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You really are a complete ignoramus. Wakefield have an elite academy.
You really need to research your trolling better.

And you know full well why Leigh do not have an academy.

And yet Leigh knocked out the greatest team in the history of RL or any sport come to think of it and then went on to win the CC.

He forgets little things like this

I agree, its little things like that, that is easy to forget especially if its only happening every 50 yrs. On the other end of the scale Superleague Champions four years on the trot in this professional era is a very big thing and is not easy to forget.
We know opposition fans want to forget this much bigger thing but its stuck all bitter and twisted inside their heads at the moment. The biggest thing this season will be which team knocks Saints out of the play offs..............can they be stopped.

And if they are knocked out will it be the fault of:

The referee
The video referee
The disciplinary and their conspiracy
A combination of all 3

I think the Saints era is coming to a close, no complaints here on what they have achieved the last few years. Catalan for me are going to be the top dogs for a few seasons.

This seasons play off's will be interesting, its who finds that consistency at the right time will be crowned.

I think there’s a point at which more success, paradoxically, becomes less impressive. Where you start to wonder more about the strength of the competition than of the dominant team. Extreme examples being the Boston Celtics winning the NBA title 11 times between 1957 and 1969, St George winning the NSWRL premiership every year between 1956 and 1966 and Bayern Munich’s current run of 11 Bundesliga titles.

Leigh’s challenge cup will likely live long in the memory because it was remarkable. Like Leicester City in 2016. Saints lifting trophies is just routine now and kinda dull for everybody else. It’s not Saints fault that SL generally hasn’t been very competitive or that if sport even is still cyclical, the turning of the wheel is so slow. But at least they get to win forever, even if nobody but Saints much cares.

That's an incredibly bold statement to make. I'll ignore the bit about Saints, our run has come to an end because of our choice of coach more than anything. I'll be amazed if we win anything under Wellens, but hope to be proved wrong on that.

But the shout about Catalans being on the verge of a multi-year dynasty of their own is just way out there. They are losing Sam Tomkins, Mitchell Pearce, Sio Siua Taukeiaho, Adam Keighran, Mickael Goudemand, Tyrone May, Tiaki Chan and Matt Whitley. There are also rumours of Mat Ikuvalu, Tom Davies and Fouad Yaha leaving.

That's an enormous chunk of what makes them successful leaving. I'm sure they have some signings on top of Fages and Satae to announce to replace those players, but it'll be some going if they're able to replace them with players as good as those they are losing.

So I see there's absolutely no reaction to Catalans successfully appealing McIllorum's ban. He has one of the worst disciplinary records going and gets off. No controversy, no Twitter meltdown, no barrage of articles from the terrible RL press. Compare and contrast to the mass hysteria whenever Saints appeal a ban, successfully or not.

Was it one of those second technical appeals made infamous by the Morgan Knowles appeal? There’s about as much trust in those as a in a mini-licensing round, and they need to do something about them (i.e. bin or replace them) or the whole system could fall apart.