Could this best Leeds side ever? : Sat Aug 29, 2015 4:34 pm  

OK we still have some way to go in the SL and would all love to see a treble, but no matter what happens from here in in we know we won't see Sinny and JP in another Leeds team so...

Could 2015 be the best side we've ever had? Regardless of trophies (not) won many would make 2005 the best side of the golden era...are this years vintage better?

Re: Could this best Leeds side ever? : Sat Aug 29, 2015 5:04 pm  

It's too much right now brother ! We have sent our champions out as champions! Anything else from now is a bonus! MOT!

Re: Could this best Leeds side ever? : Sat Aug 29, 2015 5:14 pm  

sgtwilko wrote:

It's too much right now brother ! We have sent our champions out as champions! Anything else from now is a bonus! MOT!

I'm not sure the team will feel the same way.

Re: Could this best Leeds side ever? : Sat Aug 29, 2015 5:15 pm  

One key bit of advice i'd give is ......savor this time.

Hasn't always been this special and surely won't always continue. When I've read the stories of HKR fans just happy to see their team at Wembley, we Leeds fans should remember how lucky we've been for the last 10 years.

Re: Could this best Leeds side ever? : Sat Aug 29, 2015 6:23 pm  

From my perspective of supporting the team since 1978.....I'd say yes. Definitely....

As JP himself said after the game he has been 'blessed' to play in such a great team: similarly we have been 'blessed' to be part of this perhaps never to be repeated era in my lifetime at least. As Printer states we can't expect this to continue forever.....(surely not?). The continued praiseworthy recruitement however continues to gives us every chance.

Replacing Sinfield and Peacock is going to be nigh on impossible though. As McDermott said, they are hardly being carried into their twilight performances. They are both playing at least as well as they have ever done. Incredible.

They built that Wembley statue too early !!!!

Re: Could this best Leeds side ever? : Sat Aug 29, 2015 6:48 pm  

The ethos of the club is definitely the best in my lifetime. And I think this might be more significant than the personnel.

It seems we can acquire new players from all over the place and they settle into our way of doing things very quickly. The management deserve most of the credit for this careful, patient transformation of the club.

It is a concern whether that ethos can survive the departure of Peacock and Sinfield who, let's face it, are the living epitome of the integrity I'm on about. For the record, I think it can and I believe this club will become, in time, just as big and successful global brand as anything Russell Crowe can muster.

Re: Could this best Leeds side ever? : Sat Aug 29, 2015 6:49 pm  

Yes

Re: Could this best Leeds side ever? : Sat Aug 29, 2015 7:26 pm  

This Leeds team has quality that cannot be denied but best ever is hard to judge when the quality of SL teams is very poor.

Re: Could this best Leeds side ever? : Sat Aug 29, 2015 7:39 pm  

Bad Leg Strikes wrote:

This Leeds team has quality that cannot be denied but best ever is hard to judge when the quality of SL teams is very poor.

Among Wigan supporters, saying that the standard of SL is very poor is just a proxy for the fact that their own team is sh*te this season.

Re: Could this best Leeds side ever? : Sat Aug 29, 2015 9:19 pm  

It isn't the best team.

It's the best club. Too many people think this is all about the 17 guys in the shirts but what Leeds have built under Hetherington and caddicks vision/support is so much more.

Massive congratulations to everyone involved with the club.