Quote: giddyupoldfella "What were peoples expectations for this season?
For me I didn't expect top 4 but did expect top 6, so pretty much bang on my expectations there.
Challenge cup final i always thought was capable of doing, but if i'd have known we had to go to Catalan and play the favourites along the way, i'm not sure i'd have expected a cup final, so exceeded my expectations there.
I heard loads of Hull fans on here expecting us to get beat by Catalan last week, so the exceeded their expectations there surely?
It hasn't been pretty rugby that we've produced, but we've been a tough nut to crack and been competitive in most games this season. If Saints get beat tonight, i'd say we would have had a better season then them, so that would leave 4 teams in the whole of Europe who are better then us at the moment, hardly a crisis.
So to you people who are so disappointed, just exactly what were your expectations for this season?'"
Until last night I may have agreed with that point of view. The problem is the result last night made me reflect on the season as a whole and the thing that sticks out more than anything is the way we have been able to stick with the best teams in games by holding on and chucking everything at a defensive effort. But that is all we have, realistically we are a team of 17 supremely fit athletes that can throw everything in to certain games and hang on and manage to pick up gutsy wins. The problem is the skill set of the players is shocking and when they can't be bothered to turn up some weeks we having nothing to offer and get turned over by teams like Wakefield and Castleford and draw with a dire London.
