The might *look* like asterisks but really they're *stars*

I'm not arguing Wire have a good side and may win a SL title one day, it's this that Warrington fans come out with that they are now an elite club and now part of a 'Big 4'.

I believe there is only three elite clubs in England, a true 'Big 3' and Wire isn't one of them.

People used to say Leeds were part of a Big Four in the early days of SL. From 1996-2003 what exactly did they achieve? One SL GF loss and one Challenge Cup win.

Warrington have achieved far more in the space of eight years than that Leeds side had.

Both clubs an average of 5th place in the time frames.
Both not won the GF.
Wire have won more Cups but to say they achieved "far more" is stretching it a tad. Especially given that at least part of that 8 years was groundwork for 10 years of success at Leeds afterwards.

Wire have won 3x as many cups and been in twice as many GFs, as well as finish as League Leaders.
That was in the space of 6 years. I'd say that's a pretty good six years.

If we're including beaten GF appearances then we should note the 2 Cup Finals Leeds appeared in and lost too.
I'm not denying its been a good 6 years for Wire. But then it was a good 6 years for Leeds prior to 2004 too.