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Quote: Saddened! "So lets get this straight, you think we got the award for finishing off the piece of the stadium we forgot to put on last season? The stadium was done for the start of the season before this one, so it surely isn't based on that?

Isn't it awarded on academy team quality (Great, but not the best in SL), finances (Again not the best), community work (Being an out of towner, I have no idea) and team performance?'"


Which town are you from, Saddo? My guess is Wigan. Why not do the "Wigan Walk" and do us all a favour? I recommend the River Douglas - which I guess won't be far from the bridge you obviously live under......!!!

Let's give thanks to the man who's doing his best to help Saints back to the top of the game - yes, I mean Eamonn McManus and, if you think I'm still being sycophantic, does this face look bothered......??

Good news also that Danny Brough is 2013 Man of Steel. Well deserved.

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Without wanting to get dragged into the troll vortex, we have the best purpose built Rugby League stadium in the country as well as, by far, the best training facilities in the league. The catering is now completely in house, the marketing is very good and community work is excellent.

This aware recognises off the field acheivements.

Are Wigan currently better ON field at both levels? Absolutely.

Are Saints in a far better position as a club with long term sustainability? Emphatically.

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From a Salford fan congratulations. Why people are having a go is beyond me. There are differences of opinions about man of steel, but without the vitriol. Saints as a club, and their fans, should be proud that they have received this honour. Fans of certain other clubs have delusions that they are the best at everything, treat them with the contempt that they deserve. All clubs want to win trophies, the sad fact is there are only two plus the hub cap up for grabs. Club of the year now means you are laying solid foundations for the future. Jealousy is the most common emotion, ignore others who are surely that...jealous.

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Quote: BackrowSaint "Without wanting to get dragged into the troll vortex, we have the best purpose built Rugby League stadium in the country as well as, by far, the best training facilities in the league. The catering is now completely in house, the marketing is very good and community work is excellent.

This award recognises off the field acheivements.'"

Also included in the award was recognition for our successful partnerships with Rochdale and Whitehaven, so we must have been doing something extra in that area. My guess is that coaching Rochdale to their first trophy since 1922 and to promotion probably helped, and also the fact that we don't use either Whitehaven or Rochdale as feeder teams as both Warrington and Wigan have done with their partner clubs. Those players on dual registrations have been fairly settled at the clubs, first team squad injuries permitting.

But I think the real point of the award is that it recognises how the club has turned itself around and done so in a financially responsible manner (during a financially challenging period) given the massive outlay that has taken place over the last three or so years. In 2010 we were playing out of a ramshackle ground with very little going on off field. Now we are playing out of a superb facility with one heck of a lot going on off field. It is that turnaround which has been recognised, just as Paul Anderson's turnaround of Hudds from nearly men into actual silverware winners (in one year) has been recognised. The turnaround is the key here, not whether Saints are a better club than Wigan or Leeds or Warrington or whoever.

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I'd also add there is a cap on how far some clubs can progress. Saints will not really be able to add much more value in terms of stadium development as say the likes of Wakey, Cas and Bradford in the coming years, so if one of these clubs moves forwards off the field, expect to see them getting club of the year.

It's about progression rather than a measure of who is the best in terms of a total value figure.

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