: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:12 am  

You think team + attendances = club?

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:15 am  

manly4ever wrote:

97 GF was one of the best GF's ever,even though we lost the game needed it and it couldnt have come at a better time.All thx to the last 10 seconds .


And 95 dont wanna know !


96 GF,all thx to mathew ridge

remember the restart from when he gain the ball didnt even go 10 metres and ended up scoring a try?the refs were blind in those days,but cant complain we still beat the dragons...

cant remember 96 funnily enough.

95 and 97 i do remember clearly.

yeah 97 saved RL.

i was very happy to see manly come back like they have from the merger.

arko deserves it after all hes done for RL, as does manly for sticking loyal.

i like slater but jeez, i think stewart is a better player atm

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:40 am  

RB wrote:

You think team + attendances = club?

Well ok then lets go a littlw bit further into it, success in the past few years has been Leeds's. When was the last time Wigan won the cup ? Oh thats right...1998. So in the last 10 years Leeds have won it 3 times (08,07,04) Wigan have won it once (98 ). Still not content with that ? lets dig a little bit further.

Leeds's club has been developing in those last 10 years, they now have very good attendences, a very good team on a very good financial footing, have a lot of success. In stark contrast Wigan, who dominated super league for a long period of time have been getting worse imo although very slowly. Still not convinced ? then please tell me something that makes Wigan a bigger club than Leeds ? The past, hats all they have. I'm a Leeds United fan and we live in the past too, sometimes it's time to let go and not expect to hammer teams week in and week out. I was watching SSN the other day and a Wigan fan was disgusted that Wigan had lost to Cas at the JJB..he is a a prime example of living in the past, Cas imo have a strong squad this year; fast backs, powerful forwards and a team that imo can get in the top 8.

Re: Is Leeds the world's second best club? As good as Melbourne? : Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:53 am  

Alice's Phallus wrote:

Leeds have scored four tries against Manly which Melbourne could not do in last year's NRL grand final. Melbourne could not score one.

Leeds lost their star scrum half, the attacking genius Robert Burrow, in the first half of tonight's game. Melbourne did not suffer that setback in last years NRL GF. However Melbourne lost their star hooker Cameron Smith before the NRL GF. Smith is a star international and Australian captain who was instrumental in the Melbourne attack.

I think that Leeds would have a good chance against Melbourne. So, depending on their performance on the day, either Leeds are second or third best club in the world.

no . 4th best

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:28 pm  

RB wrote:

You think team + attendances = club?

So what does?

Ownership of stadia?

Ownership of state of the art training facilities?

Ownership of income streams outside of Rugby league?

Help us out, clarify what defines Wigan as such a great "Club"?