Quote: Dropkick Murphy "If I was offered a choice now between beating Hull KR/Huddersfield next week, then winning at Knowsley Road the week after and LOSING the Grand Final,
OR
beating HKR/Hudds, then beating Wigan or Leeds the week after and WINNING the Grand Final without playing Saints after they lose to whoever else plays them, I think I would actually choose the winning at Knowsley Road option.
I don't care if that's small time, petty, obsessed, jealous, or whatever other derogatory superlative that could be aimed at me. There will be other Grand Finals to be won, there will never be another game at Knowsley Road, and winning it after sixteen years of torment there really will mean THAT much to me.
If we don't then that ground will haunt me for the rest of my days.'"
And that is why you are known as the bitters, and that is why you will always be a small club comperad to us. Its that ingrained small time mentality that sees small time victories as more important than the real stuff that matters. The GF will always matter more than a one off game against a rival to any truely proffesional team.
FWIW I have the same frustration with our own fans regarding the attitude towards Wigan. Like you with us, we will always be in their shadow due to the silly little mentaility of so many of our fans.