Quote: Bigredwarrior "Genuine question to those of our own fans who tore our club to shreds mid season, who proclaimed SW to not have a clue and that the sooner he was gone the better etc...The ones who relentlessly said our rugby is boring and devoid of any ideas..... You know who you are.
Would you rather have had our season or Saints season?
The reason I ask is that during the off season I said I’d rather have a side that wins the grand final than a side like Cas last season who won nothing. Saints have done what Cas did. They entertained with some great rugby throughout the season overall but won zip! I still maintain that it’s this end of the season that matter most and I’d much rather have our season than theirs. Am I a happy clapper as was stated on several occasions? Perhaps, but watch how happy I am next week and how loud I clap when we are crowned champions again!'"
I don't even think it comes down to a "our season or theirs" debate. We've been every bit as good as them this year in the entertainment stakes anyway! We had a blip mid season and have ground a few wins out but they have had a blip for the last few months and EVERY champion team needs to grind a win out now an again. Was beating them in the playoffs or Wire at magic as good as anything they've shown this year? Easily! I'd argue better because they've shown themselves as incapable of taking out that type of game.
If they're going to point to rinsing lower end teams as a yardstick I'd firstly raise them the likes of Hull KR on Easter Monday and secondly suggest they need to reappraise their definition of a good performance.
I'll tell you now; I'd much rather watch a masterclass of defensive rugby league like last night than any number of games waltzing through also rans! We've been there, done that more times than Saints could ever hope to muster anyway in the 80s and 90s. Funnily enough, its exactly the criticism of that period that Saints fans regularly churn out. Strange how it doesn't apply when it's them doing it.
