Quote ="BP1"One year ago this Friday (31st May 2013) we defeated Leeds at the Kc. The victory was built on an opening 40 minutes which was powerful, pacy and brimming with invention. The win took us into the top four and very much on an upward trajectory. A victory which was our ninth in ten games (including an outstanding win at Warrington). Our only defeat in that ten game run was to a Wigan side who, at that point, were looking the best side in Super League and we more than gave them a run for their money that night.
On the night of the 31st May 2013 we may still have had some work to do before we genuinely started to compete for silverware, but we certainly looked like a club/team who were heading in the right direction at last with the promise of better days to come.
What a difference a year makes. The week after the Leeds game we travelled to France with high hopes only to be soundly beaten in the South of France sun. No matter, we cried, a small temporary setback on our road back to the top. Normal service will be resumed as soon as we return to dear old blighty.
Alas, it was not to be. The defeat in France signalled the start of a year long slow but steady decline which currently shows no sign of stopping. Apart from one or two isolated results (chiefly the Cup Semi-Final) the last 52 weeks have borne witness to a continuing deterioration of results, performance, confidence and belief in the direction of the club.
One year on from victory over the then defending Champions, we find ourselves in a "must win" game against a London side who are Super League status in name only. A team who have been Championship bound from day one of the 2014 season.
Exactly One Year, to the day, after defeating Leeds in a game which seemed to promise that there was so much more to come, we surely cannot fall to the ultimate ignominy of becoming London's first (and quite possibly only) victims of 2014.
Can we?'"
Wow thanks for that a great summation of the last 52 weeks lets pray that the next 52 show a marked improvement
