Re: Re: : Sat Oct 06, 2012 11:38 pm  

Tony Soprano wrote:

Why don't all teams do it then?

When you say all teams do you mean wigan and warrington and maybe saint helens?

Re: Re: : Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:11 am  

Dougy wrote:

Leeds have lost 22 league games in the past 2 seasons. Thats almost a season's worth of losses. Simply cannot be a great team. Saints won 4 leagues in a row(05, 06, 07, 08) and didn't get anywhere near this kind of recognition. In fact i bet in Saints 4 in a row of finishing top, they lost less league games than this Leeds team that have won back-to-back championships. Crazy. Yet people call this Leeds team great. Some people cannot see beyond the Sky Sports propaganda machine.

But everyone knows the rules at the start of the season. You make it out like saints slogged their guts out, finished top and then the RFL suddenly said ''well actually, theres been a change of plan, top spot doesn't decide champions, we're going to have a playoff''

It's also strange how no one was saying f*ck all about the playoff format in 09 and 10 when top spots leeds and wigan won the title.

Re: Re: : Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:14 am  

Tony Soprano wrote:

Why don't all teams do it then?

I don't know, but this damned leeds team are ruining the game! If they are going to finish 5th they should at least have the manners to make sure they lose to the teams above them to keep the credibility of the playoffs intact.

Re: Sinfield's Leeds the best team ever? : Sun Oct 07, 2012 1:28 am  

Leeds are the best team in SL they have played more games than anyone this season got to CC final, won the GF, won the WCC! Wow they finished 5th, they only had to beat 4th, 1st, 2nd in a row to pick up the trophy! Would Wigan, Warrington or saints be able to do that NO because Leeds would stand in there way 9 times out of 10!

Re: Sinfield's Leeds the best team ever? : Sun Oct 07, 2012 2:18 am  

Never like to compare, between era's however 5 in 6 and 6 in 9 is some effort.

Re: Sinfield's Leeds the best team ever? : Sun Oct 07, 2012 4:22 am  

Leeds are the greatest team during the least competitive era of Super League. Well done...

Re: Re: : Sun Oct 07, 2012 4:24 am  

Goochie wrote:

No. Leeds have been the best from start to finish. That's why they won the WCC, made the cup final and won the Grand Final. I don't like them, but this is comfortably the best team of my lifetime, and I don't imagine there can ever have been many better than them. 5 titles in 6 years is impressive by any standards surely?

A 58% win ratio during the league would tell you otherwise, but don't worry about that Leeds deserve to be "Champions".

Re: Sinfield's Leeds the best team ever? : Sun Oct 07, 2012 7:48 am  

I wanted Leeds to win as do not like Warrington but in a unbiased opinion I think the Champions should be the most consistent team through the year.Imagine Liverpool winning the title Champions from Man Utd from 5th postion?Fair play to Leeds but if was best team ever they top the league.

Re: Sinfield's Leeds the best team ever? : Sun Oct 07, 2012 7:59 am  

OFFTHECUFF wrote:

I wanted Leeds to win as do not like Warrington but in a unbiased opinion I think the Champions should be the most consistent team through the year.Imagine Liverpool winning the title Champions from Man Utd from 5th postion?Fair play to Leeds but if was best team ever they top the league.

This gets thrown up ever year - it's such a poor argument

OK football has a straight League system but the Champions League, NRL, ARL, NFL, NHL, NBA, Rugby Union etc etc all have play-off systems yet people moan as if ours is the only league decided in that way

Re: Sinfield's Leeds the best team ever? : Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:10 am  

Saddened! wrote:

If it happened once, you can say it's making a mockery of Super League. But when they do it 5 times in 6 years you have to acknowledge it as an achievement. The flat cappers who don't like the Grand Final being used to sort the champions from the others need to get up to speed.

I don't mind playoffs per-se, but its particularly difficult as is stands for our sport. We're desperate for media attention, but now it gets even harder to get the media to care about a regular season game.