sally cinnamon wrote:
This is true Saints record was outstanding but Saints won't be able to repeat that record either unless they find a core of players like Cunningham, Wellens, Long, Scully etc.
Oh, not another one... The British game will never again see players of that ilk and they are impossible to replace. Where do you think you're going to find a core of players to replace Briers, Morley, Hodgson, Monaghan, etc. who are the bedrock of your current success in the years to come? You won't be able to because the current crop of youngsters are nowhere near their quality and we soon won't be able to sign top Ossies anymore. You'll be in the same boat as us and Wigan (and Leeds in a few season's time once their great core of players are gone) of having to make do with the Gaskells, Lomaxes, Mylers, Smiths and Greens instead.
sally cinnamon wrote:
I reckon there will be more unpredictability about the coming years, the cycles of success will be shorter and honours more up for grabs. But I am fairly confident Warrington will be up there rather than mid table, as will Saints.
Indeed. I reckon over the next decade or so we'll see 5 or 6 clubs cycling around in the top positions from season to season with the rest just making up the numbers and giving us someone to hold a fixture against every week. Saints and Warrington will both, barring disaster, most certainly be among the "cyclers".
Question is: can you equal our stunning and frankly incredible record of being at the top and competing for all the trophies every year for seventeen straight seasons in said limited, capped competition, or will you just be another 2 season wonder like Wigan who will be back in mid-table in a couple of seasons while we're still at the top? I know where my money is 
