I thought the dip would come sooner.
They had a period of the perfect mix of great young and old players and kept it going for a good few years. It was never going to last forever.
Same thing happened to saints. Luckily never quite as extreme, but with the troops back and nothing to lose leeds could win a lot of the remaining games.

Generally I think the quality of super league is going down. No increase in salary cap and dire marketing rugby league in the UK cannot be very attractive to young sportsmen with any ambition.

not that we have been at Wigan for a few years though

Nice to see someone with a sense of humour....

I would say that all RL fans will be very shocked to see where Leeds are currently. Last years retirees would have affected things around the club, big name, big game players leaving can make a massive difference... Look back to when Andy Farrell left us, you lose more that the player, you lose the effect they have on others, and Andy Farrell often dragged us to wins we should not have got... i said before the season started that it would be interesting to see what happened at Leeds this season, i'm sure nobody would have predicted the present situation.... Onward and upwards...