Congratulations on finishing top of the pile, i suppose on the basis of 27 games you deserve it , but the whole thing is a mockery when you think that Wire and Leeds who are 5th/6th respectively have a more realistic chance of being crowned champions than you do, i don't mean that in a disrespectful way, i just think that given your injuries etc that they have stronger teams and really have a real chance.

Yep. Well done Saints.
One-off games are easy to win, even with a reduced squad.
But to finish the whole season on top of the pile with one, that shows great teamwork.
Can we have Kyle Amor back at Leeds now...please..

My way of thinking is it's a cup. We've not won one for long time but it's a cup. I'd rather have super league or the CC but we've not so I'll take it.

Also we have earned it. We've had horrific injuries to key players. We've topped the league since May and I thinks it's 16 weeks of the 26 weeks we've been top.

It gives us a better chance of getting to old Trafford and shows next year with walsh, Wilkin and lomax back and maybe few signings then we will me a force.

Its and old cliché but you have to learn to walk before you can run.

Winning the league leaders shield is like learning to walk.

There is still a way to go before we can feel confident of being in the mix for the big prizes of Ccup and Grand Final, but we can now say we are heading in the right direction.

As an example Wigan won bugger all between 2003 and 2010.
However in 2010 they won the league leaders shield. Since then they have won the league leaders a further time and picked up two grand final wins and two challenge cup wins.

The league leaders shield said to all and sundry that Wigan were back. It gave both their fans and players confidence/arrogance to take the club to the next level.

As a prize it makes you more attractive to potential players and also sponsors. As your recognised as a side that wins things.

It earns you respect.

Absolutely.

What pundits and fans of other clubs forget/choose to forget (delete as appropriate) is that this team is not the same one as the 2006 version. Only Robes, Wello and Wilkin have won silverware out of our present group of players* and so it is like a new team, starting over. This is the first step and even though we didn't finish it in the way that I'm sure we all would have liked, by a win, we near as dammit did and we showed the necessary commitment in that game against Hudds to have won it had we had 13 men on the field.

(*Ok, so Hohaia has also won silverware, but that was at fullback and in the world cup!)

It's great to finally have some tangible success to celebrate, and the first of hopefully many pieces of silverware to adorn Langtree Park.

Many have sneered at the LLS, and equally as many have mocked Saints and questioned the players ability and attitude. This makes them winners. Hopefully this spurs them to more and greater success.

Well done boys, I'm proud of you all. Here's to a great play off series.