Quote jdrocket="jdrocket"Third and finally, I would like to address this question to everyone who is reading this, but more specifically Albion; not in a trolling way, do you still think that Saints are recovering and on the incline, or are they, in fact, still very much in decline? '"
Like I said previously: I don't think Saints are in decline currently, but it depends when you think the decline started and what you define 'decline' to be. It's an interesting one as we were still were making GFs, so it becomes hard to signify the point in which a decline had taken place.
IMO (well you singled it out
) the decline started a few years ago, but we are on the way back up...there is no way that we should have been involved in the Grand Final last year, or this year in fact, because Wigan and Warrington were the two best sides.
From last year we started to integrate the next generation of Saint's players and that's when the 'transitional perioid' (hate the phrase...) began, but I suppose you could even trace it back to 2010. I think that getting to the GF last year papered over the cracks somewhat and maybe if we missed out it would have made it abundantly clear, but a new stadium, a new coach and a new tactical outlook on how we play next season could see us truly challenging again throughout the season.
Good luck at OT.
