrous,as others have said on saturday after flogging houghton yet again he went off with fatigue in the leg{what a surprise}we had a new zealand hooker at 7 balmforth not even in the squad,so we end up with our loose foreward lane playing at 9.a joke.

Re: Giants in the Cup - can we get Up for the Cup? : Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:04 pm  

Nu brown and Pele up before the MRP again...

Re: Giants in the Cup - can we get Up for the Cup? : Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:07 pm  

Pele one match Nu free to play. Nu 9 for me Houghton off the bench and Charles in nothing to lose

Re: Giants in the Cup - can we get Up for the Cup? : Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:20 pm  

Ellam wrote:

Pele one match Nu free to play. Nu 9 for me Houghton off the bench and Charles in nothing to lose

When Nu was at 9, Vs Warrington, we looked threatening with the ball, hope you are right.
Got a sneaky feeling, Houghton will be 9..