Quote: Wires71 "Very fair points. It was more than just results though for me. It was the crackling atmosphere in Wilderspool, the fact that the club were massive underdogs due to financial clout, the aggression and hostility of our team, the biff, the flair of the Aussie signings. There felt a togetherness with the players and the support. Of course we got beat but our expectations were lower you could rest assured we would give Wigan a bloody good game though.
Difficult to compare with now as since 2004 with our financial backers and large gate receipts and TV money we have no reason to not be competing with the best - at least not on paper. The fact we have not won a GF in 15 years of moving to the HJ Stadium says a lot about culture and attitudes at the club. We should have won 4 on the averages. It's not by accident we fall short of the main prize. That's why we can be more critical now, than then.'"
Absolutely bang on this,I’ve pretty much said similar in other posts,back in the day we were crap with no expectations and had great times playing Wigan, if we won it was like winning a cup and you went home buzzing. Now with the finances etc we should be a lot better and we are not hence the criticism. Anyway aside from our short comings I personally don’t like the direction the club is going the game as become to sanatized and Sky is a joke in comparison to NRL coverage.