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cartoons/WB17.gif I've been on the internet and have already got a sense of the fans' passion for the club. They are very fanatical - Peter Gentle 12th September 2011.
Money doesn't talk it swears, Obscenity who really cares, Propaganda all is phony.
I'm the son and heir of a shyness which is criminally vulgar.
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.
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| Now, I'm a cynical old so-and-so and 40 years of following the club have made me sceptical of over-reacting to a sudden burst of good form. However, even this cynical 50-something so-and-so is increasingly finding it difficult to keep a lid on my increasing excitement as 2016 unfolds.
We look strong and powerful, both physically and mentally, the team spirit is the best it's been in years and the players clearly believe in themselves, individually and as a collective team (witness the last twenty minutes last night).
There is every reason to believe that something special may be about to happen. However (and here comes that warning voice in my head) I've been here before too many times and have seen too many hopes, dreams and aspirations disappear over the course of the last thirty years to be able to fully believe 100%.
We had a similar run to this current one at about this time (post Easter) three years ago and by the end of that season we'd suffered humiliating defeats at Wembley and Huddersfield and despair had set in once more. That scenario has to be qualified by the observation that the current squad is unquestionably better than the 2013 vintage.
So, to answer the original question; do I believe?, well this cynical 50-something so-and-so hasn't been able to fully believe 100% since Wembley 1983 (some scars can run very deep when supporting a team!), but even I can feel a palpable sense of rising excitement within the ranks of the faithful.
Do I Believe? Well let's just say that I'm getting there with each passing week (especially these past seven days) and if I'm starting to think along those lines then everybody else must surely be.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to start a week of feverish praying that this feeling continues until at least the end of the month (and hopefully all the way into October).
Yours Faithfully,
A Cynical 50-something so-and-so.
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73680_1515668157.jpg [size=85:3idnpzvq]Cup Winners: 1914, 1982, 2005, 2016, 2017.
Cup Runners-Up: 1908, 1909, 1910, 1922, 1923, 1959, 1960, 1980, 1983, 1985, 2008, 2013.
League Champions: 1920, 1921, 1936, 1956, 1958, 1983.
League Runners-Up: 1957, 1982, 1984, 2006.[/size:3idnpzvq]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_73680.jpg |
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| Quote: Mild mannered Janitor "I believe we have the best chance in 10 years to make a mark on the game.
I am level head enough to realise we will not win every game. When a defeat does come I really hope there is not a knee jerk reaction.
I am wary that Leeds will turn the corner at some point and that Huddersfield are a good side. These will turn over teams at the top end of the table at some point soon.
The senior players are the one who as a collective are our biggest plus point. I was critical of Leon Pryce recently on here, but in the last two game I personally think he has played extremely well.'"
Fully agree on Pryce, his experience and reading of the game is invaluable.
For the Michaels try on Friday - we had a move set up, When Pryce got the ball he noticed a Wigan player edge a couple of feet out of the line. Instead of carrying on an executing the planned play, he spots hit, hits the gap, sucks the defenders in and leaves us with the overlap. For the Talanoa try, he saw the Wigan defence wasn't set properly on the blind side and switched play.
He's suffered with a couple of small injuries and takes a few games back to get up to speed it seems, but fully fit he's still pretty decent.
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| Quote: Doom&Gloom Merchant "but fully fit he's still pretty decent.'"
Expected to move on at the end of the season, does he have another year in him?
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73680_1515668157.jpg [size=85:3idnpzvq]Cup Winners: 1914, 1982, 2005, 2016, 2017.
Cup Runners-Up: 1908, 1909, 1910, 1922, 1923, 1959, 1960, 1980, 1983, 1985, 2008, 2013.
League Champions: 1920, 1921, 1936, 1956, 1958, 1983.
League Runners-Up: 1957, 1982, 1984, 2006.[/size:3idnpzvq]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_73680.jpg |
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| Quote: EASTCOASTFC2016 "Expected to move on at the end of the season, does he have another year in him?'"
I think he does. It sounds like it won't be with us, which I think is the right decision, but he'd get a contract elsewhere.
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All men are created equal, some work harder in preseason.
-[i:1c45x4hd]Emmitt Smith[/i:1c45x4hd]: |
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| Can see Pryce retiring with Bradford.
I definitely believe we can win something this year, there's no one we can't beat as we've shown but we're far from dominant as that's just the league this year. As for other fans, wonder how long it'll be before we start to poach Leeds glory supporters from the East Riding villages
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60404_1375165563.png Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and proudly proclaiming `Wow, what a ride`:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_60404.png |
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| Quote: Ellam "There was life before super league'"
Of that I am more than aware.
My point referred to the fact that we have never won the league that we are now in.
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