Lets not forget that it's taken quite a bit of cash to get Warrington above us and others and to get those 3 cups of theirs. The last game between Leeds and Warrington with Tony Smith as Leeds boss on 1st-June-2007 @ Headingley compared to the Wembley line-up.
Brent Grose..........Brett Hodgson
Chris Riley..........Chris Riley
Henry Fa'afili.........Stefan Ratchford
Paul Johnson..........Ryan Atkins
Kevin Penny.........Joel Mongahan
Jon Clarke..........Lee Briers
Lee Briers..........Richie Myler
Paul Wood..........Chris Hill
Mark Gleeson........Mickey Higham
Adrian Morley..........Gareth Carvell
Mike Wainwright.........Trent Waterhouse
Ben Westwood..........Ben Westwood
Rob Parker.........Ben Harrison
Andy Bracek.........Adrian Morley
Michael Sullivan.........Michael Monaghan
Paul Rauhihi............Paul Wood
Steve Pickersgill............Tyrone McCarthy (not to mention David Solomona & Chris Bridge too)
Wigan have been able to match them in terms of results the last few years but with the likes of Leuluai and Finch being replaced by Matty Smith and Blake Green they too are going to struggle to keep up with Warrington, if Sam Tomkins does leave sometime for the NRL or Union then Warrington will be out of sight for them too.
We can talk about OOC players and attacking and defensive structures and young players but in reality what a team is going to need to keep tabs with let alone overtake Warrington is to splash the cash, and that's not the style of the Leeds management in the last few years. Either that or hope they make a complete pig's ear out of who they hire as coach whenever Tony Smith leaves.
