Re: Grand Final : Sat Oct 09, 2021 7:57 pm  

batleyrhino wrote:

Salford, Wigan, Catalans isn’t quite Saints, Saints, Saints at a time when the quality of play isn’t what it was equates to a great legacy but not quite the same as 07-09. IMHO of course…

Its still a great achievement, however I still think that leeds side from 2007 -2009 was a better team than this current saints side, I appreciate it’s difficult to compare.

Re: Grand Final : Sat Oct 09, 2021 8:00 pm  

How can a referee change the rules that the game has been played with all season in the biggest and most important game of the season . Every punch thrown this season has been dealt with in the same way - 10 minutes in the bin . Saints are a very good team but they bend the rules as far as they can - they do not need the referee to give them a helping hand . In such a tight game , that decision was crucial.

Re: Grand Final : Sat Oct 09, 2021 8:13 pm  

Saints now the most successful team in Superleague......keep up Leeds.

Re: Grand Final : Sat Oct 09, 2021 8:32 pm  

Rommel wrote:

Saints now the most successful team in Superleague......keep up Leeds.

And congratulations on that. Think most Leeds fans are praising and admiring of Saints. There is no rivalry there for us.

Well done and well deserved Saints.

Re: Grand Final : Sat Oct 09, 2021 8:36 pm  

Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! wrote:

And congratulations on that. Think most Leeds fans are praising and admiring of Saints. There is no rivalry there for us.

Well done and well deserved Saints.

Lets just keep the Pie Scum away from O/T

Re: Grand Final : Sat Oct 09, 2021 10:55 pm  

What a superb game. I know we have a lot of football fans on this forum, but Rugby League, when played like that, is truly something else. We'll done Saints, very well played Catalans. We shouldn't try to belittle or downplay the threepeat. Outstanding achievement. Would love to see us at the big dance in 2022.

Re: Grand Final : Sun Oct 10, 2021 11:55 am  

Really enjoyed that and always good to see my mother in law happy (unless they're playing Leeds).

Re: Grand Final : Sun Oct 10, 2021 1:16 pm  

Shabino wrote:

So Saints have gone 3 peat, and deservedly so imho.
However not quite as great an achievement as ours as I don’t class the last two seasons as being ‘fair’ given the farcical (at times) way Covid was handled (and exploited).
But congrats to them as they are clearly the best side in SL and the team to beat next year.

put an asterisk on the league table

Re: Grand Final : Sun Oct 10, 2021 3:12 pm  

Saints had better teams lose GFs than the current team. Up to the rest of SL to get their houses in order because it has been dire for the last couple of years. It was a 2 horse race from the start this season. We are falling ever further behind the Aussies! Their comp this season was outstanding even with the upheaval of moving it North!

Re: Grand Final : Sun Oct 10, 2021 6:38 pm  

christopher wrote:

Its still a great achievement, however I still think that leeds side from 2007 -2009 was a better team than this current saints side, I appreciate it’s difficult to compare.

You never dominated the comp and win the CC in those years? Only in 2009 did you finish top. Saints came top in 2007 & 2008 and won the CC three times in a row?