Cherry_&_White wrote:
I suppose in a roundabout way my point is that it's having it both ways to think to think:
a) the first forty minutes where Wigan were the better team was totally atypical due to a combination of injuries, Wigan playing at our maximum and Saints playing as bad a half as they have in years, and at the same time, b) The twenty minutes in the second half where Saints scored off near enough every chance they had off the back off the back of some poor Wigan errors simply reflects normal service being resumed.
Not saying that this is how you see things! But I definitely got a sense of this view from a few Saints fans at the time.
All teams have that group of fans who have those types of opinion, especially when successful and their fan base grows with glory hunters that think they have a divine right to win every game. You know the sort, the referee never gives them a single penalty/decision and everyone is against them. Typical of what we're reading from Saints fans currently, but like I say it comes off the back of the success they've had. They won't point to a poor level of competition in 2019, luck in 2020 and a few decisions/covid tactics in 2021 - they will simply say they're the greatest side in the history of the game.
I hope we're hearing all the excuses again on Saturday night.
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