Warrington.

Its pointless winning the Grand Final and calling yourself Champions if you've not finished top of the league. Its like a hollow victory and open to everyone saying it was luck.

You can fluke winning a Grand Final, but you can't fluke finishing top of the league.

As with the minority of Wigan fans who tried to defend the same nonsensical position last year (before the GF but at the end of the regular season), most of the minority of Wire fans holding the flat earth view of the value of the LLS will disappear if they win the GF.

TBH I wouldn't be at all surprised if Wire do win it next year. Tony Smith was probably right in saying that they needed more tough games - walkovers are not the best preparation for big games.

I don't buy into this argument at all. They had a week off to prepare for one game against a Leeds side who they outplayed all season. They lost and Leeds were the better team. It all came down to that game in the end, the only lost by two points and their season was over. I don't think it is to do with anything other than Leeds being 2 points better than them on the day.

What an idiotic comment! our sport crowns the team that wins the GF, finishing top only serves to give the fans bragging rights and puts their team in the best position come the play offs

also you cant fluke 5 GF victories in 8 years

Leeds had the better season as their gameplan was better, im not saying that their poor start was deliberate, but how they managed to hit form at the right time (Wembley onwards) was what ultimately won them the GF

If a marathon runner got off to a bad start but comes good at the end and wins, they are said to have had a great race! its the 1st past the post that wins, not the pacemaker

Well you can. You can play four of them against the same team!