Re: Saints team of 2006 : Sat Oct 13, 2012 9:15 am
To be fair under Millward we won the Grand Final in 2000 (we were knocked out of the cup when Hanley was in charge), the WCC and CC in 2001 (hit by big injuries late on - Newlove and Long season enders, Fairleigh had a dislocated shoulder in the Play Offs etc), we reached the CC Final and lost in 2002 but won the GF. 2004 we won the CC but we were then hit by the betting scandal and then he was sacked in 2005. The only bad season under Millward was 2003 where we didn't win anything. 2005 was definitely a season that got away from us though. Apart from the Hull semi final in the cup we dominated most teams that season until injuries hit us at the end. We deserved a GF win that year and made sure we avenged it the season after. 2008 was another that got away. 19 or 20 games unbeaten, finished top by a mile, win the Cup but bottled it at Old Trafford when we trounced Leeds two weeks earlier. That was probably the most frustrating GF loss of all of them as we were better than Leeds that season. That was the night Anderson completely lost it with the players at half time, they let him down that night.