Quote: sgtwilko "The bookies had the rhinos out of sight this time last year.
I see the pies finishing 3rd or 4th. Then anything can happen in the play off's. Who's in form,who's fit, long term injuries to key players. It might come down to the bounce of a ball. but this season is a whole new beast for you pies.
The champions get it tougher week in week out than anyone else.
Every team has a years worth of video to copy the winning style and to try and stop it.
The refs have a year of video to see what new tricks the coaches have brought in and to shut it down( you wernt the most penalised team for nothing)
You arnt the surprise package anymore
All the expection is on you then wire.
Leeds and saints will be hurting and hungry and out of the spot light, hudds even more so who are a real threat.
You have the distraction of the world club and your star players will not have had the full preseason due to the amount of lads playing international rl
I appreciate wigan were deserved champs last year. I dont know if you will win it again or not? But the task is so much bigger than last season for sure.'"
The big difference between Wigan next season and Leeds after their last win is the fact Wigan will have a considerably stronger squad going in to it, compared to the GF winning team. Not only do we have the three Melbourne players coming in, but we'll also have people like Roberts, Mossop, and Hock back competing for places as well. Leeds didn't have this improvement going into the start of 2010 from the end of 2009.
If it took other SL teams and coaches a whole year to work out how we play, things are much worse in SL than even I thought.
