Correct just 2 of them are his signings. But that is no excuse for the poor way we are set up. The squad is what it is, work with it.



We have no clue what we are doing all over the pitch, and that rests at his door along with his assistants. A poor team can be coached to perform at a certain level, and a decent coach would make changes to improve in areas that are causing problems, but there is none of this. It's the same every single week. We get rolled upfield by opposition pack every week by poor, weak defending and allowing quick play the balls/offloads, which costs us tries week in week out. When we have ball in hand, we reach their 20 line and panic as there is no structure to our play, it's all off the cuff and no one has a clue where the ball will be going from one pass to the next, until we inevitably drop it or knock on or get intercepted. I can see it, the rest of the dwindling faithful can see it, he must be able to see it, but nothing changes. I honestly am unsure whether we actually train with a ball at any point during the week.



His recent press conference said it all when he said he can't keep coming out saying the same things every week after we lose....that's right Rick, you can't, so make a change and take a look at what you are allowing to happen every week. You're in charge man, get a grip!

Well R Stone said it would take 2 years, and he ain't had that yet. For the first time in a couple of years "bar the odd game now and then "we are beginning to show signs of being able to play,

It's still early days yet but all the signs are beginning to look favorable. I don't know what has brought this about but It's more than likely a combination of things, Mamo surely will be part of it, and watching Brough i get the impression someone has had a very serious word with him, He is certainly concentrating on his game more and that is to our good because when he does there is none better.

On top of all this has been the injury situation, I have always maintained that a top coach can get his team to play Whoever is picked, That may be true in certain cases but it is also a bit unrealistic most of the time.

Ikky is really hitting his straps now, and Wakeman is visibly improving, in Fact the whole pack are starting to hold their own, and even dominate in some games, instead of getting a good hiding. This is the most important to me because without it the halves will never shine and the three- quarters will be starved of decent chances.

So whatever they are doing down there, keep doing it, Lets beat Saints and Wigan and we have as good as cracked it. What we are now watching doesn't bear any resemblance in attitude to the team who turned out against Swinton, Keep it going and the fans will turn up.

I'm really pleased for RS that the Giants have turned it about. After the Swinton game it was very hard to support the direction that the team were going in, but since then the improvement has been excellent on a week by week basis. For the first time in a long while, the rugby is decent to watch, the players are putting in a solid shift and the coaching staff deserve credit.

newcastle still doing no better i see at the bottom.

l really hope Stone does well, he does not seem to have had the best of breaks in his career, l do acknowledge ozzie coaches know their game, my only worry is he floods the team with his countrymen, they are mercianery, again in general they will only give what they have to, as aposed to Islanders who seem to give their all for the love of the game.

He has good reps bringing on youth, our academy is now producing some very good lads, l think he is probably the right man to build our academy, and bring them on, we see signs of progress at Lockwood, all possitives, the Giants need to build a culture, like Wigan, Leeds, and Saints, if Stone is the man, then that culture can be started by him, its fantacy, but he could do for us what Bennett did for the Bronco,s, l could be completely wrong, he could be as up to now, a second rate coach teaching kids, but if he comes good the Giants should really get their show on the road.

what a difference not having 8 players out injured makes too hey