For the good of the game, I hope Wigan are Champions in 2012 : Mon Aug 20, 2012 12:50 pm
OK I have been a Saints fan for 27 years and I have had a long think about this and the sport needs Wigan win the grand final this year. For two reasons, it’s for the good of the game and they simply deserve to!After Leeds winning the league last year the entire league has seemed mentally scared. Now that is not Leeds fault and I am not bashing them. They played by the rules and won. But I just feel that the game could not handle another faux champion.
The quality of the league this year has been terrible. Many have blamed the number of teams but really it is down to a lack of elitism. Teams know that finishing in the top half of the league will give you an equal shot at being champions. No longer do you need a top 2 finish to have a shot. Trying your best every game is not only seen as non-essential but in fact a waste of effort and energy.
The only other team that have looked like Champions is Warrington. So why am I not rooting for them?
Well they have treated the regular season with more distain that any other team. With a squad and a coach as good as they have they should have been doing what we did in 2006. But they too see trying your best in every game as a burden. This ranges from taking a holiday a week before the start of the season to half-hearted efforts against Salford and London. It is clear that Warrington have just not tried as hard as they would have if it was first past the post. Instead choosing to save themselves for the cup and the playoffs
So what are our choices, 12 second rate teams that would bring shame to the sport if named the Super League Champions. A team full of superstars that have opening shown that they don't need, and are unwilling, to put their best in every week. Or the team that has finished top of the league and has made every effort to win every game they have competed in this year.
For the good of the game there is only one answer. The scum from over the lump.
Thanks for reading, now drag me through the streets and hang me outside the town hall.