Worst SL season EVER? Or the best? : Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:47 pm  

Looking at Super League right now, the whole thing seems farcical. We're top by two points, TOP! I'd have this current team way down the list of our Super League squads, right near the bottom. Bar Walsh, it's lacking virtually all over the park (In comparison to our other SL sides). It's a jelly bellied squad with no captain, no leader, no inspirational figures. It's a team with one genuine half back in the squad (Who is now injured) no quality centres, a pack that everyone seems to rate but which gets smashed 90% of the time when it matters and one that has absolutely no hope of trophies in the next 2 years.

But then I look at the rest of Super League.

Who exactly is going to win it this year Leeds on form look the best side, but when exactly are they on form? You wouldn't make much money backing them and they've had several puzzlingly weak performances recently. Perhaps affected by the looming CC semi, but still not a side hitting anywhere near it's potential. Wigan? Look farcically weak to me, without O'Loughlin they don't look contenders for anything. They'll be there or there abouts due to their attitude, application and heart, but you have to question the quality. Warrington seem to be a slightly better version of us, lacking real direction in the halves and coming up short at times, but with the mentality to actually win big games. Huddersfield are terrible, as are Catalans and Widnes. Cas have had a great year and look a quality 13 when they are all fit. But they have so little strength in depth that you have to question whether they will be able to back it up in consecutive weeks in the playoffs.

So rather than being the worst SL ever (Actually, I'm 100% sure it's the worst in terms of quality and ability) is this the most unpredictable SL season ever and therefore the best?

Re: Worst SL season EVER? Or the best? : Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:55 pm  

The standard has 100% dropped. Look at Wigan last year (not having a go before you pies flood the thread) they won the double with IMO the worst squad ever to win super league.

We are top of the league with a team that lacks serious quality.

Re: Worst SL season EVER? Or the best? : Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:57 pm  

We had a strong squad last year but this year we are weaker but so is the rest of SL, i believe that we will win the GF again but as squads go this is the weakest we've had for about 7-8 years

Re: Worst SL season EVER? Or the best? : Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:59 pm  

EFCWARRIOR wrote:

We had a strong squad last year but this year we are weaker but so is the rest of SL, i believe that we will win the GF again but as squads go this is the weakest we've had for about 7-8 years

You think that squad last year was as good as previous successful Wigan squads?

I think we gone so far back it's unreal.

Re: Worst SL season EVER? Or the best? : Fri Aug 01, 2014 10:09 pm  

All the teams are weaker in quality this season, but the major factor for Superleague 14 is maintaining consistency in form for everyone.
There seems to be a massive amount of injuries this season which can effect form, in our case it was prop forwards and half backs.
Officiating of our game has impact as well as the standard of referee is probably rock bottom at the moment.
All the above contribute to an unpredictable Superleague, it might not be of a good standard but it certainly is an interesting one that looks as though it goes to the last game.

Re: Worst SL season EVER? Or the best? : Fri Aug 01, 2014 11:32 pm  

You post this after a defeat

Re: Worst SL season EVER? Or the best? : Fri Aug 01, 2014 11:38 pm  

mrpurfect wrote:

You post this after a defeat

He posts this after every defeat

Re: Worst SL season EVER? Or the best? : Sat Aug 02, 2014 6:08 am  

I just can't believe we are top and have been for so long.

Re: Worst SL season EVER? Or the best? : Sat Aug 02, 2014 6:28 am  

Its true though, how the hell are we top the way we've been playing? It could be argued that SL is better than ever as anyone can beat anyone, but its more a case of the better teams getting worse than the lower teams getting better

Re: Worst SL season EVER? Or the best? : Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:31 am  

Put the Leeds or Saints sides from the mid 2000s into this league and they'd go comfortably unbeaten.

Leeds, who've been awful for months, could have gone top yesterday if they'd have hung on for 5 minutes against the worst Bradford team in history. That would have been laughable. Standards have dropped off a cliff.