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| Quote Remarkable_Rhinos="Remarkable_Rhinos"I would still want McDermott gone. Because the rugby is appalling to watch, and we're clearly not the best team in the comp.
If we beat Wigan in both finals, we'd have no real bragging rights. We'd have a few artificial bragging rights but any Leeds fan would know in the heart that, whatever trophies we had won, Wigan are/were by far the better team this year. I'd rather (and this is just me personally!) know that we'd earned any trophies or titles by being the best team. Rather than putting in 2 x 80 minute performances that just happened to be in finals.
Just my opinion.'"
For 2 of our last 3 Super League titles we were not the best team in the comp but turned up for the finals and ended up making history. A win's a win and trophy's a trophy IMO, not being the best team throughout 2007 or 2008 doesn't negate the achievement at all for me |
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I think the whole of this season has been focused on getting to Wembley. I don't think they're not interested in the league, but I think they all have a score to settle because of their poor performance last year. Sinfield was obviously very emotional about getting there and I think that feeling is probably common throughout the team.
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| Quote Remarkable_Rhinos="Remarkable_Rhinos"I would still want McDermott gone. Because the rugby is appalling to watch, and we're clearly not the best team in the comp.
If we beat Wigan in both finals, we'd have no real bragging rights. We'd have a few artificial bragging rights but any Leeds fan would know in the heart that, whatever trophies we had won, Wigan are/were by far the better team this year. I'd rather (and this is just me personally!) know that we'd earned any trophies or titles by being the best team. Rather than putting in 2 x 80 minute performances that just happened to be in finals.
Just my opinion.'"
My thoughts exactly - it would feel like a very hollow victory as a fan.
(Isnt it much more fun when you just share your opinion - that's what these boards are generally for, rather than trying to make yourself look clever as per your first reply) |
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| Quote Remarkable_Rhinos="Remarkable_Rhinos"If we beat Wigan in both finals, we'd have no real bragging rights. We'd have a few artificial bragging rights but any Leeds fan would know in the heart that, whatever trophies we had won, Wigan are/were by far the better team this year. I'd rather (and this is just me personally!) know that we'd earned any trophies or titles by being the best team. Rather than putting in 2 x 80 minute performances that just happened to be in finals.
Just my opinion.'"
You're kidding, right?
Not a chance they will do the double, but in a hypothetical situation they would have to:
Beat Wigan at Wembley.
Then, in consecutive weeks (I'm picking the teams on current league position and assuming the highest placed team won each play-off game):
Beat Castleford, at home.
Beat Saints, away.
Beat Warrington, away.
Beat Wigan at Old Trafford.
If they did that, there would be a lot more to it than simply putting in two 80 minute performances in Finals, as you say.
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I think the quality of our rugby in recent years was so much better than we are currently achieving. A lot of question marks would remain over the coaching staff for me even if we took the double.
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to do the double we would just about have to go the rest of the season unbeaten and we had a post like this early in the season and we know what happened after that.this is where we came in
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(Isnt it much more fun when you just share your opinion - that's what these boards are generally for, rather than trying to make yourself look clever as per your first reply)'"
I much prefer being a tw*t if I'm honest.
I use the anonymity to be a cocky & obtrusive know-it-all smart a[ir[/ise, given that's nothing at all what I'm like in 'real life' I find the contrast invigorating.  |
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| Quote Remarkable_Rhinos="Remarkable_Rhinos"I much prefer being a tw*t if I'm honest.
I use the anonymity to be a cocky & obtrusive know-it-all smart a[ir[/ise, given that's nothing at all what I'm like in 'real life' I find the contrast invigorating.
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Haha - Fair enough! Best reply I've seen in a long time - Brilliant. |
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| Quote Wheels="Wheels"If Leeds do the double, I will walk up the steps of Old Trafford and personally hand Kevin Sinfield the SuperLeague trophy myself.'"
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Win or lose in the Cup Final, I expect we'll fade away to nothing in the league/play-offs. Wigan may find it a bit harder this year as well going into the play-offs - winning or losing at Wembley, especially so close to the end of the season can seriously damage your play-off ambitions.
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agreed....but we wont win the CC Final will we ? and then go on to win the grand final ? hard as it is to say we have no chance of this with Mcdermott
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| Quote Superted="Superted"Now I know this is a massive IF, and is highly unlikely, but.... IF Leeds started to put together some form and won the Challenge Cup followed by a good play off campaign, it's conceivable that we could do the double (Not that I think for 1 minute we will win either) after what in reality has been a season of awful rugby. For me this would be a real embarrasment for Super League, and although all teams know the rules before the season starts, I have to say it would make a mockery of the season as a whole.
If this were to happen, what would peoples thoughts be on the season, and more importantly, what would peoples thoughts be towards Brian Mcdermott?
I know its all highly unlikely and hypothetical, just interested to see how people would view this.'"
If in our dreams this was ever possible you have just totally jinxed it! And I don't even believe in superstition. |
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