jaybs wrote:
The Farce about the game is a team that finishes in the position Leeds did being Super League Champions again, tell me another sports where this happens?
I've always felt that, but then some other people say they like it that way, or that's how it's always been in rugby league and I should stick to watching football etc.
It may be a great achievement to twice win the Grand Final from 5th place, but for me it's more akin to that Hull Challenge Cup win under John Kear, when they knocked out all the top league sides to win it. You can be little better than mediocre for 27 league matches, then just win a few one-off games and be crowned champions.
Wigan and Warrington have both been far more consistently excellent over the past two years. During Mc Dermott's two seasons at Leeds they must have lost as many matches as in the previous four seasons, when they were often winning the Grand Finals too.
Ove the past two years Leeds have simply sustained their long run of success, but via a more difficult route because their overall standards throughout the season have slipped.