That is only till u dont win the grand final then it wil be top of league are best, that if u are there

'fraid I have to agree with you there, 1 grand final win is worth 3 seasons of finishing top. (I'm sure many Saints fans will tell you that)

one day, maybe this year, we won't win it. until someone else does we are the champions.
and who is to say either of us will get there? who are you mystic meg?

jog on sweetheart

"talking rubbish. look at the rules all teams play by. the team who wins the gf are the champions. shall i explain slower?"

Please do, I dont understand my own opinion..

Id rather see my team play consistenly well rather than just a few games a year. I hope we get the chance to win the grand final again this year, if we get a few injuries we will really struggle to get there...

So you're saying the past few seasons where each team plays every other team twice then plays random teams home or away to make up the fixtures was a fair way of deciding top spot?



THIS season is the first time the fixtures are not like that, but even then, Murrayfield Magic lopsides it still.

The playoffs are the only fair way when a league season isn't just based on playing each team home and away

so you would like us to win all our league games and lose the grand final?

you have lost me sweetie

Would be a bigger acheivement than winning just one game correct?

wrong.
you play for position. the best 2 reach the grand final.
the winners, rightly or wrongly but they are the rules, are the champions.

it's that simple.

for some

Lol and playing bradford four times a year is supposed to be a disadvantage? We all know the previous schedule was a daft set up, thats the way it was. Wouldnt it be a disadvantage to Stains who had to play the 3rd placed team four times instead?

to all thoise who say that finishing top of the league is better, and that sainst didn't perform on the night, then Leeds with Leeds only finishing 1 point behind Sainst could point to the last minute kick that Burrow missed against Wigan last season, which would have given us the hub cap as well.

Ifs mean nothing, we are Champions, but got beat tonight. Live with it.

So you're openly admitting that the structure the way it was, was a disadvantage to a team. So how is that a fair way of settling league Champions??

Isnt the whole playoff setup a disadvantage to teams also? or did I miss something?

What, the teams that finish higher have a better chance of getting to the final?

Are you ok?

It's how over 75% of all the RL Championships have EVER been decided, didn't you know that's what happend prior to 1973 ?

Please show me where I disputed this? I was saying Id rather watch a great team week in week out and would like to see Leeds improve, which for the last 2 years they havent in league places and probably wont this year.

and if they won the grand final for the 3rd year in a row you wouldn't be happy?

are you on drugs?

you obviously are a new fan and didn't see the rubbish us older ones did for year after year.

i, for one, am enjoying our success. it will end, it has too, but i will enjoy it while it's here

Well said. RL isn't like football, teams don't dominate for years it changes in and out. Partly due to gameplans being worked out and undone, partly to signings, just the way the cookie crumbles.

Jesus H, How did you come to so many conclusions from me saying I would like to see Leeds progress? I would like to see them do better in the league.. Its an opinion you can spurt out all night you wont change my mind! Id be like any of you if we won the grand final, but wouldnt it be nice to finish top and win the GF? Then there would be no disputes...

No wonder I just normally browse and not post, seems easier that way

It was nice in 2004 but the last 2 yrs have been sweeter because when we've won it from 2nd it's not fair because we were only the best team on the night!!












Hurrah for only being good for 1 match and still being champs!!!

We won more than one game last year. We worked hard to finish in the top 2 which gives a significant advantage in the playoff system that we have at the moment. Only one team has won a GF from outside the top 2.
You are talking rubbish. If we hadn't won the GF in 2004 after finnishing top of the table by a record number of points and scring record tries and points, the season would have been a colosall disapointment.
I really don't care (and neither will any of the players) what YOU think is the is the criteria for being the champions.

To the start of the thread Pryce was quality tonight. If he could have played like that in the GF it might be a totally different story.

Maybe everyone on the board should no longer post at all... no need for discussion...

Not really because the other 16 were still outplayed!!

When I'm right. I'm right.

Good point lol.