Bulliac wrote:
It's always possible for a 'lower', or less well funded, team to get themselves worked into a frenzy over a 'one off' cup game, but even though this is perfectly true, how often, in recent history, has a lower league team beaten a fully pro side in any cup game? Even when the better team goes into the game with the wrong attitude, as Leeds clearly did - whatever the coach says - it truly is beyond being even rare.
For the lower league team to do that [and actually win as well] in a league format over eight games is patently ridiculous. Let's be honest, we can go back as far as we want, and if all those [very few] cup 'upsets' had been played over two legs they wouldn't have happened. RL isn't like soccer, we have a full goal line to defend, so we can't pack the goalmouth and hope for a lucky breakaway. The modern version of RL is probably even more unforgiving to the lower sides than it has ever been in the past.
Not to forget the fact that not one Player from the lower leagues are chosen at national or International levels.
Good post mate, it encapsulates what the true pundits of our game know to be true, sustained Giant killing just doesn't happen. One offs, where the underdog wins, are soon shut down, sorry about that Wakefield!
The Bulls had a couple of one off false Dawn's (not you Luke?) but we were quickly brought back to reality were we not?
