Re: Leeds Rhinos : Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:04 am
Kettykat wrote:
Looking at how Salford managed to weather the Saints onslaught and hit back, with a team on paper few would give them a second look at ,and also with their talisman sitting in the stand ,I’ve a feeling leeds will go one step further and win this one .
I don’t see it quite like that.
I always thought that the Salford first 17 looked as good as most to be honest and that back line looked very good indeed.
What looked their weakness was a total lack of depth in the squad.
What seemed to happen is that the first 17 played even better than expected whilst suffering relatively few injuries. This had a knock on effect of making the fringe players raise their game to unexpected heights.
It’s not uncommon, it’s effectively what we have done over the years, most notably in 2004. Unfortunately it’s a risky strategy because just like us Salford cannot sustain the success imho.
Financially they will already be under the hammer. Any monies earned will be swallowed up by the existing squad. Tgat squad will need strengthening because they are now a known quanta and teams will suss them out far more than this year. However worse still they will need yet another season with no major injuries.
It’s not impossible that they will move forward especially if they could attract some serious money but as is the odd way with sport the second album is far harder.
We will see I suppose but we’ve been there.
