SaintsFan wrote:
Except we beat you during the rounds so we were fully capable of beating you at the Grand Final. The big and noticeable difference between 20 June and the Grand Final was on 20 June we had Leon Pryce playing. Had both Pryce and Eastmond been playing our chances against you were 50:50, just as they had been throughout the season. I wouldn't say we would have won easily, but you wouldn't have been able to choose between us if we'd had our halfbacks playing. They were our creative players and our kickers and we needed both with your defences being so good and so determined to keep us out of your 10, which is where we had scored most of our tries during the season.
You were damned fortunate we were disabled. But that's the nature of sport. 2011 is a brand new season.
and we didnt have Lockers playing in June but we did in the GF... pointless argument, none of us know what would have happend had those two not been injured in the GF, to suggest Saints would win easily is laughable but then again looking at who made that comment it really doesnt matter. I dont believe we were fortunate that you were 'disabled', as I know we are more than good enough to beat a full strength Saints team.
The half back injury thing wasnt recent and shows the need to increase depth there (or was there someone else injured who could play there????), either way a team has to deal with injuries and that shows how good a team really is. Wigans depth this season is their biggest strength imo.
The Saints I know and hate dont make excuses up and go on about it months laters, at the end of the day Wigan could only beat what was put in front of them and they did.
