Quote: rubber duckie "I'm not disagreeing with you UR but I will point out Cas and KR both on successive years have made a CC final from points of having near zero playing personnel after decades of no finals whatsoever...!
I think it's excepted both clubs had successful seasons....
However, had Warrington made the CC final, would we be considering it a successful season?
Personally I think it would be little more than spraying Fabreeze on a turd. I think deep down the best thing that happened to Wire all season was that thrashing at Headingly.'"
Cas and KR fans can let us know what success means to them, as it's subjective when you get beyond winning the ultimate prize which is a matter of fact.
If we got to Wembley and suffered like KR did on the day, then we wouldn't have thought it was a successful season. If we had won it this year then bizarrely the reaction might have been different to 2009, we won the cup we are on the way up, not we won the cup it's not the GF and it's only papering over the cracks.
Sorry for my part in the thread drift and bringing Association Football into it, but, Liverpool in the 70's and United in the 90's early 00's had succession planning off to a tee and that gave them the continued success that Snaggletooth mentioned and we all crave.
We didn't manage that feat through one reason or another after having set it up and having our expectations raised post the victory v Hudd's So yes your Fabreeze metaphor works