I get where you're coming from with the other teams you mentioned there but Souths?? they havent achieved shit let alone managed to feature in a GF since before my mother was born! How do they enter into any conversation about "certainties" for anything but failure?
Roosters, Manly, Storm have all made, won and lost plenty of big matches (GF's included) in recent history, they're powerhouse clubs that all other clubs aspire to emulate. Souths are a club full of hot air and hype who havent actually done anything to warrant being included in the same class as those teams. And dont get me wrong, i hate Manly and the Roosters, i dont like the Storm either but with so many QLDers i cant hate them, but these are clubs you have to respect so hate them or not you want your club to achieve what theyve been able to achieve in recent times.
Souths though??
Please..
I completely agree with you.
But why you've missed the point, it's not what they've achieved, it's having this idea of them being certainties even during poor periods for the entire season and so when Grand Final day rolls around, I switch off because the crap they're going on about I've heard for months.What interests me as a neutral is seeing teams who have defied everything the "experts" have put out. Yes, they're teams who do deserve to be there if they make it, absolutely, but when you have a ladder like this year when suddenly the tune changes from four to two with the other two "expected to fire". Look at Penrith and the Cowboys; between now and the finals, do you think they'll be put on the same level as Souths and Manly? Of course not.
When it comes to Souths, yes, they haven't achieved anything for so many and their form is good enough to make it, however, we're hearing about them being certainties even before a ball is kicked. I'm simply tired of hearing about it. It isn't anti-Souths, I've had nothing really bad to say about them for the past two weeks and even after tonight, but that hype for me places them in that group.
