Go ahead. In two of them you will see Meli making his usual cockups. There are 13 men on the pitch for each side. Losing a Grand Final isn't down to one man, but Meli can't half make a difference.


To us you're Leeds. It's only Sky who like to call you champions. To be respected as champions in a season when you are the previous year's champions you need to play like champions. Wigan are playing like champions this season; you are most certainly not. Your purple patch in the first half followed our loss of Eastmond. We came back at you in the first half, resulting in us going into halftime level. We scored first, too, remember? Then in the second half, we crossed the line only to be denied but we were actually eight points ahead of you when we lost Pryce on 58 minutes. Now, granted, in terms of attack, it was all you after that. But then we had lost Eastmond and Pryce and also Dixon (leaving us with no interchanges for 20 minutes). Had you lost Sinfield and McGuire and one of your young forwards, do you think you would have been inspired in attack?

We still managed to hold you to just four points.

No we're not. We're playing like league leaders. We'll need to ramp it up a couple of levels to be playing like champions come the play-offs.

How bitter does this sound. To you we are just Leeds it's only sky who call you champions. We are the champions like it or not. Had Catalans won the GF last year by your statement they would not be Champions this year because of their league postion

I wish Leon could use his powers of invisibility to fight for justice.

At least I'll be able to see Meli. What I won't see is Leon Pryce "always involved"


ACtually, most people call us champions because, well, erm, we ARE the champions. Weird eh?

respected by whom? We don't need the respect of Saints fans who have made excuse after excuse after excuse every team we beat them. It's rarely accepted by Saints fans that we were the better team. Guess what, this thread is a perfect example. Respect us, don't respect us, I couldn't give a tuppeny . Doesn't take any gloss off the last three Grand Finals for me.

Not yet they're not. No, we're not but if you were bright the last three years might have made you realise that doesn't necessarily matter.

No it didn't. It began when Eastmond was on. Senior was trampling all over him. Had he stayed on who knows how much joy our potent left hand side attack could have had.

Thanks for the recap. We came back at you as well, remember and, more importantly, stayed ahead of you after 80 mins.

Gosh, that settles it then. That try in the 2nd minute clearly demonstrates you handing us our ar5es.

Is this all because you were denied the usual "it was raining"? Have Leeds never managed to beat a Saints side with Eastmond and Pryce? I can recall one fairly important game when they did.

Is that good enough for Saints these days? Keeping the score down in defeats to Leeds?

Yeah, he tried that once...

post of the year candidate

Last week when Danny Buderus was off the pitch we scored the match winning TRY Coincidence?, No i don't think so either other wise there would be no reason to have the other 12 players on the pitch.

Gotta agree with Gareth, never thought we looked uncomfortable, even when we went behind early in the second half I knew we'd still win it. Pryce, the try apart, was his usual unseen self and to be honest we'd have still won with him and Eastmond in the pitch.

Looked to me like Leeds didn't get out of second gear because they didn't need to.

Saintsfan, why are you so bitter about Leeds? Occasionally you post quite sensible stuff but then spoil it with a ridiculous anti-Leeds jibe like your assertion on the Saints board that the Leeds club have a problem with racism because some fans booed pryce and Eastmond when they went off! get a grip div!

THROUGHSAINTSSPECSTACULAR!

So despite winning it 3 years in a row we don't get the respect of champions? Come on pal. If winning it 3 years in a row isn't enough to gain respect what is? Yes we haven't been as good as the last few years this season but we are just trundling along nicely thankyou very much. Apparently injuries can't be used an excuse so I hope you aren't leaning on these here.

Also, seen as your so keen to split the game into parts I'd say you didn't really hold us to 4 points. That was the margin of victory yes but in those last 20 minutes, which you seem to be using to big up the rest of your team without Eastmond, Pryce and Dixon, you lost by 12. You can't have it both ways son.

...and it all went horribly wrong.

There is now no space in his utility belt for beer glasses.

I always wonder what bloody planet you live on.

You didn't think Pryce was all that special, good for you that's your opinion. But what the hell previous years matches as to do with a match played in 2010 only you could explain.

Must have forgot you put this rubbish then.



Like I said, what that had to do with a match played in 2010 only you can explain.

But I guess many trophies for MOM should be handed back based on that assumption.