As the Giants prepare for the final game of the regular season at home to St Helens tomorrow, how do you feel the year has gone?

I think the first thing to say is that it’s a tribute to everyone in Super League and to the salary-cap system that we head into the final weekly round of fixtures with the top six places still undecided.

The salary cap was introduced to make Super League more competitive, and there’s no question it’s succeeded.

But my main concern is obviously where the Giants finish and how we’re shaping up ahead of the start of the play-offs, and on that front everyone should be feeling positive.

The simple fact is that if we win the next three games, we’ll be heading to Old Trafford for the Grand Final!

At the start of the season, I think any Giants fan would settle for that.

So, do you feel there have been far more positives than negatives for the Giants this season?

Without a doubt. Like I’ve just said, win the next three games and we’re at Old Trafford – and that’s been achieved on the back of some fantastic displays.

We’ve had some terrific successes away from home, most notably the victories at Wigan and Leeds, which have been two of the real highs.

As a result, the Giants as a team have now reached that stage where they fear no-one in Super League.

We know that if we play to our full potential we’re capable of beating anyone.

Obviously, the play-offs are going to be tough, that goes without saying.

But after winning the Super League Leaders’ Shield last season, we’re more determined than ever to take that next big step and lift the Super League trophy.

That’s now our aim every season, and it’s a realistic one at that.

First of all, there’s the small matter of hosting St Helens tomorrow night. How much are you looking forward to that?

Immensely. It’s our last home game before the start of the play-offs and we want to make sure we finish on a real high.

And there’s certainly everything in place to make sure it’s a night to remember.

We need to win to secure a top-four finish and make sure we take some winning momentum into the play-offs, while St Helens need to win to clinch the League Leaders’ Shield. So the stakes couldn’t be much higher.

There’s something special about the atmosphere that’s generated when games are played under floodlights, and we’re all hoping we can attract the size of crowd that such a vitally-important fixture deserves.

It’s fair to say you’ve been a little disappointed with the average attendances at the John Smith’s Stadium this year. Has that taken some of the gloss off the season for you?

Following our success in winning the Super League Leaders’ Shield last season after finishing top of the table for the first time in 81 years, I was really hopeful we would enjoy more overall support.

The fact we haven’t has certainly taken some of the gloss off this year.

If we were still struggling to establish ourselves and not playing an attractive brand of rugby league, then it would be far easier to understand why we were generating average crowds of around 6,000. But that’s simply not the case. We’re now one of the competition’s leading sides and regularly gain praise for our exciting attacking style of play.

We’ve now turned the John Smith’s Stadium into a fortress, having lost just six of our last 29 home fixtures, and I think a lot of people have simply forgotten what a successful club the Giants have become.

That’s obviously a crying shame, because the transformation of this club over the past decade has been nothing short of phenomenal.

Ten years ago, we were the whipping boys of Super League, but now we’re competing at the higher echelons of our sport, with internationals on show at every game and matches full of excitement and drama.

The atmosphere at games is also incredible, and I just think it’s such a crying shame there aren’t more there to share in the experience.

No doubt you’ll be hoping the season-ticket deals you’ve announced for 2015 will help do something about that?

It should do. Like I said when they were unveiled, I’m proud of the deals we can offer our fans.

Our prices remain among the cheapest in Super League, despite the fact we’re now enjoying unprecedented success in the competition.

We’re now able to offer far more fringe benefits to season-ticket holders than ever before, and this is another way we feel we can maximise the number of season-ticket holders.

To be able to keep on competing and beating the likes of Leeds, Wigan, St Helens and Warrington, it’s vital our support base keeps on growing – and growing significantly.

As well as helping generate extra cash to further strengthen our squad, the players regularly tell me how much of a difference it makes when the Giants fans get behind them.

In tight games that backing can make all the difference in the world.

For Huddersfield Giants to go on and enjoy even more success, it’s going to take a collective effort, with our fantastic and loyal supporters playing a vital role in that.