I am one of those who thought our midseason slump was partially down to Broughy coming into the side and still do

But I have to admit the ladd is coming good

I thought he played well the last few weeks and was unlucky not to get MOM



keep going lad you are begining to change the minds of the doubters and NB is proved right again. I wish he was stopping longer than his current contract NB would be the best signing Sky Marshall DAVY could make next year.

on a side not is there space for hodgson to return I believe the current line up is gelling really well. Proof will be against Wigan but the case for keeping it the same is rising

IMHO

The team are playing really well but out of the injured players for me Hodgson,Mason,Falaogo and Robinson if fit would have to return to the side.

Not entirely convinced on Brett walking back into the side...he has been the architect of our downfall on a number of times this season, and we certainly havent missed him in recent games.

Agree about Brough, although I wasn't one of the ones that blamed our slump on him coming into the side.

I'm hoping NB is going to keep Grix at fullback and not play Hodgson, Grix has been playing very well.

Hope he brings back Mason for Horne, Fa'alogo for Patrick (Only due to injury, otherwise I'd replace him with finnigan) and Robinson for Drew.

EDIT: Also Jammer for Lawrence.

i certainly wouldn't play Loleisi before Lawrence. Grix has played well but if Brett Hodgson is fit he then he is too good to leave on the sidelines.

I would
Jammer has more pace, he knows when to pass the ball to his winger and is also solid in defence.

Lawrence has got more pace than Jammer IMO. They both struggle at times with their distribution and although Jammer has got decent defence i think Lawrence has the edge in that area as well.

lets get used to life without Hodgson. Give Grix a chance and we might have a ready made replacement. Lawrence over Jammer for me.

Playing Lawrence has massive benefits defencivley. He can come inside in defence and play like an extra forward allowing players like Brough and Drew to defend out wide against the smaller players.
He is averaging 25 tackles a game which is a huge amount for a centre.

Grix might be a ready made replacement for next season but while you still have a player of hodgson's ability you need to use him. You have to pick your strongest side. Do you think for example Saints will not bother picking Cunningham just because he is retiring at the end of the year.
Hodgson is a proven big game player and will be vital for the Giants in the play offs.

the stella kid, last season, I would have agreed that he should walk straight back into the team. This season, however, I would not agree with you. He has not been the same player.

I think Hodgson was playing through injury earlier in the season but had been getting back to his best recently.