Did anyone actually really read the original post ?

i clearly stated it was a tongue in cheek bit of fun because its Wigan who have lost 2 in a row - if it were us then everyone would have been saying the slump has started ----Jeez, humour has obviously bypassed this forum

Come on Daz, no one actually reads posts, they see the thread title, make a half d ill informed opinion then state it as gospel

I'm glad they're not falling down the league, pity we have you in the cup, i like Hudds and their fans, keep up the good work.

Does anyone still care who wins the regular season? Whenever Wigan do it, it's derided as the 'hubcap', so I presume not.

I suppose I'm very old-fashioned but I still believe that the true League Champs are the team that finishes 1st after the regular season. I feel the playoffs & Grand Final are just a sham cooked up by TV. If you don't finish top of the heap after the regular rounds then you're not true Champions imo.

But unfortunately the game has completely changed now.

For the vast majority of its history RL has had no automatic P+R and the champions have been crowned by the winner of a play-off/Grand Final.

I know. I meant SL era.

Odly I think it would be more beneficial to the Giants to win the League Leaders Shield in terms of raising the profile - more people understand the concept of the champions being the table toppers.

(I fid it funny that on one hand we say the Playoffs are a traditional way of crowning champions then saying we have to have P&R because "thats what people understand" despite it not being part of RL history. But thats another thread)

Wasting your time on here mate.

I actually really, really rate Anderson and Purtill aswell as his number 2. I spoke to him in pre season - he told me about a camp that they had been on which he believed would give them a mental toughness heading into the back end of the year.

I really think more should be done to place importance on finishing 1st over the weekly rounds. Maybe sending them straight through to the Grand Final. Difficult the way the league is currently set up. Should be a good end to the season.

well your slump wont start next week as we, fc are in ours already!

Did i miss something, when were the team finishing top crowned champs during the SL era?

1996 & 1997

My comment about people recognising "champions" as being the table toppers refers more to non RL fans - since the accusation often levelled at Huddersfield is that it's a soccer town

(The lack of P&R is also attacked because non RL fans apparently don't understand it, as does the general playoff at times)

As it stands the champions are the Grand Final winners, but I think that's also devalued winning the league which is a Herculean task in itself and should be recognised as something to win in its own right