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the arrival of Simon Woolford from Australia, Thorman said: “I have enjoyed being interim head coach. Anyone that knows me knows that I love the club and am an optimist when it comes to this club.

“I know all the players really well and know what they’re capable of.

“I just think that we’ve been a bit inconsistent with the ball, we’ve had couple of plays off defensively and the lack of our strike players and high-end players have affected us.

“But at the same time, we have to stay positive and I keep saying to the boys that it’s only them that can get us out of it.

“It doesn’t matter who we want to bring in, it’s down to them, I keep reiterating that point and I think it’s slowly starting to get through.

“I spoke to Michael Lawrence over the weekend and he feels like the boys have let me down a little bit in terms of a performance, but you don’t play badly on purpose and circumstances have dictated an awful lot over the past six to eight weeks.

“It is what it is, and you can’t dwell on that. We have to move forward and stay strong together as a group. Like I’ve said, the players can and will find a way to get us out of this.”

A win against Widnes would be a start, and the bottom-placed Giants can leapfrog their visitors in the standings by taking two points.

It’s an enticing opportunity, agrees Thorman, but he added: “We are not in any position to disrespect any opposition team at the minute because as soon as you do that you get bitten.

“I’ve watched Widnes’ last three games and they’re an offensive threat.

“They’ve scored plenty of points this year. They’ve had their own injury issues but I keep talking about focusing on what