The fitness of the players in 2021, allied to the defense would give them the edge. This Saints team is capable of playing the whole 80 minutes at such a high tempo and would take the win IMHO but I’d rather watch the swashbuckling 2006 side…
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Just watched the podcast Out of Our League with Jamie Jones Buchanan they talk about the 3-peat with Leeds and the Saints potential one.
https://www.superleague.co.uk/articl...ones-buchanan-
Its around 17m -30s in they are talking about the togetherness of a team and what Leeds had at the time, interestingly Wilkin said the Saints never had that in the 2002 to 2008 era and were a team of stars with no togetherness and Saints struggles for years afterwards. He mentioned the all stars had different opinions that didn't really bond them together.
Fast track into the Holbrook/Woolf years and we are more identifiable towards the Leeds team in their prime years.
I saw that as well, was really interesting to watch and listen to. it's always bothered me that we only had 1 GF win to show for with that squad. Wilkin has mentioned a few times how brutal that dressing room was. We were incredibly successful during that era. We played every domestic game possible from 06/08 and won 7/9 trophies that were available yet after hearing Wilkin's comments it does make me wonder what could have been if we had fewer egos. That team could have swept the lot from 06 to 08.
Last edited by SaintJon; 10th October 2021 at 16:24.
Had this conversation coming back from the final. Hard to compare, obviously, because the opposition, the competition and even the rules are different.
So I couldn’t say if this team was better, but I could say that in the context of the current competition, they are more dominant.