The Greatest : Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:06 pm  

I know RL has been going longer than SL. But just in terms of SL, I would say that this Leeds squad of players has to be pushing now for the greatest of SL so far.

Re: The Greatest : Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:16 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

I know RL has been going longer than SL. But just in terms of SL, I would say that this Leeds squad of players has to be pushing now for the greatest of SL so far.

They are the greatest team in super league era and I don't think anyone can argue with that ( step up Northampton saint).

Re: The Greatest : Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:21 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

I know RL has been going longer than SL. But just in terms of SL, I would say that this Leeds squad of players has to be pushing now for the greatest of SL so far.

Certainly one of the greats. To be fair though, it's benefitted a lot from a lack of competition the last few years - when the great Wigan sides of the '90s started to decline there were young, strong Saints and Bradford teams ready to come in and start taking their trophies off them instead. Similarly when our '06 team started to break up from '07 onwards Leeds were there ready with a great young team to nick a few SL titles off us that otherwise were ours for the taking. Now that Leeds' great side has been in similar decline for a few seasons now there just hasn't been that quality, hungry young side around who can take them on come the games that count. I think in years to come they will be recognised as the last truly great domestic RL club side.

Re: The Greatest : Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:25 pm  

Ninja saint wrote:

They are the greatest team in super league era and I don't think anyone can argue with that ( step up Northampton saint).

Another stalker. Oh good.

It's hard to judge any team other than against it's contemporary competition and in that sense this Leeds team would make a good argument for greatest ever SL team. But realistically they wouldn't have stood much chance playing against Saints '96, '00 or '06 for instance...

Re: The Greatest : Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:32 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

I know RL has been going longer than SL. But just in terms of SL, I would say that this Leeds squad of players has to be pushing now for the greatest of SL so far.

Why do some Saints fans need to do this each year?

All that Leeds have been in the Superleague era, and then only latterly, is the play off experts. That's it really. They can't buy a challenge cup win and they've managed league leaders shield, what, three times? But they have won six grand finals, four of them against one team.

Let's not go overboard just because they won another grand final. Until Sinfield retires they are going to be a threat at grand final time but that's it.

Re: The Greatest : Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:01 pm  

I think it's a fair call to say they are the greatest. We could possibly say we are the most consistent of the SL era, but when it comes to winning the big prize, they have won it the most and they have done it with a generation of players very similar to how Wigan won it pre-sl. It's not 6 wins over 17 years it's been pretty much the same core squad that Leeds have brought through.

Re: The Greatest : Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:03 pm  

No doubt it would have been wholeheartedly appropriate had saints won it without finishing top

Re: The Greatest : Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:19 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

I think it's a fair call to say they are the greatest. We could possibly say we are the most consistent of the SL era, but when it comes to winning the big prize, they have won it the most and they have done it with a generation of players very similar to how Wigan won it pre-sl. It's not 6 wins over 17 years it's been pretty much the same core squad that Leeds have brought through.

What rubbish. They have won the championship once more than we have, that is all. They haven't won the challenge cup but in fact have lost it three times on the trot plus more. They haven't come top as often as we have. They haven't won the double; they most certainly haven't done the treble. I think they are equal with us in the world club challenge wins? Not sure on that one though.

So no, they are not the greatest. They are presently the best team at winning the grand final but that really is it.

Re: The Greatest : Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:20 pm  

Tony Soprano wrote:

No doubt it would have been wholeheartedly appropriate had saints won it without finishing top

We have won it from second place already so what you say is meaningless.

Re: The Greatest : Sat Oct 06, 2012 11:17 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

We have won it from second place already so what you say is meaningless.

I've read the embarrassing posts you made about graham so to be brutally honest anything you post is meaningless to me