During the course of this season, I've seen various posts doubting the abilities of Brian McClennan and, in particular, Ryan Bailey. If you go back a bit further you'll find similar posts on almost all of the team that were on the field last night.

Ryan Bailey was outstanding last night and has been on numerous ocassions this season, despite injury.

As for Bluey, to win back to back championships is impressive. However, when the second leg of it is achieved without three world class players, (one for the whole season, one for half the season and the other for most of the game) you have say he's the very best.

On a final note, to all you idiots who bag our Chief Exec, you really need to be taken back in time to the early nineties, to either see or be reminded what a shambles the club was.

Kevins comments after the game were splendid, about the club, fans, the bond between players & the salary cap.

I think bluey deserves alot of credit. How he got a team considerably under the salary cap to pick up the title and a 3rd straight GF is amazing. Not bad for a coach with no discipline.

bailey was immense last night. if he did that on a regular basis he would be an england regular.

I think Bluey has comprehensively answered his critics this season, and stands comparison to any Rugby League manager.

Bailley was good tonight, but like all players has suffered injuries and consequent dips in form. All of which is rightly discussed and commented on by the paying public.

It took an immense team effort to win the GF, and all credit to all who have pulled on the Blue and Amber this season.

As for the pre match doubters......

.....maybe next season they'll BELIEVE!

hi guys first post for me just watched the game here in aus what did sinny say after the game we didnt even get to see the presntation typical channel nine

Not a chance the resident numptys don't know what being a "supporter" means

To be fair a lot of the comments were opinions on individual games and performances at the time.
We knew the build up to the season would be different because bluey said so after the world cup we also knew the "rumours of unrest" would surface when we hit a blip and lets be honest i'd say 99% of the fans were concerned about our ill discipline and attacking structure at some point during the season.
Whatever though we are [size=200BACK TO BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONS![/size

Would someone mind letting us know what sinny said at the end yet again the sound system wasn't working in the south east quadrant like last year so none of us could hear his speech GRRRR

Welcome.

Kevin basically said that in an era of Salary Caps, the players at Leeds choose to ignore financially more rewarding contracts elsewhere to play for each other and our great club. He also said that the way that Gary manages the financial position and only brings in the right people (never mind the right players) should be applauded.

I never doubted them for a minute.

First thing that I noticed was he looked emotional.

he did the "first like to thanks saints. They are a championship team blah blah". It sounded a bit old but it is the 3rd year running he's said it.

Then he thanked GH, club and players. Then he thanked fans "best in the world". And he rounded it off by dedicating the win to John Holmes.

There are plenty of doubters on this forum.

I have bookmarked a number of threads from earlier in the season. But today is not the day for such churlish recriminations.

Needless to say, the squad WAS good enough, we didn't need another prop and we were just fine in the right centre.

we can do it again as well

In the week leading up to last nights game i've been through every thought possible about how we could win/lose the GF. Most of the time I have been positive but found myself, the closer the game got, beginning to doubt our abilitys. Come time for KO and I never had a doubt, sang my heart out, shouted at Ganson and cheered every tackle. Sinfield ran the show with his kicking but was given good service from Burrow and Diskin. This in turn was only possible from JP, Leuli(however you spell it) and Baily laying the platform. All this on top of Blueys game plan deftly executed by every one. Well done Rhinos, you deserved the victory and i never doubted you for a second (well not publicaly)

I wonder what messrs Calderwood, Walker and Scruton thought about Sinfield's comments about staying for less money? I suspect they are far too happy in their shiny Jaguars to worry about nonsense like winning things....

To papraphrase,

WORST______ WINNERS_____________ EVER. ___________

And you believe that?!!!!

It's really not that hard to believe – GH runs a very tight(wad) ship and to think that players like Sinfield, Peacock, McGuire, and Burrow couldn't get a more lucrative contract elsewhere is naive to say the least.

Oh, it is

Can I make a start?

[iSerge A. Storms : One of the problems is Sinfield who confuses matters - including himself. "Sinfield is too slow both physically and mentally to play the playmaker - but sadly he will be in that position until he retires."[/i

It's very sad isn't it Serge, please lets go back to the good old days before Sinfield.

[iTad Rhino: i have felt from the start that the pack isn't nearly as strong as it should be and therefore the halves have struggled for time and space[/i


Bad Tad, If you felt it from the start what changed?

and the coach got it exactly right when it mattered.

....and as I predicted back in April to much derision if he corrected the discipline we would win the title.