Quote ="lefty goldblatt"The one thing we cant afford to be, is complacent.
We've (hopefully) just started something brilliant, and it'll continue for many years.
What we don't want to do, is turn out like Bradford.....part dominated (along with Stains) for a decade, and look at them now. Absolute 5h1t3 for the last 4 or 5 years'"
To be able to emulate Bulls and Saints on field success would be a dream. As you say we should not be complacent with success. Following our recent win at Odsal there was a good thread over on the Bulls board about where things had gone wrong. Obviously the Harris saga hadn't helped but the bulls were spending beyond their means plus the liability of Odsal, things started to go wrong and they had to sell or release players to survive. That was a very short summary but there was a lot more to it than that though.
Since Moran took over and the move to the HJ we have got our house in order financially, no worries with ground issues (unlike otheres in SL), excellent coach and support staff, off field management is good and junior player development is now starting to show fruition.
I've been watching since the mid 70s and I have seen some good and bad teams. This team has definitely got to be the best I've seen during that time, although we have had some top players over the last 30 years but rarely a team around them to consistently challenge the top teams. We have had teams that could have a good cup run but only on a handfull of seasons we have been competing at the top of the league. So this and last season we have shown more consistency. Long may it continue.