The Virtual Terrace • Who can stop St Helens
davids wrote:
The cup is a different competition to the league. I don't particularly like this hybrid where you can be the most consistent team in the league and then your claim to the league title be basically robbed as a result of one poor showing. And it's happened to pretty much everyone too: Castleford (2017), Warrington (2016), St. Helens (2008), I could go on...
In a straight knock-out cup competition every game is meaningful. For a team like Cas in 2017, all their efforts in the league become meaningless because of one game (unless you count the League Leaders' Shield as a worthwhile trophy - which no-one does)
Tbh I think that both Cas and Shudds fans would have been proud of they're teams achievement at being top of the tree and been the best there was at the end of the regular competition, the only ones that think it's not a worthwhile trophy are those that didn't finish on top.
Statistics: Posted by little wayne69 — Mon Sep 07, 2020 3:55 pm — Replies 34 — Views 1142