Quote: Grimmy "Outsiders view - surely getting the monkey off your back and winning a Grand Final has to be the main aim?
Not a popular view but I think it's harder to win the Grand Final than the League Leaders. The deciding factor between which of the top sides wins the League Leaders is which managed to beat the worst teams. We could have won it had we beat two of Widnes(x2)/Wakefield/Castleford during the regular season. The Grand Final is about beating the best teams, obviously we had to be consistent to get into the top four, but then we had to beat Hull FC and Warrington back-to-back in all-or-nothing games to win. The Challenge Cup is variable really, it lost a bit of kudos in my eyes when we managed to fluke it in 2013 without having to beat any of the best sides.'"
Decent post but the question posed by the OP (he's getting grumpy isn't he) is what is the "minimum" requirement for a successful season, not the aim, not the be all and end all, well that's how I read it?
Sure I'd love to win the GF, but, if we don't, but say win the CC and get beat in the GF in a close fought game v Cas will I be chalking it off as an unsuccessful season? I don't think so.
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minimum which I hope we surpass is top 4 so that we are in with a shout for the big one come season's end